Who is Grace Dent, the food critic replacing Gregg Wallace on Celebrity MasterChef?
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Restaurant critic Grace Dent will replace Gregg Wallace in the next series of the BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef programme, it has been announced. Dent, who wrote a column for the Evening Standard from 2011 to 2017 and is a restaurant critic for the Guardian, will judge the 20th series of the show alongside regular presenter John Torode.
Wallace, 60, stepped aside from the show in November amid an external review into sexual misconduct allegations. His lawyers have said it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature. Dent, 51, has appeared regularly as a guest on the show and participated in MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics last year.
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She also hosts the Comfort Eating podcast where she discusses food with celebrities. “I've been watching MasterChef since I was a girl sitting with my dad on the sofa,” Dent said of her new role. “My whole family watches it. It's all about uncovering and championing talent — and to have ended up in this position, is more than a dream to me.”.
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“I'm so excited that I can't eat, which is severely detrimental to a restaurant critic. I feel very lucky to be stepping in for the next Celebrity MasterChef. I can't wait to meet the fresh celebrity faces for 2025.”. Dent said in 2018 she was “almost vegan” and eats a mainly plant-based diet.
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