{"id":360301,"date":"2025-08-20T20:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360301\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T20:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T20:35:11","slug":"bbc-masterchef-fans-call-for-instant-disqualification-after-major-error-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360301\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC MasterChef fans call for ‘instant disqualification’ after major error | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBC<\/a> viewers demanded a contestant be disqualified out of MasterChef<\/a> after he made a huge blunder<\/a> during a taste test with the judges. The six hopefuls \u2013 Naomi, Martin, Joy, Michael, Reuben and Victoria \u2013 were challenged to impress Gregg Wallace<\/a> and John Torode<\/a> with a dish for the \u201cbasic to brilliant\u201d task<\/a>. They were told to take something they would normally cook at home and elevate it into something \u201cextraordinary”.<\/p>\n

IT project manager Reuben opted to serve up classic beef and pork mince meatballs with handmade pappardelle pasta in tomato sauce. But disaster struck when Gregg cut into the meatballs \u2013 only to discover they were raw in the middle. While the judges praised his pasta and sauce, they didn\u2019t hold back on the main problem. Gregg told him: \u201cBig issue with the meatballs,\u201d as John added: \u201cI cannot ignore the fact that you\u2019ve got meatballs that aren\u2019t cooked all the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n

As he slumped away looking disheartened, Reuben admitted to viewers at home: \u201cI\u2019m feeling deflated. After all, they weren\u2019t cooked all the way through, so I can forgive them for not wanting to eat them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans at home were quick to pile in, insisting the error should have seen him disqualified.<\/p>\n

One raged: \u201cUndercooked meatballs should be instant disqualification.\u201d Another added: \u201cWere they cooked with a blowtorch?\u201d A third fumed: \u201cSorry, but that\u2019s a major schoolboy error at the stage he should absolutely be disqualified. Shame.\u201d<\/p>\n

As fans will know, this series will be John and Gregg’s last on the show following a series of separate allegations against them.<\/p>\n

A former MasterChef winner has claimed John Torode was \u201chung out to dry\u201d after the presenter was axed by the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was confirmed last month by the broadcaster and production company Banijay UK that the 59-year-old\u2019s contract on the cooking show would not be renewed.<\/p>\n

Australian-born Torode, who has hosted MasterChef with Gregg Wallace since 2005, admitted he was the subject of an allegation of using racist language.<\/p>\n

Torode has strongly denied the claim, insisting: \u201cHe has stated he has no recollection of the alleged incident and does not believe that it happened. He also says that any racial language is wholly unacceptable in any environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomasina Miers, who won the first series of the revived show in 2005, told The Times: \u201cI cannot believe that John got hung out to dry like that. 20 years of his life of dedicated service, John is like the least racist person I\u2019ve ever met. I just don\u2019t get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A BBC<\/a> spokesperson said: \u201cThis allegation, which involves an extremely offensive racist term being used in the workplace, was investigated and substantiated by the independent investigation led by the law firm, Lewis Silkin. John Torode denies the allegation.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC viewers demanded a contestant be disqualified out of MasterChef after he made a huge blunder during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[192,126676,77,26985,96273,26987,126674,16,126675,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-360301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-disqualification-controversy","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-gregg-wallace","12":"tag-john-torode","13":"tag-masterchef","14":"tag-reuben","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-undercooked-meatballs","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115063011616039944","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}