Overview
- Torode, 60, wrote in his A View From The Fridge newsletter that therapy lets him be “real” as he deals with the “grief” of losing the MasterChef job he held for two decades.
- He described the dismissal as an “unexpected and brutal life change” five months on from the BBC decision not to renew his contract.
- The BBC and production partner Banijay UK acted after an independent investigation substantiated a workplace allegation dating to 2018.
- ITV has scheduled John and Lisa’s Christmas Kitchen with his wife Lisa Faulkner, marking his first newly commissioned TV work since leaving MasterChef.
- He recounted a recent work trip to Qatar where time away from home forced him to confront his feelings, calling the experience cathartic yet tough.