Melanie Sykes has said that she made an informal complaint about Gregg Wallace after appearing on Celebrity MasterChef.
In her book Illuminated, which was published last year, the former presenter and model wrote that “some unprofessional behaviour” on set on the 2021 series was “jaw-dropping”.
She said Wallace greeted her by asking whether models eat — which she said was driven by “ignorance and disrespect with an extra helping of arrogance” — and spent time “barking orders” in a way which made her want to leave.
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Sykes, 54, wrote that at the end of her appearance on the show Wallace told her it would “do a lot for you”, but she thought: “Yes,