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MasterChef 2025 gets speedy release schedule with the first 3 episodes dropping on BBC iPlayer on the same day

After all the controversy, MasterChef fans will get the chance to binge part of the new series

WhatToWatch

BBC to show MasterChef series already filmed with Gregg Wallace and John Torode

Corporation says broadcasting series made last year is ‘right thing to do’ for amateur chefs who took part

The Guardian - UK

BBC makes decision on unaired MasterChef series

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BBC to air MasterChef series featuring sacked hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode

Corporation said decision was ‘not easy’ after allegations against hosts were upheld, adding: ‘We appreciate not everyone will agree with it’

The Independent UK

Unseen MasterChef series filmed with John Torode and Gregg Wallace will be broadcast, BBC confirms

The BBC has confirmed that the amateur series of MasterChef, filmed last year before the sacking of Gregg Wallace and John Torode, will still air in full.

Evening Standard

MasterChef series filmed last year to be broadcast in August, BBC confirms

It will be shown on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from August 6.

Evening Standard

Jeremy Clarkson reacts to John Torode’s MasterChef sacking as he shares concern for TV chef

Clarkson was himself dropped by the BBC in 2015 following an altercation with a Top Gear producer

Evening Standard

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Dining across the divide: ‘He talked about cancel culture going too far – Gregg Wallace came up’

A Tory and a Labour voter struggle to find common ground over woke culture and second-home ownership

The Guardian - UK

Lisa Faulkner ‘does not read media reports’ about husband John Torode

Couple met on ‘Celebrity MasterChef’ and have been married since 2019

The Independent UK

John Torode makes first TV appearance since being sacked from MasterChef

Fired BBC host has returned to screens days after cookery show scandal

The Independent UK

MasterChef hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode ‘were never friends’

Co-hosts’ relationship has long been mired in confusion

The Independent UK

Inside MasterChef’s nightmare fortnight: where does the show go now?

Powerhouse brand is in disarray, raising questions about how to refresh format and what to do with new series

The Guardian - UK

John Torode fired from MasterChef for 'saying N-word twice singing Kanye West song during work drinks'

The Australian chef, 59, reportedly used the racial term while singing along to Kanye West’s Gold Digger at an after-work gathering with colleagues

Evening Standard

MasterChef’s John Torode allegedly used the ‘worst racial slur there is’

Torode, 59, was fired for using ‘an extremely offensive racist term’

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The Guardian - UK

Autism is not an excuse for bad behaviour

Letters: Gregg Wallace and his employers must take responsibility for his actions – his autism is irrelevant, writes Richard Cross

The Independent UK

Torode ‘didn’t do anything’ about offensive remark, says accuser

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The Independent UK

Gregg Wallace accuser Aasmah Mir says John Torode showed ‘no emotion’ over offensive remark

Celebrity MasterChef former contestant Aasmah Mir claimed that John Torode showed “no emotion” when hearing Gregg Wallace make an offensive comment about a BBC colleague.

The Independent UK

MasterChef scandal timeline as BBC airs controversial series with fired hosts

The BBC cookery show is forever changed following a lengthy investigation that upheld allegations against long-time hosts Wallace and Torode

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The Independent UK

Richard Osman suggests BBC will show unaired MasterChef series with Gregg Wallace and John Torode

The presenter says that he is ‘fairly confident’ that the BBC will still show the series

Evening Standard

BBC responds to claims final MasterChef series with Gregg Wallace and John Torode 'will still air'

It was reported that BBC and Banijay executives debated whether to air the series after the investigation

The Independent UK

John Torode ‘preparing to sue’ BBC for ‘unfair’ MasterChef sacking

Celebrity chef ‘believes there is no proof’ he used ‘offensive racist term’

International Business Times UK

What Racist Term Did John Torode Say To Get Sacked From The BBC? UK's Masterchef Scandal Continues

BBC sacks John Torode after probe into racist remark on MasterChef set. What happened behind the scenes? Read the full breakdown now.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Does your workplace feel like a boys' club? You're not alone

The depressing and predictable revelations about Gregg Wallace’s behaviour on Masterchef isn’t the only recent shocking example of the harassment, abuse and mistreatment of women at work.

The Independent UK

The BBC is in a British Broadcasting Crisis – and only has itself to blame

STATE OF THE ARTS: From Glastonbury to ‘MasterChef’ to the split with Nadiya Hussain, the BBC has been embroiled in a succession of intensifying scandals over the past few weeks. Fiona Sturges asks why the Beeb can’t seem to stop shooting itself in the foot

Evening Standard

The forgotten MasterChef scandal that preceded John Torode's BBC career-ending incident

MasterChef presenter John Torode’s use of a racist term has cost him his job. But he was once embroiled in an entirely different cultural insensitivity row

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