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He was axed from his BBC MasterChef job in July for allegedly using ‘extremely offensive racist language in 2018’, something he claims he has ‘no recollection’ of.
And John Torode, 60, took to social media on Sunday to say that he feels he has ‘nothing to prove and ‘doesn’t need to convince anyone he’s a good person.’
He shared a post on Instagram Stories which read in full: ‘The best decision I ever made? To be quiet and move on. I have nothing to prove.
‘I’m not here to convince anyone to love me or that I’m a great person. I’m not fixing what I didn’t break, and I’m not fighting for anyone to see my worth.
‘Whatever you do is on you – and that’s your journey, not mine. As for me? I’m moving forward.’
John Torode, (left) said on Sunday: ‘I don’t need to convince anyone I’m a great person’ as he addresses MasterChef sacking amid BBC director-general Tim Davie’s resignation
He shared this post as the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie resigned after 20 years at the corporation following concerns about impartiality
His co-host Gregg Wallace, 61, stepped down from the show in November 2024 and was dropped by the BBC in July of this year after a report upheld 45 allegations about his conduct, including inappropriate sexual language and unwelcome physical contact.
John went on to front the show alongside new host Grace Dent, before he claims he learned via the BBC News website that he had been axed.
His latest post came on the day the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie resigned after 20 years at the corporation following concerns about impartiality, including how a speech President Trump made on January 6 2021 was edited in a Panorama documentary.
Since Tim took the top job in 2020, the corporation has faced many crises.
They include the prosecution of newsreader Huw Edwards over possession of indecent images of children, the axing of MasterChef presenters Gregg and John and the airing of a performance of Bob Vylan at Glastonbury, when its lead singer chanted ‘Death to the IDF’.
It now appears John has moved on from MasterChef and accepted his fate.
His wife Lisa Faulkner exclusively told Daily Mail: ‘MasterChef will not be the same without John. But he’s doing OK.’
And John previously said: ‘Life goes on! I’ve had a lot of support and I’m very grateful.’
Meanwhile, Gregg is suing the BBC and one of its subsidiaries for causing him “distress and harassment”, after being sacked from the corporation in July.
The former MasterChef presenter is claiming up to £10,000 in damages from the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution Limited, who he says failed to disclose his personal data, according to court documents.
He apologised after a report, commissioned by the cooking show’s production company Banijay UK, upheld multiple historical accusations against him, largely for the use of inappropriate language and humour, but including one of ‘unwanted physical contact’.
But Gregg has claimed suggested his recently diagnosed autism had played a part in his conduct.
The BBC is to film two new celebrity specials of MasterChef for Christmas – despite having two from last year which never aired.
