Gregg Wallace has been banned from working at the BBC after he was sacked from Masterchef over allegations of inappropriate behaviour, it is reported.
The 60-year-old was officially sacked as a MasterChef presenter this week after an external investigation into a string of historical allegations of inappropriate behavior were levelled against him last year – all of which Wallace has denied.
As 50 more people approached the corporation with fresh claims against Wallace, he has now been banned from working at the BBC, a scathing letter of dismissal obtained by The Telegraph has revealed.
From Claire Powell, head of compliance for BBC Television, the corporation are reported to have told Wallace executives did not ‘have the confidence that you can change what seems to be learned behaviour’.
The outlet reports the letter acknowledges Wallace was ‘a presenter on a flagship BBC show’ and noted ‘the impact that your comments had on the BBC’s reputation’.
It continued: ‘I have also taken into account whether your behaviour could be improved with training and/or coaching. However, having reviewed the 2025 findings, I do not have the confidence that you can change what seems to be learned behaviour for you to make what you perceive to be jokes in the working environment, without understanding the boundaries of what is appropriate.
‘I also have to consider the fact that various people in the BBC have spoken to you about your behaviour over the course of your career, and that you also already received training/coaching in 2019.’
Powell also said she had further taken into account Wallace’s autism diagnosis – which he is blaming his behaviour on – and that he does not consider certain environments ‘safe’.
But Powell continued to explain how ‘in addition to the duty of care towards [Wallace]’, the BBC has to take into account ‘the safety and duty of care’ owed to staff, the public, and contributors working with him, as well as the ‘appropriate use of licence fee payers’.
It added that Wallace ‘lacks awareness’ of why his behaviour impacts others, despite him acknowledging the upset caused by his comments.
The letter explained how the BBC does ‘not have confidence’ that Wallace can change his behaviour on the shows, which rely on a non-scripted format and live judgement from hosts over how they interact.
The Telegraph also report Wallace was told he is banned from the BBC in the future.
A BBC spokesperson told Metro: ‘Banijay UK instructed the law firm Lewis Silkin to run an investigation into allegations against Gregg Wallace. We are not going to comment until the investigation is complete and the findings are published.’
Wallace stepped down from Masterchef in November after a number of allegations were made against him.
He faced accusations of making ‘inappropriate sexual jokes’ and lewd comments on set, asking for the phone numbers of female members of production staff, and undressing in front of and standing ‘too close’ to women working on his shows.
Wallace strongly denies any serious misconduct – including accusations of groping.
The presenter is reportedly prepared to take legal action against the BBC and the production team behind MasterChef, claiming he was discriminated against due to his autism following his dismissal from the long-running series.
He has admitted that his behaviour may have been misinterpreted and attributes much of it to social misunderstandings stemming from his autism, which he was only formally diagnosed with recently.
Earlier this week Wallace took to Instagram to claim the report cleared him of ‘the most serious and sensational accusations’ in a lengthy statement defending his innocence after ’21 years of loyal service to the BBC’.
‘I cannot sit in silence while my reputation is further damaged to protect others,’ he declared.
He accused the BBC of ‘peddling baseless and sensationalised gossip’ with ‘legally unsafe accusations’.
Later he claimed the report – conducted by an independent law firm on behalf of MasterChef’s production company Banijay – found him ‘primarily guilty of inappropriate language between 2005 and 2018’.
‘I recognise some of my humour and language, at times was inappropriate. For that, I apologise without reservation. But I was never the caricature now sold for clicks,’ he wrote.
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