MasterChef fans are all cooking up their own fan-cast of who could host the show, amid reports that Tom Kerridge has bowed out of the job on account of a pay dispute.

The BBC cooking show has been beset with issues this summer, after a report into the programme upheld conduct complaints against both Gregg Wallace and John Torode, resulting in their dismissal.

Since then the programme has had the task of filling the empty judging spots, but even that hasn’t been plain sailing.

Filming for the next series – which will be the first in two decades not helmed by Wallace and Torode – is scheduled to begin imminently.

Yet West Country chef Tom Kerridge, 52, has reportedly dropped out of hosting duties alongside Grace Dent, 51, leaving the BBC once again scrambling for a replacement.

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