MASTERCHEF FALLOUT: TORODE

LOST ITS TASTE On last year's MasterChef with co-host Wallace, who has also been axed

- BY JANINE YAQOOB, MARK JEFFERIES & NICOLA METHVEN

FURIOUS John Torode plans to sue the BBC over his axing for allegedly using racist language.

A source said that the former MasterChef star is "determined to clear his name".

ITV’s John and Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen, which Torode hosts with wife Lisa Faulkner, will still air.

The 59-year-old was sacked on Tuesday for allegedly making an “extremely offensive racist term in the workplace” said to be in 2018, which he denies.

An insider told how Torode is speaking to employment lawyers and said: “He is preparing the lawsuit against the BBC.

“He wants to pursue them for unfair dismissal.

“He's telling people there is no proof of his supposed comment.

“It was not in a work capacity, it was just hearsay. John is determined to clear his name.”