Overview
- Torode, 60, writes that therapy has helped him be "real" rather than "brave" as he works through what he calls a brutal life change.
- The BBC upheld a complaint that he used an "extremely offensive racist term" during production, a claim he says he does not remember and rejects.
- He describes five months of ups and downs in posts to his newsletter, A View From The Fridge, where he reflects on the personal impact.
- He notes recent travel for work, including a trip to Qatar, and says being away from his wife Lisa Faulkner forced him to confront his grief.
- ITV has scheduled a Christmas-themed John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen, marking his first newly commissioned TV appearance since the BBC exit, months after co-host Gregg Wallace left following complaints about his behaviour.