Food critic Grace Dent, 51, is said to be replacing Gregg Wallace, 60, on MasterChef UK after the TV host was sacked from the ...

The food critic and I'm a Celebrity star, 51, is understood to be due to begin filming for the show with co-host John Torode, 59, at the end of the summer.

"I was never the caricature now being sold for clicks," Wallace responded in a statement posted to Instagram on Tuesday.