Overview
- The BBC confirmed Dent and Haugh will co-judge the flagship amateur series, marking the main format’s first all-female pairing.
- Saturday Kitchen presenter Matt Tebbutt will join Monica Galetti and Marcus Wareing on MasterChef: The Professionals.
- This year’s pre-filmed amateur series is airing in re-edited form after consultation with contestants, with Haugh judging in the final week.
- The Lewis Silkin review upheld 45 of 83 allegations against Gregg Wallace, citing inappropriate sexual language and one incident of unwelcome physical contact.
- A complaint that John Torode used an extremely offensive racist term in 2018 was upheld, and the BBC says neither host will return as filming on the next season under the new lineup begins soon.