John Torode says he learned he'd been sacked from MasterChef from media reports and was not contacted by the BBC or the programme's production company Banijay. The celebrity chef lost his job for allegedly using "an extremely offensive racist term". He says he has no recollection of the incident.... It comes after his co-host Gregg Wallace, lost his job after claims of inappropriate behaviour. Jonathan Swain reports.show more

I just don’t get it. Gary Lineker was directly working for the BBC for over 30 years and was openly spouting his antisemitism for many years. Why wasn’t he sacked?

I managed a whole 6 minutes of the Kevin show this morning before switching over! What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Fair play to Richard for what he said 👏🏼

Someone got offended in 2018 😆 🤣 😂 😹 8

John was sacked to save them paying him off - he’s been made to be guilty by association with Greg Wallace. I personally believe John & don’t think he has done this. BBC definitely not being fair - SACK the BBC

Neither of them should have been sacked. All historic load of rubbish claims with no proof.

Itv should launch their own version of the show led by John Torode

We need the full story, not half of one. It may well justified him being sacked, but we simply don’t know. I don’t believe he can’t remember it. That’s a bit too convenient! 🙄

Come on we have all said something we regret but no one expects to lose their job over it 8 years later 🤷🏻‍♂️ PC gone bonkers

I'm not a fan of Torode but where's the evidence so I don't think he should be sacked

Surely the BBC must abide by the employment laws. How can you find out you have lost your job via the media?