Former MasterChef contestant Melanie Sykes has made a telling claim about John Torode and Gregg Wallace's behind the scenes behaviour, painting a clear picture of their friendship

I wouldn’t want to be John Torode right now. The buffoon he’s stood next to for the last two decades has allegedly made one sexually explicit joke too many, the MasterChef extended universe is on the brink of implosion – and the PR disaster is threatening to take down Torode’s career with it as collateral.

MasterChef presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode had celebrated the BBC show’s 20th anniversary before it recently hit the headlines. In November it was announced that former greengrocer Wallace, 60,