John Torode had said he has "never been friends" with fellow MasterChef host Gregg Wallace. Torode does his best to avoid his colleague when the cameras stop rolling - despite presenting the hugely popular BBC1 programme with the former market trader since 2005.The pair are arguably one of TV’s most famous duos - but even when they film in far-flung and exotic places, they prefer to keep their distance.
This was revealed by the Sunday Mirror in 2017, as MasterChef prepared for its 13th series since its revival.After it emerged Wallace, 60, will no longer host MasterChef - for now - amid an investigation into historical allegations of misconduct going back to 2005, this interview remains resonant.
When Torode spoke in 2017, the now 59-year-old chef said: "We’ve never been friends."As reported by the Mirror, Torode, from Melbourne, Australia, described his colleague as "so OCD" at the time.
He added: "It’s funny, we’ve never been friends. We’ve not been to each other’s houses… He’s so OCD, he wouldn’t know what to do. "He’d build it up in his mind for three days, and probably make himself quite sick, then he’d have an argument with his wife and not turn up.
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