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\n\t\tGrace Dent has opened up about her relationship with John Torode (Picture: BBC\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tGrace Dent has opened up about her relationship with John Torode (Picture: BBC\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
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Grace Dent<\/a> has made her feelings towards John Torode<\/a> clear as she praised the chef as \u2018kind and clever\u2019.<\/p>\n The new presenter of MasterChef<\/a>, has taken over from\u00a0John Torode and Gregg Wallace, after they were both sacked from the series for their behaviour.<\/p>\n Dent, 52, is set to present\u00a0Celebrity MasterChef\u00a0alongside Torode, 60, which begins on November 17, and has revealed her true opinions about him.<\/p>\n \u2018I absolutely adore John Torode,\u2019 she told The Sunday Times.<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018He is one of the kindest, most concerned, clever, thoughtful men that I know.\u2019<\/p>\n She added that they are friends for life, and his career is entering a post-MasterChef era.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t She also shared her thoughts about Wallace: \u2018He was always a very, very big character.<\/p>\n \u2018After reading the entire [inquiry] report, my recollections of having a nice time with him, drinking coffee<\/a> and having a biscuit now and again is pretty much irrelevant. <\/p>\n \u2018For me to sit here now and go, \u201cWell, that\u2019s not the Gregg that I knew,\u201d is beside the point because it\u2019s not about what I think.\u2019<\/p>\n She added: \u2018He said an awful lot, and that was during the point when I was starting my new [MasterChef] job and I utterly cut myself off from all of that.\u2019<\/p>\n She looked to the future of the show, which will see Dent co-host the series alongside Anna Haugh, 45, an Irish chef and former prot\u00e9g\u00e9e of Gordon Ramsay.<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018MasterChef was a very male place for the whole time I was there \u2014 utter male energy all the time,\u2019 she said. <\/p>\n \u2018To be there now with a woman by my side, it\u2019s fantastic.\u2019<\/p>\n \t\t Wallace, 60, was sacked after facing\u00a0accusations of making \u2018inappropriate sexual jokes\u2019<\/a>, lewd comments on set, asking for the\u00a0phone<\/a>\u00a0numbers of female members of production staff, and undressing in front of and standing \u2018too close\u2019 to women working on his shows.<\/p>\n Wallace issued an apology saying he was \u2018deeply sorry for any distress caused\u2019 and that he \u2018never set out to harm or humiliate\u2019.<\/p>\n He subsequently\u00a0filed a legal claim for up to \u00a310,000 in damages<\/a>, alleging that the BBC failed to comply with a request for copies of his personal data, which caused \u2018distress and harassment\u2019.<\/p>\n Torode was sacked following a claim that he \u2018used the N-word\u2019\u00a0<\/a>on two separate occasions, which he said he has no memory of.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow![\"TX](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_258999320-5494.jpg\")
\n\t\tGrace Dent has opened up about her feelings towards the former MasterChef hosts (Picture: CREDIT LINE: BBC\/Shine TV)<\/p>\n![\"TX](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_259865540-b024.jpg\")
\n\t\tGregg Wallace and John Torode were the previous hosts (Picture: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Shine TV)<\/p>\n![\"For](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_265262165-cceb.jpg\")
\n\t\tHaugh and Dent will lead the new series (Picture: BBC\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
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