Overview

• Kate Phillips told the Edinburgh TV Festival she acted quickly on the Gregg Wallace complaints that reached her and said she lacked visibility of older incidents at the time.
• An investigation by law firm Lewis Silkin concluded this year, upholding 45 of 83 allegations against Wallace, who apologized for using inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018.
• The report also upheld an allegation that John Torode used racist language, and both long-time presenters have since left MasterChef.
• The BBC is airing the pre-filmed 21st series after consulting contestants, with two participants removed from episodes at their request.
• ITV’s Kevin Lygo said John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen remains on air because it was pre-recorded and ITV lacked details of the case, calling it “a bit much” to pull the show.