Gregg Wallace and John Torode “were never friends”, a former MasterChef employee has revealed.

Wallace and Torode were sacked as presenters of the cookery show this week after a seven-month investigation upheld allegations made against the pair.

In total, there were 45 against Wallace and one against Torode. More than half of the 83 allegations levied against Wallace were substantiated.

The report also upheld an accusation of “offensive racist language” allegedly used by Torode.

The fallout over MasterChef........

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