Restaurant critic Grace Dent has said she is ‘over the moon’ to be joining MasterChef as a presenter alongside Irish chef Anna Haugh.
Dent, 51, and Haugh, 44 – chef patron of Myrtle Restaurant in Chelsea – will front the BBC cooking competition’s forthcoming 22nd amateur series, replacing long-running hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode.
The pair stepped down earlier this year after a review into Wallace’s alleged misconduct.
Dent, who has been a guest critic on the show for more than a decade, said she was thrilled to return to the kitchen and ‘unearth what culinary skills people have been cooking up behind closed doors.’
She added that ‘it’s a joy to be working with Anna, who brings all her incredible experience to the table,’ describing the new series as ‘such a treat’ she ‘can’t wait to get started.’
Haugh, who previously judged MasterChef: The Professionals in 2022, said she was ‘delighted to be back’ on the programme and ‘judging alongside the wonderful Grace Dent, whose writing and wit I’ve admired for years.’
She added that MasterChef has ‘long inspired and resonated with cooks in home kitchens and of course in my industry,’ and said she was eager to get into the studio for what she promised would be ‘a great competition.’
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