BBC MasterChef hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode break silence on show future
Masterchef hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode appeared on ITV's This Morning and shut down rumours it will be their last BBC series.
This Morning: Masterchef hosts reveal the show's future
Masterchef stars Gregg Wallace and John Torrode appeared on This Morning to discuss the new BBC series. John, 59, shut down rumours that the pair would be bowing out of the popular cookery show after two decades.
Chatting to hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary the duo discussed what viewers can expect this season. The ITV presenters wanted to put to bed rumours when it was suggested it would be Gregg, 58, and John’s final season.
Alison, 49, asked them: “So the 20th series is coming up, but obviously there’s been a lot of rumours whether or not it's the last one. We are hoping it’s not, obviously we want to put those rumours to bed. Is this gonna be the last series?”
Gregg could not believe what he was hearing as he sat on the iconic blue sofa. He turned to John and burst into hysterics, finding it hard to control himself.
John responded in a calm tone: “Alison stop it”. Confirming it was just hearsay, Alison pushed for an answer, “It’s not gonna be true is it?”(sic)
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Dermot, 50, chimed in and said “he’s like a politician”, noting that he did not directly answer the question put to him.
Alison was determined to find out the truth, she went on to say: “He’s not answering the question.”
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However, Gregg did not hold back and finally shut the rumours down and said “it’s not the last one”, which delighted fans.
The duo shot to fame for their judging talents and culinary expertise on the BBC show with their careers going from strength to strength.
The chefs joined the network back in 2005 and have gone on to turn competitors into household names.
In an interview earlier this week, John said: “That's too much responsibility for anybody - to take over from me and him, there's no way in the world.”
Before exclaiming: “Where are you going to find two attractive people, one with hair, the other without, anywhere like that? There's no way!"