New MasterChef host Grace Dent's history of jibes slamming show and disgraced ex-presenter Gregg Wallace
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New MasterChef host Grace Dent has repeatedly panned the show and its disgraced ex-presenter Gregg Wallace in her previous reviews of the programme. The food critic is set to replace Wallace after he announced he was stepping aside amid an external review into historical allegations of misconduct.
![[The critic is set to replace Gregg Wallace (pictured) after he announced he was stepping aside amid an external review into historical allegations of misconduct]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/20/93331633-14211459-image-a-2_1734640260377.jpg)
Dent said the new role was 'more than a dream to me', but the Mirror revealed that she had a history of slamming the show and its presenters, including her new co-host John Torode. She once joked about any pencil skirt-wearing girl succeeding on the BBC programme by carrying an expression saying 'I like older men with no hair', making reference to Wallace's bald head.
![[In 2022, Dent extraordinarily quit I'm A Celeb after 'losing all her energy' in camp and reaching breaking point ahead of doing another Bushtucker Trial]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/20/78274285-14211459-In_2022_Dent_extraordinarily_quit_I_m_A_Celeb_after_losing_all_h-a-3_1734640450234.jpg)
The author also mocked the show by saying someone could set fire to the restaurant and still reach the celeb version semi-finals 'if you're pretty and made something for Gregg Wallace that involves custard and runny toffee'. And after watching the celeb edition of MasterChef, she declared: 'We are in the dying days for many of these spin-rinsed TV formats.'.
![[Author and podcaster Dent's takeover from Wallace was first reported last week, with a source telling the Sun that Dent is seen as 'the perfect choice' for the show]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/20/78274283-14211459-Dent_will_judge_the_upcoming_20th_series_of_Celebrity_MasterChef-a-4_1734640469669.jpg)
Dent will judge the upcoming 20th series of Celebrity MasterChef, having appeared regularly as a guest and then even a contestant on MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics in 2022. Writing for The Guardian in 2011, she said of the show: 'For a long while I said any girl could get through round one of MasterChef simply by turning up in a pencil skirt and making a fried Nutella sandwich with condensed milk and an expression that says, "I like older men with no hair".'.
![[John Torode ’s wife Lisa Faulkner has voiced her support for Grace Dent after she was named as Gregg Wallace's Celebrity MasterChef replacement]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/20/93311199-14211459-John_Torode_s_wife_Lisa_Faulkner_has_voiced_her_support_for_Grac-a-6_1734640502294.jpg)
