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MasterChef's new judge Grace Dent's heartache of losing her parents within two years after being a carer for her beloved dad during his battle with Alzheimer's


The food critic, 51, who is the new judge of MasterChef, suffered the devastating loss of both her parents within the space of two years.

This week it has been confirmed the food critic, 51, will be the new host of MasterChef, replacing Gregg Wallace who has stepped away from the BBC show while an investigation into alleged inappropriate behaviour takes place. 'Sometimes, as Dad talks nowadays, midway through a nonsensical sentence his brain catches up, and right then, he understands the total ridiculousness of what he is saying, and pure shame passes across his face.' After leaving full-time education, she had quite the illustrious writing career, working as an editorial assistant for Vogue, and then a freelance journalist for various magazines such as Marie Claire, Glamour and more.

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