Gregg Wallace 'repeatedly' made comments BBC MasterChef star 'didn't want to hear'

Her comments come after The Sun newspaper this week revealed how Gregg was given a warning by the BBC.

TV host Gregg Wallace reportedly "repeatedly" told rude jokes MasterChef star John Torode's wife "didn’t want to hear". Her comments come after The Sun newspaper this week revealed how Gregg was given a warning by the BBC.

Lisa Faulkner admitted: “I’m probably not allowed to say this.” The TV presenter, who is married to Gregg’s MasterChef co-host John, made the admission at the Cheltenham Literary Festival over the weekend amid the controversy.

When asked about her appearance on Celebrity MasterChef in 2010, Lisa said: “Greg was telling – I’m probably not allowed to say this… Greg just told rude joke after rude joke to the crew. You’re just sitting there and if you’re on the front bench just chopping away thinking, ‘I’ve got ten minutes left,’ and he’s saying, ‘So this girl walked into a bar…’

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“And I’m going, ‘Please I don’t want to hear this joke’.” Her comments come after The Sun revealed how Gregg was given a warning by the BBC over his making “inappropriate sexual comments” to a female staffer on BBC gameshow Impossible Celebrities.

A TV source told The Sun MasterChef would continue “with or without Gregg,” and said casting for the next celebrity series of the BBC show had started. A source said: “MasterChef is a juggernaut of a show and the production is pushing ahead as planned.

“Casting for the new celebrity series started yesterday. People are talking about Gregg’s future on the show and whether he will be coming back because of the BBC’s new probe into workplace conduct. There are some unanswered questions it seems.”

After The Sun’s report yesterday, a spokesperson for the BBC said: Whilst we do not comment on individuals, if issues are raised they are dealt with swiftly and appropriately at the time. We do not tolerate any form of inappropriate behaviour and have robust processes in place.”