Gregg Wallace told a MasterChef contestant he will "much your little tart" in a resurfaced clip.
The broadcaster, 60, is currently facing allegations that there was "sexualised" behaviour on the sets of five show across 17 years from 2005 to 2022. Gregg is now stepping back from hosting for the time being whilst the investigation continues.
However, fans have been diving through the archives and found an old clip from an old episode of the hit BBC cooking show and have been left wincing. It comes amid high profile stars such as Sir Rod Stewart and Kirsty Wark accusing him of inappropriate behaviour onset.
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The resurfaced video came from the 2013 edition of Celebrity MasterChef, which saw famous faces battle it out in the kitchen to prepare the best food possible for the judges. However, one clip has been rediscovered in which the Inside the Factory star makes a rude comment to comedian Katy Brand.
In the video, Katy is seen presenting an egg tart to the judges, Gregg and co-host John Torode. As the pair inspect the visual aspects of the meal, Gregg chimes in to give his thoughts on the presentation before diving into the taste.
"I find this quite pleasant," he said in the interaction. "Left to my own devices, I’d probably munch the living daylights out of your little tart."
This is not the only clip from a previous series to resurface, after a clip of Gregg refusing to eat Loose Women star Penny Lancaster's tartare sauce also came to light. In the encounter, Penny had tried to make her own tartare sauce to go with her fried calamari, but things went awry and resulted in the star presenting a poor dish to the judges
Gregg also went in on Penny, adding: "You used whole eggs instead of egg yolks." John added that the sauce was in fact "a raw egg and oil milkshake", adding that he also could not eat it, leaving Penny devastated.
In the wake of the allegations being made against presenter Gregg, Penny's husband Sir Rod Stewart hit out against the host, smugly writing: "Karma's got ya." Since the story broke, a total of 13 different complaints have been lodged against Greg with many accusing him of making sexual comments or gestures.
Among these, Gregg is believed to have told a junior staff member of production that he had no boxers on under his trousers, leaving her feeling uncomfortable. As well as this, he is alleged to have come onto the set of MasterChef with just a sock placed over his private parts.
Gregg broke his silence on the claims in a video on his social media on Thursday evening (November 28), thanking those who had sent him a message as the allegations surfaced. "That's very good of you," he said to fans.
His lawyers have also said "it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature".
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