Inside Gregg Wallace's tumultuous friendship with MasterChef co-host John Torode - as he steps down from show amid misconduct probe
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After spending nearly two decades presenting Britain's best-loved cooking show together, the legacy of famed duo Gregg Wallace and John Torode appears to have come crashing down in just a matter of months. Today, BBC presenter Gregg, 60, stepped down from MasterChef after it was revealed that 13 people, including Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, have accused him of 'wrong' and inappropriate 'sexualised' behaviour during filming.
![[Since allegations made against Gregg, his TV aide has failed to address the ongoing dispute and axing of his cohost from the show]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/28/16/92593571-14137285-image-a-46_1732812636437.jpg)
As Gregg takes his leave from the cooking show, many fans have been left wondering who will replace him in MasterChef. Though the pair always appeared to have strong chemistry onscreen, admissions from both parties may suggest that John, 59, won't be feeling too hard done by once his former co-star leaves the show.
![[Speaking at the Cheltenham Literary Festival earlier this year, John jibed that have sampled bountiful dishes together but that the two had never spent the time together to have developed each other's own culinary skills]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/28/16/92593565-14137285-image-a-47_1732812638186.jpg)
Amid rows, weddings, and onscreen spats, John and Gregg appear to have endured a tumultuous friendship behind the scenes of their 19-year tenure of the show. Though John was Gregg's best man for his fourth wedding to Anne Marie in 2016, the duo have in the past admitted they had a spat so awful that filming for MasterChef had to be called off, while John has said they've 'never really' been friends.
![[After over 10 years working, filming and eating together, John shocked the nation when in 2017, he revealed that despite their onscreen rapport, he was 'not actually friends' with his co-star]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/28/16/92593579-14137285-image-m-48_1732812644974.jpg)
And their relationship will surely have been made even more difficult after John's wife Lisa Faulkner claimed Gregg made 'rude joke after rude joke' while MasterChef was being filmed. Here, FEMAIL takes a look inside the relationship between the MasterChef stars - as one faces up to sexual misconduct allegations and the other prepares to introduce a new host on the cooking show.
![[Gregg previously insisted to Lorraine Kelly that the duo were close. Pictured on This Morning together earlier this year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/28/16/92593587-14137285-image-m-49_1732812655454.jpg)
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