The BBC has confirmed Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt will replace Gregg Wallace in MasterChef: The Professionals.
He will join Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti.
The 51-year-old chef said: ‘It’s an absolute honour to be working alongside these two titans of the food world.
‘Their knowledge and uncompromising attitude is now the stuff of legend and I look forward to them taking me under their wing and seeing the chefs get off to a flying start in the competition!’
His appointment comes after MasterChef hosts Wallace and John Torode were removed from the show after an independent review.
The review upheld 45 out of 83 misconduct allegations against the former and uncovered the use of racial language with the latter.
The BBC has yet to confirm who will replace the pair in the main amateur series.
It is understood that Great British Menu’s Andi Oliver may be helming the new series alongside new Professionals host Tebbutt.
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