Gregg Wallace is facing widespread backlash over the response he gave to the allegations of historic workplace misconduct that have been made against him.Last week, it was announced that the MasterChef host would be stepping away from the show while production company Banijay conducted “an immediate,

Gregg Wallace answered accusations of inappropriate behaviour by saying the claims came from ‘a handful of middle-class women of a certain age’.

Gregg Wallace said complaints about his alleged behaviour came from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” in a video posted to his Instagram story on Sunday, 1 December. Wallace will step away from the BBC cooking show while historical misconduct complaints are externally reviewed by MasterChef producers Banijay UK.