Overview

• Gregg Wallace is suing the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution for up to £10,000 under UK GDPR, alleging distress and seeking an order to enforce his subject access requests.
• Court documents state he requested his personal data in March and received it on October 7, while his legal team alleges unlawful redactions and incomplete disclosure, including material withheld on freedom of expression grounds.
• The BBC’s defence filed in London’s High Court says Wallace is not entitled to damages and cites the voluntary disclosure to argue there is no basis for a distress award.
• The lawsuit follows an independent Lewis Silkin investigation that upheld 45 of 83 misconduct allegations, including one finding of unwelcome physical contact, after which his return to MasterChef was deemed untenable.
• Media reports say Wallace may pursue a separate disability claim linked to his autism diagnosis during the investigation, though no such filing has been made.