Exclusive: Sarah Shafi said series featuring Gregg Wallace and John Torode sends wrong message about treatment of women
A contestant from the latest series of MasterChef has been edited out of the programme, after telling its producers she did not want the show to be broadcast after sustained allegations made against presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
Sarah Shafi, from Leeds, said she had made it clear to the show’s producers that airing it would send the wrong message about the treatment of women and the lack of challenge to powerful men behaving inappropriately.
The presenters feature almost throughout the series, which was filmed at the end of last year. Both have since been dropped from the programme.
Shafi said she initially rejected an offer by MasterChef’s producers Banijay to edit her out of her episode. The 57-year-old agreed to be removed once the BBC announced they had decided to broadcast the series from 6 August.
