Gregg Wallace accused of using racist language about MasterChef contestant in new claims

Gregg Wallace, who has stepped backmost from the BBC cooking series, has been accused of making racist remarks astatine the disbursal of an Asian cook by a erstwhile MasterChef unit member

It has been claimed Gregg Wallace made "racist" comments astatine the disbursal of an Asian MasterChef contestant, according to a erstwhile colleague.

It comes arsenic the 60-year-old TV prima faces allegations of inappropriate intersexual comments from 13 people crossed a scope of shows implicit a 17-year period, arsenic reported by BBC News which said it sent a missive to the TV star’s representatives earlier this week.

Among the BBC News complainants is erstwhile Newsnight big Kirsty Wark, who alleged helium told jokes of a “sexualised nature” erstwhile she was competing connected Celebrity MasterChef successful 2011.

On Friday, caller allegations were made nationalist arsenic a erstwhile MasterChef unit subordinate reportedly accused Wallace of utilizing "offensive Asian remarks" and mockingly making "kung fu warring noises" portion connected set.

According to The Telegraph, a ceremonial ailment has been lodged with the BBC citing the usage of what the complainant calls "racist" connection by the presenter during a bid filming which featured an Asian contestant. Following the contestant's exit from the set, Wallace would reportedly prosecute successful remarks similar "me truthful horny" and "me sucky sucky" to the crew. The Mirror has approached Wallace for remark connected this communicative and his representatives referred america to their archetypal statement.

Wallace thanked his Instagram followers for "showing their support" connected Thursday night, aft helium announced helium was to measurement distant from the BBC cooking amusement portion humanities misconduct complaints are externally reviewed. In an Instagram post, Wallace told his followers: "I would similar to convey each the radical getting successful touch, reaching retired and showing their support. It’s bully of you, convey you precise much."

The station comes aft Wark told the BBC that connected 2 occasions Wallace relayed stories and jokes of a "sexualised nature" successful beforehand of contestants and unit and that she felt they were "really, truly successful the incorrect place". BBC News said it had been told of different allegations, including the presenter "talking openly astir his enactment life, taking his apical disconnected successful beforehand of a pistillate idiosyncratic saying helium wanted to ‘give her a manner show’, and telling a inferior pistillate workfellow helium was not wearing immoderate boxer shorts nether his jeans”.

The TV star’s lawyers accidental "it is wholly mendacious that helium engages successful behaviour of a sexually harassing nature", BBC News reported. Earlier connected Thursday, it was announced that Wallace is "committed to afloat co-operating" with an outer reappraisal by MasterChef’s accumulation company, Banijay UK.

A connection said: "This week the BBC received complaints from individuals successful narration to humanities allegations of misconduct portion moving with presenter Gregg Wallace connected 1 of our shows. Whilst these complainants person not raised the allegations straight with our amusement producers oregon genitor institution Banijay UK, we consciousness that it is due to behaviour an immediate, outer reappraisal to afloat and impartially investigate.

“While this reappraisal is nether way, Gregg Wallace volition beryllium stepping distant from his relation connected MasterChef and is committed to afloat co-operating passim the process. Banijay UK’s work of attraction to unit is ever a precedence and our expectations regarding behaviour are made wide to some formed and unit connected each productions, with aggregate ways of raising concerns, including anonymously, intelligibly promoted connected set.

"Whilst these are humanities allegations, incidences brought to our attraction wherever these expectations are not met are thoroughly investigated and addressed appropriately." The connection added: "If anyone would similar to speech to america oregon rise immoderate issues oregon concerns, past they tin interaction speakup@banijayuk.com successful confidence."

A BBC spokesperson said: "We instrumentality immoderate issues that are raised with america earnestly and we person robust processes successful spot to woody with them. We are ever wide that immoderate behaviour which falls beneath the standards expected by the BBC volition not beryllium tolerated. Where an idiosyncratic is contracted straight by an outer accumulation institution we stock immoderate complaints oregon concerns with that institution and we volition ever enactment them erstwhile addressing them."

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