MasterChef host Gregg Wallace faces more complaints amid external review

Gregg Wallace has been accused of making ‘highly inappropriate’ comments (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Gregg Wallace has been accused of making “lesbian jokes” and “highly inappropriate” comments in the latest of a string of complaints made against the TV presenter by people who claim to have worked with him.

The new accusations follow Thursday’s announcement that Wallace will step away from hosting hit BBC cooking show MasterChef while historical misconduct complaints are externally reviewed by the show’s production company, Banijay UK.