Grace Dent will host alongside chef Anna Haugh, who stood in for Gregg Wallace in final episodes of current season
The BBC has announced an all-female presenting team to host MasterChef after the previous judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode were sacked.
Grace Dent, the Guardian’s restaurant critic, will host the show alongside the Irish chef Anna Haugh, who has already become a regular on the BBC’s cooking programmes. Both have previous experience as guest judges on the show.
The BBC has confirmed that Haugh already stood in for Wallace in the final episodes of the current amateur edition of MasterChef, which was filmed at the end of last year. It was only at that point that Wallace stepped back from the programme, when a series of allegations were made about his behaviour.
The BBC has already announced that the TV host and chef Matt Tebbutt will replace Wallace as a judge on the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals.
