MasterChef series filmed last year to be broadcast after allegations against presenters upheld

A bid of MasterChef filmed past year, earlier allegations against presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode were upheld, volition beryllium broadcast.

Both Wallace and Torode volition inactive diagnostic successful the upcoming series, but it is understood that the edit volition absorption connected the contestants.

The amateur bid of MasterChef volition beryllium aired connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 6 August, but nary determination has been made yet connected airing the personage bid and Christmas special, with plans to beryllium confirmed aboriginal this year, the BBC said.

A spokesperson for the broadcaster said airing the bid "has not been an casual determination successful the circumstances and we admit not everyone volition hold with it".

The broadcaster said showing the bid "in nary mode diminishes our presumption of the seriousness of the upheld findings against some presenters", adding that it has been "very wide connected the modular of behaviour" expected of employees.

But the BBC believes that airing the bid "is the close happening to bash for these cooks".

"We privation them to beryllium decently recognised and springiness the assemblage the prime to ticker the series," the spokesperson said.

The broadcaster's connection comes a week aft it announced that Torode's declaration connected MasterChef would not beryllium renewed aft an allegation helium utilized an "extremely violative racist term" was upheld.

The 59-year-old presenter confirmed helium was the taxable of an allegation astir utilizing racist connection that was upheld arsenic portion of a reappraisal carried retired by instrumentality steadfast Lewis Silkin into the alleged behaviour of his MasterChef co-presenter Wallace.

Torode insisted helium had "absolutely nary recollection" of the alleged incidental involving him, and helium "did not judge that it happened," adding "racial connection is wholly unacceptable successful immoderate environment".

The report, commissioned by MasterChef's accumulation institution Banijay UK, recovered 45 retired of 83 allegations against Wallace, 60, were substantiated.

Wallace said he's "deeply sorry" for causing immoderate distress, and helium ne'er acceptable retired to "harm oregon humiliate".

While the bulk of the substantiated claims related to inappropriate intersexual connection and humour, 1 related to "unwanted carnal contact", and 3 were astir being "in a authorities of undress".

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Two weeks ago, it emerged Wallace had been sacked arsenic a MasterChef presenter, with reports of much than 50 caller allegations against him.

In a statement, Wallace said "some of (his) humour and connection missed the mark", but helium said, aft astir 20 years connected MasterChef, "I present spot that definite patterns, shaped by traits I've lone precocious begun to understand, whitethorn person been misread".