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A recent MasterChef contestant has claimed the BBC offered her the “solution” of being edited out of the show after telling producers that she did not want the programme to be broadcast following allegations against presenters John Torode and Gregg Wallace.

COMMENT: A female contestant has been cut from the new series of ‘MasterChef’, after she raised concerns about the BBC’s decision to air the show amid the Gregg Wallace scandal. This is a bleak reflection of our society, writes Ellie Harrison

‘I just wanted to check in and say hello,’ the actor and chef said weeks after Torode was dropped from BBC show

Wallace worked with Australian-born chef Torode for 30 years

The presenter – dropped from the long-running BBC cookery show along with his co-presenter John Torode – said that it ‘wouldn’t even [have crossed] my mind’ to complain about the incidents

The presenter has vowed never to watch MasterChef again after complaints were made about his conduct in the workplace

In an interview with The Sun, the TV presenter also defended his sacked former co-host John Torode, telling the paper he is ‘not a racist’.

It's been confirmed that a series of MasterChef filmed last year is to air, with John and Gregg at the helm

After all the controversy, MasterChef fans will get the chance to binge part of the new series