Torode was sacked after an independent report initially examining allegations against Wallace upheld a complaint against him for use of racial language, which was reported to have been the ‘n word’.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC star Gregg Wallace was axed from his role on MasterChef earlier this year after allegations surrounding his behaviour were upheld.

Wallace was dropped from the popular BBC cooking show MasterChef after a review which upheld 45 allegations of misconduct.