BBC Blasted as Over Half of Gregg Wallace’s Recipes Removed Amid MasterChef Axe

The BBC have been branded ‘childish’ by frustrated food lovers after over half of Gregg Wallace’s were reportedly removed from the broadcaster’s food website. 

The disgraced MasterChef host, 60, was recently dismissed from the cooking show after more than 40 complaints against him were upheld following a BBC investigation. 

And in the wake of his axing, it appears that the BBC have taken further action as a number of his recipes appear to have vanished from BBC Food website, leaving some users angry. 

The Sun reports that six of 11 dishes by the former greengrocer have disappeared since Gregg was sacked last month. 

Fallen dishes are said to include a sausage and lentil soup, a raspberry marinated rack of lamb and mince pie ice-cream.

One fan took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to complain about the removal, sparking a flurry of comments from other disgruntled people.

They penned: ‘BBC Good Food have removed a recipe I liked from their website because it was from Gregg Wallace. Can’t we separate the art from the artist.’ 

To which others replied: ‘ Yeah, it’s frustrating when good content disappears over drama… Shame though, recipes shouldn’t need a moral background check.’

‘Seems childish. I’m never going to stop listening to Michael Jackson – I don’t care about his problematic private life.’

‘Can’t believe they’re actually scrubbing recipes over this – feels like such an overreaction. If the market’s already spoken on his content, let it be. Kinda reminds me of @EthanTaylorG7’s point about letting audiences decide.’

The publication reports that other website users fumed: ‘another stupid cancellation by the BBC’.

‘Whatever you think of the guy, it was hardly his recipes that were the problem.’

Daily Mail have contacted the BBC for comment. 

It comes days after MasterChef was ripped to shreds for its ‘disgraceful’ editing of Gregg in its latest episode, with viewers declaring: ‘Is this for real?’

Gregg and co-host John Torode were sacked after almost 20 years on the show by the BBC last month after an investigation upheld allegations about their poor behaviour.

Wallace had 40 complaints upheld, including one where he was accused of wandering around set naked with a sock on his penis. Torode was found to have used a racist term in 2018.

Their final series of MasterChef was filmed before they were both fired. The show’s bosses have insisted on keeping them in the final edit – but only if they were on screen less and their banter and jokes were cut down to a minimum.

Several contestants asked to be edited out themselves to avoid being on screen with them. 

Daily Mail revealed that viewers have pointed out ‘disgraceful’ edits in the new series on BBC One and iPlayer, with many cuts appearing awkward and repetitive, including those of Mr Wallace.

In one scene shown last week, stills of Gregg pulling the same face three times in around a minute made it to air – with many suggesting that the BBC and production company Banijay used the same footage of the disgraced host repeatedly through the show.

Some of his fans have even claimed the edits, where Gregg gives a semi-gurning smile, were deliberately to embarrass him and ‘make him look demented’.

TikTok user Gingernat Design shared a particularly unusual example, writing: ‘Clever editing from MasterChef.

‘Whether this is to do with the allegations or not I don’t know, but it’s jokes how they just froze Gregg Wallace for an entire conversation.’

The now-viral clip sees a contestant discuss her performance with Torode and Wallace.

The same shot of Wallace appears to be used three times in succession – and he is seen with a broad grin fixed on his face.

The uncanny scene has horrified fans, who rushed to social media to express their disapproval.