MASTERCHEF host John Torode has spoken out for the first time after being sacked from the show for allegedly making a “serious” racist remark. BBC bosses axed the TV host, 59, on

John Torode's contract on MasterChef will not be renewed, the BBC and production company Banijay UK said on Tuesday, following an allegation of using racist language

MasterChef star John Torode was left reeling after he was sensationally axed from the cooking show - with the Australian chef only finding out he had been fired after reading it on the BBC website

MASTERCHEF presenter John Torode learned yesterday that he had been sacked by reading about it on the BBC News website. The star, 59, was said to be heartbroken after the BBC and production firm

Chef John Torode was reportedly axed from MasterChef yesterday after BBC boss Tim Davie said no star was bigger than the show - and it's now emerged how John found out

John Torode broke his silence with a lengthy statement after the BBC announced that he had been sacked from MasterChef

John Torode has been axed from MasterChef by the BBC after being accused of using an "extremely offensive racist term", but the Aussie-born chef has denied the allegation