judge is currently the focus of a inquiry into allegations of making inappropriate sexual comments and engaging in improper conduct.
However, his co-host has remained tight-lipped on the matter and seemingly taken a hiatus from social media.
The 60-year-old presenter is grappling with accusations levied over a period of 17 years, with multiple celebrities stepping up to share their own unsettling encounters with Wallace.
Broadcaster Kirsty Wark, who was a Celebrity MasterChef contestant in 2011, said he told “sexualised” jokes during filming.
Wallace’s lawyers say it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature. Masterchef’s production company Banijay UK has launched an investigation and said Wallace is co-operating.
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Gregg Wallace has stepped down from his MasterChef role (Image: BBC)
While Torode has yet to address the claims, his wife Lisa Faulkner, a well-known TV cook and former fashion model, has been more outspoken, with sources suggesting she could replace Gregg on the show.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Literary Festival earlier this year, Lisa forecasted the brewing controversy involving Wallace when she revealed his penchant for off-colour humour.
She recounted: “I’m probably not allowed to say this, Gregg 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…’ And I’m going, ‘Please I don’t want to hear this joke.’”, reports .
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John Torode claimed he and Gregg Wallace aren’t friends (Image: PA)
As MasterChef fans await Torode’s remarks, a source told the publication that even their professional relationship is “looking shaky.”
The source stated: “John is actually much more of a sensitive soul but the fact is that he was present in the studios while MasterChef was being filmed so you have to wonder what he saw, what did he know?”
The insider continued: “Lisa is adored by viewers and television bosses. She is very, very good for John’s brand and there is no doubt that showing himself with her is helping him and therefore MasterChef.
“They’ve got a show on ITV which is popular, maybe next she will be snapped up by MasterChef, if it survives, to replace Gregg.”
Rumours of a strained relationship between Wallace and Torode have been circulating for years, with that they have “never been friends”.
In an interview with The Mirror, he revealed: “It’s funny, we’ve never been friends. We’ve not been to each other’s houses… If we go away to somewhere like South Africa, we do things separately.
“If we do go out for a drink, I’ll invariably be at one end of a big old table and he’ll be at the other.”
Torode revealed: “We’ve had a couple of standoffs over the years. I’ve just had to walk away from him,” and continued: “Once we had a bit too much to drink and filming got called off. He got really stubborn.”