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MasterChef's Grace Dent insists 'kind' John Torode is a 'friend for life' but admits her happy memories of filming with Gregg Wallace are now 'irrelevant' after replacing axed pair on 'male centric' show


The food critic, 52, will join Anna Haugh, 44, to present the 2026 series and admitted it was time to rescue the cookery competition from the 'male energy'.

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