A source said staff working on MasterChef were told about a whistleblowing hotline staff concerned about Gregg Wallace's behaviour could use - and that was three years ago

The BBC allowed Gregg Wallace to continue on Masterchef despite him quitting another Beeb show over inappropriate behaviour. Wallace has stepped back from BBC MasterChef this week, amid allegations of misconduct.

Further accusations have been made against TV presenter Gregg Wallace in the wake of him stepping away from hosting hit BBC show MasterChef while a review into complaints is carried out.On Thursday, the cooking programme’s production company Banijay UK said the BBC received complaints from individuals in relation to “historical allegations of misconduct” while working with Wallace.

Two MasterChef specials are due to go out in December, but the BBC have yet to confirm if they will air in light of allegations made against host Gregg Wallace

Sir Rod Stewart has hit out at “bully” Gregg Wallace for allegedly “humiliating” his wife when she was on MasterChef. The musician’s claims arrive after it was announced Wallace had stepped down from the BBC cookery competition following allegations of inappropriate sexual comments over several years.

Rod Stewart lambasted Gregg Wallace, calling him a ‘bully’ for ‘humiliating’ his wife Penny Lancaster when she appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in 2021. In a furious rant on Instagram, the Maggie May singer said: ‘So Gregg Wallace gets fired from MasterChef.