‘I’m probably not allowed to say this’: Gregg Wallace ‘told crude joke after crude joke’, claims wife of MasterChef judge John Torode

Lisa Faulkner has said Gregg Wallace would tell ‘rude joke after rude joke’ on MasterChef.

The wife of Gregg’s co-host John Torode admitted she would think ‘I don’t want to hear this’ when he gave punchlines to the crew of the BBC’s flagship show.

Faulkner, 52, appeared on the cooking show in 2010, where she won the Celebrity MasterChef trophy.

The Brookside and Holby City star told the Cheltenham Literature Festival last weekend how she would overhear the former greengrocer’s jokes while she was chopping, The Sun reported.

“Gregg told – I’m probably not supposed to say this… Gregg told one crude joke after another to the crew,” she said.

Lisa Faulkner has said Gregg Wallace would tell ‘rude joke after rude joke’ on MasterChef

The wife of Gregg’s co-host John Torode admitted she would think ‘I don’t want to hear this’ when Gregg gave punchlines to the crew of the BBC’s flagship cooking show

‘You’re just sitting there and if you’re sitting on the front bench and you’re like, “I’ve got ten minutes left,” and he says, “So this girl walked into a bar…”

‘And I say, “Please, I don’t want to hear this joke.”

Her husband John, 59, who was on stage with her to promote their new book, told her: ‘Quite a lot has actually changed…’

It comes after Gregg, 59, yesterday denied claims he bragged about his sex life to a younger female BBC employee and took off his top in front of her while filming a game show, saying he would never ‘flirt’ or ‘hitting’. another woman.

Bosses at the company are said to have lured the MasterChef co-host to a meeting in 2018 following allegations of ‘inappropriate sexual comments’ and told him to ‘change his behaviour’.

An insider claims Gregg dismissed it as ‘just banter’ after he was reported for making ‘consistently inappropriate comments’ to the production team member while working on game show Impossible Celebrities.

But on Instagram this morning, Wallace hit back at the allegations in an emotional video in which he said he is “madly in love” with his wife Anna.

Faulkner, 52, appeared on the cooking show in 2010, where she won the Celebrity MasterChef trophy

The Brookside and Holby City star told the Cheltenham Literature Festival last weekend how she would hear the former greengrocer’s jokes while she was chopping

Her husband John, 59, (pictured together in 2019), who was on stage with her to promote their new book, told her: ‘It’s actually changed quite a lot…’

He said: ‘The story in the papers this morning was immediately investigated when it happened six years ago by the BBC.

“And the outcome of that was I didn’t say anything sexual. I’ll have to repeat this again. I didn’t say anything sexual.

‘Despite what the newspapers suggest, no one accused me of flirting or hitting on anyone six years ago.

“And the reason I say this is because of my wife Anna. I have always been faithful to my wife Anna and have never flirted with or hit anyone in the twelve years (since) I met and fell in love with her.

“And it’s important that, so people don’t misunderstand that, I’m faithful to my wife.”

The allegations have only now come to light as the BBC this week launched an investigation into workplace culture as bosses strive to tackle the ‘abuse of power’.