MasterChef sets up anti-bullying hotline

Scandal-hit show takes steps to avoid another presenting crisis

- BY JANINE YAQOOB

MASTERCHEF bullies will find themselves in hot water now a phone hotline has been set up to avoid a repeat of the Wallace and Torode turmoil.

Show staff can now anonymously report bad behaviour and bullying, which will be probed by human resources experts.

Hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode, both 60, were sacked from the BBC show in July.

Wallace had 45 misconduct claims against him upheld.