Saturday Kitchen presenter Matt Tebbutt was reportedly axed from the show after replacing Gregg Wallace.
Matt Tebbutt has been ‘dropped’ from MasterChef (Image: BBC)
Matt Tebbutt has broken his silence on being “axed” from MasterChef: The Professionals, just one series after replacing Gregg Wallace. The Saturday Kitchen host joined Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti for the last series but will now only appear as a guest judge, The Sun reports.
Now the 52-year-old has broken his silence with a brief statement, claiming he only ever intended to film one series of the BBC show. Matt wrote: “A lot of lovely people have contacted me about not doing the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals. I was only ever doing one series and I loved judging on it and will continue working with MasterChef.”
Fans rushed to support him, with one commenting on Instagram: “You’re fantastic on it, such a shame.”
While a third posted: “You were brilliant and will be missed!”
A source told The Sun of the axe: “There might be a few eyebrows raised that Matt isn’t staying on given he has just joined.
“He didn’t do anything wrong and will definitely come back to the series as a guest in the future.
The chef has now broken his silence (Image: Getty)
“But bosses simply realised that they could get away with just having Marcus and Monica at the helm, especially as their chemistry is great and they have a tight relationship.”
The source added that “three was a bit of a crowd”, while Matt has “taken it in his stride”.
At the time his involvement in the show was announced, Matt said: “It’s an absolute honour to be working alongside these two titans of the food world.
“Their knowledge and uncompromising attitude is now the stuff of legend and I look forward to them taking me under their wing and seeing the chefs get off to a flying start in the competition!”
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