Irish chef named on all-female MasterChef presenting team to replace Wallace and Torode

Anna Haugh (left) and Grace Dent, who have been announced as the new judges for MasterChef Photo: BBC/Shine TV/PA Wire

Irish chef Anna Haugh and Grace Dent have been confirmed as the judges replacing Gregg Wallace and John Torode on the flagship version of MasterChef .

Both Wallace and Torode, who had presented MasterChef since 2005, were sacked earlier this year following an investigation into their conduct.

Journalist Dent (51) has been a regular guest judge on MasterChef for the past decade.

Meanwhile, 44-year-old Dubliner Haugh stood in for Wallace in the latter stages of the current season after the misconduct allegations against him emerged.

The BBC confirmed on Monday that both Dent a

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