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Besley, J. (2026, September 19). John Torode says MasterChef dismissal left him ‘devastated’. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/john-torode-lisa-faulkner-the-telegraph-wallace-melbourne-b1297578.html
Besley, John. “John Torode says MasterChef dismissal left him ‘devastated’.” Evening Standard, 19 Sept. 2026, https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/john-torode-lisa-faulkner-the-telegraph-wallace-melbourne-b1297578.html.
Besley, John. “John Torode says MasterChef dismissal left him ‘devastated’.” Evening Standard, September 19, 2026. https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/john-torode-lisa-faulkner-the-telegraph-wallace-melbourne-b1297578.html.
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John Torode, 61, was fired from MasterChef UK last year after being accused of using highly offensive racist language. The BBC terminated his contract over the phone while he was on holiday, leaving him devastated and shocked. Torode described the situation as so unexpected that there was no chance to address it or heal from it immediately. He characterized the BBC as a machine that spat him out without prior warnings about his conduct throughout his career with them.
Torode ruled out taking legal action over his dismissal, saying such conflict would only cause further damage. Despite having been Gregg Wallace's best man, Torode maintains their relationship was purely professional and they had never visited each other’s homes. The production company Banijay UK conducted an investigation that upheld 45 of 83 allegations against Wallace, leading to both hosts losing their jobs at the show.
