Overview

• The Lewis Silkin inquiry determined that Torode used a highly offensive racist term during a 2018 workplace incident.
• Torode maintains he has no recollection of the remark and only found out about his dismissal through news outlets.
• He is consulting employment lawyers to lodge an unfair dismissal claim against the BBC.
• The same investigation upheld 45 of 83 misconduct claims against co-host Gregg Wallace, leading to his early exit from MasterChef.
• The BBC and Banijay intend to air the final filmed MasterChef series once the fallout subsides and ITV will continue broadcasting Torode’s Weekend Kitchen.