Who is the food critic replacing Gregg Wallace on Celebrity MasterChef?
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Grace Dent has been announced as Gregg Wallace's successor on the BBC's Celebrity MasterChef after he stepped away from the show last month. Long-time MasterChef presenter Wallace is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour from more than a dozen people across a range of shows over a 17-year period.
The BBC has now announced restaurant critic Dent will join regular MasterChef presenter John Torode as a judge during next year's 20th season of the cooking competition. So who is Grace Dent and what has her career looked like up until now?. Critic, author and I'm a Celeb star.
51-year-old Dent is an award-winning journalist, columnist, author and broadcaster, who has regularly appeared on MasterChef as a guest and last year took part in MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics. Her journalistic career began in 1996, when she was editorial assistant at lifestyle magazine Marie Claire.
Grace Dent to replace Gregg Wallace on the BBC's Celebrity MasterChef. Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegations are 'tip of the iceberg', says lawyer for alleged victim Dawn Richard. 'Disgusting' dance party shows Luigi Mangione alongside Hannah Montana track. Her intention wasn't to become a food critic, she told SheerLuxe in an interview, but rather a columnist.
But she soon found her niche in food, eventually going on to get her own column for the London Evening Standard, called Grace & Flavour, before joining The Guardian as their food critic in 2017. Dent, known for her outspoken and no-holds-barred approach, built up her career to become a multi-media foodie, publishing 12 books, appearing on TV shows and producing and presenting documentaries for Sky Atlantic and Channel 4.
