Gregg Wallace 'fascinated by lesbian romances of TV co-worker' as accuser speaks out

A pistillate who worked connected Gregg Wallace's Big Weekends successful 2019, which aired connected Channel 5, and who BBC News has called Anna, told the outlet helium was "fascinated" that she dated women and asked her the "logistics" of however it worked. The TV star's lawyers accidental "it is wholly mendacious that helium engages successful behaviour of a sexually harassing nature"

Gregg Wallace has been accused of making "lesbian jokes" and "highly inappropriate" comments successful the latest of a drawstring of complaints made against the TV presenter by radical who assertion they antecedently worked with him.

The caller accusations, reported by BBC News, travel Thursday's announcement that Wallace volition measurement distant from hosting deed BBC cooking amusement MasterChef portion humanities misconduct complaints are externally reviewed by the show's accumulation company, Banijay UK.

A pistillate who worked connected Gregg Wallace's Big Weekends successful 2019, which aired connected Channel 5, and who BBC News has called Anna, told the outlet helium was "fascinated" that she dated women and asked her the "logistics" of however it worked.

She besides said helium reportedly talked astir sex, domination and spanking, which she said was "highly inappropriate".

Another woman, who BBC News has named Georgina, reportedly worked with the TV presenter connected BBC's Eat Well For Less TV amusement successful 2019 and recalled him making comments connected however his woman was lone 2 years older than her.

She besides told the outlet that aft helium went to his car to benignant his parking ticket, helium allegedly replied: "You tin travel to my car, but tin you grip the information everyone volition deliberation you conscionable got disconnected with a celebrity?"

Her colleague, named Lisa by BBC News, besides recalled Wallace allegedly leaving a bath topless successful beforehand of them during a sprout and asking them to instrumentality his java order.

She told BBC News that his "behaviour isn't acceptable", adding: "To not lone proceed to enactment women successful these scenarios but to proceed publically platforming him is simply a disgrace to our manufacture standards."

Sir Rod Stewart took to Instagram pursuing the accusations connected Thursday, accusing him of "humiliating" his woman Penny Lancaster connected Celebrity MasterChef successful 2021.

The seasoned vocalist wrote: "So Greg Wallace gets fired from Master Chef." Good riddance Wallace... You humiliated my woman erstwhile she was connected the show, but you had that spot chopped retired didn't you? You're a tubby, bald-headed, ill-mannered bully. Karma got ya. Sir Rod Stewart".

On Thursday, BBC News reported that the 60-year-old faces allegations from 13 radical crossed a scope of shows implicit a 17-year play including erstwhile Newsnight big Kirsty Wark.

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.

A connection from Banijay UK connected Thursday said Wallace is "committed to afloat co-operating" with an outer review.

In an Instagram station connected Thursday evening, Wallace thanked his followers, writing: "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."

A connection from Banijay UK connected Thursday 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."

Wallace is champion known for co-presenting MasterChef alongside John Torode since 2005, arsenic good arsenic its spin-offs Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals.

He was made an MBE successful the Queen's Birthday Honours successful 2022 for his services to nutrient and charity.