Greg Wallace made what may be his last appearance on MasterChef on Thursday night, after hosting the BBC show for 19 years.
The rising star appeared on the finale of MasterChef: The Professional and announced Dan Merriman as the champion after judging the dishes of himself and fellow finalists Chiara Tomasoni and George Birtwell.
Despite all the allegations surrounding him in recent weeks, Greg made the final edit of the show and made a prominent appearance alongside co-hosts Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti.
The MasterChef judge, 60, announced last week that he would step down from hosting the show after nearly 20 years pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
During Monday’s episode, viewers were convinced that the star’s role on the show was being edited out at the beginning of the episode when Monica and Marcus gave their evaluations of the finalists during their absence.
But in the finale, when the final three return to the MasterChef kitchen after a trip to Ireland earlier in the week, Greg featured prominently, prompting tweets from viewers.
Greg Wallace made what may be his last appearance on MasterChef on Thursday night, after hosting the BBC show for 19 years.
Greg made the final edit of MasterChef: The Professionals, featuring prominently alongside co-presenters Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti, despite a spate of allegations.
“They could have edited out most of Greg Wallace’s input in the final episode of #mastercheftheprofessionals, so why not?” one fan asked.
Another viewer quipped: “We’re watching the last minutes of Greg’s career.”
After holding crisis talks last week, the BBC decided to air the remaining episodes of MasterChef: The Professional pending the conclusion of an investigation by production company Banijay.
The Professionals continues to air, but its management team includes The Wanted singer Max George, Emmerdale actor Amy Walsh, Amy Dowden from Strictly Come Dancing.
In a further blow to Wallace, Channel 5 removed Greg Wallace’s Big Weekends Away from its streaming platform My5 following complaints about the actor’s inappropriate behavior while filming the show.
It is understood that the BBC and Banijay were scrutinizing future MasterChef episodes, which have not yet aired, for sexually inappropriate comments by Wallace.
A BBC spokesperson told the Mail: “MasterChef is life-changing for the chefs who take part and the show is about multiple individuals.”
However, it is unclear what the BBC plans to do with the upcoming MasterChef series, which finished filming last week.
The MasterChef judge, 60, announced last week that he would step down from hosting the show after nearly 20 years pending an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
Greg was featured prominently in the finale, which saw the final three return to the MasterChef kitchen after traveling to Ireland earlier this week, prompting several tweets from viewers.
Another viewer quipped: “We’re watching the last minutes of Greg’s career.”
After judging the dishes of finalists Chiara Tomasoni and George Birtwell, Greg and his co-judges announced Dan Merriman as the champion.
Last week MailOnline revealed that Greg could be completely removed from the new series so it could air.
Gregg was already filming the next series for amateur chefs with co-presenter John Torode, 59, last month. But 60-year-old John Torode’s program will be erased from the tapes before next year’s premiere.
However, production sources told Mail Online that the series is “salvageable” as the option of airbrushing Wallace out of episodes completely is being carefully considered.
This means there is no need to bin the series, which costs the production company Banijay a lot of money.
Sources said Torode and Wallace’s critiques, in which they give feedback on contestants’ dishes, were filmed separately.
They said, “John and Greg were always filmed on separate cameras.” Two shots or wide shots containing this pair can be cut. Eliminating Greg completely will be a difficult task, but not impossible. ”
Three finalists were Dan Merriman, Chiara Tomasoni and George Birtwell.
During Monday’s episode, viewers were convinced that Star’s role on the show had been edited out as she appeared in the background of several scenes.
Last Friday, Australian chef Torode flew overseas to continue filming the show, and Wallace was replaced by Irish chef Anna Ho.
Filming for the upcoming series wrapped on Tuesday afternoon and was scheduled to air in spring 2025.
It is currently unclear when the BBC will broadcast the recently recorded episodes.
A source from the filming site said, “It couldn’t have gone any better,” and one source said, “Considering the circumstances, it went smoothly.”
“We had the popular Anna Ho, who has appeared on the show before, step in and work with John to give feedback to the contestants.
“The production team tried to keep the atmosphere on set as calm as possible for the amateur finalists.”
It wouldn’t be an unprecedented move for a BBC show to remove a star from the screen.
However, it is unclear what the BBC plans to do with the future series of MasterChef, which finished filming last week with John Torode.
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Greg, a former greengrocer, denies sexual harassment. But he is now the subject of an external investigation by top London law firm Lewis Silkin, at the direction of MasterChef production company Banijay.
Torodet broke his silence on Wednesday, but refused to defend his TV colleague of 19 years and said he fully supported an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, inappropriate behavior and language. Ta.
He said it was “difficult” to continue working after hearing the allegations.
