{"id":34628,"date":"2026-05-12T12:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34628\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T12:38:09","slug":"tv-chef-arrested-on-suspicion-of-rape-and-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34628\/","title":{"rendered":"TV chef arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_296756230-c4e4.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28337313\" alt=\"The New Scotland Yard sign on Victoria Embankment in City of Westminster, London. This is the London police HQ.\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tHe has reportedly appeared on a number of programmes (Picture: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>A TV chef has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>Following a complaint to police, he was detained last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/05\/11\/tv-chef-arrested-on-suspicion-of-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Telegraph<\/a> has revealed that the suspect was arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Scotland Yard told Metro: \u2018A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent on Saturday, 11 April.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This relates to sexual offences which reportedly occurred at an address in Golders Green in January. A female victim is being supported by specially trained officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The man has been released on bail as enquiries continue\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SEI_269788705-dd52.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28307535\" alt=\"New Scotland Yard sign is seen at the Metropolitan Police Service headquarters in London, Great Britain on July 9, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tPolice say: \u2018A female victim is being supported by specially trained officers\u2019 (Picture: Jakub Porzycki\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>After being taken into custody, the publication reported that the chef was questioned for several hours at a central London police station and later released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/scotland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scotland<\/a> Yard said a woman was being supported by specially trained officers while the investigation into the complaint carried on.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged incident is said to have taken place in London in January \u2013 she is understood to have gone to the police last month. <\/p>\n<p>The man was then arrested on April 11.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publication, he has appeared on a number of programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Metro has contacted Scotland Yard for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Got a story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tTV Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Sign up and tell us which TV shows you love to watch to get personalised updates every morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He has reportedly appeared on a number of programmes (Picture: Getty Images) A TV chef has been arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[103,336,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-34628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116561648255822032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}