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Your new favourite Masterchef host(s)?

240 replies

TheBuffetInspector · 15/07/2025 17:59

Well, John Torode has now been sacked too.
Who should take over?

It was an amazing reboot following Loyd. Should it be scrapped?

I actually really like Camillas son - forgotten his name 🤣
Definitely not James Martin, Jamie or a woman who's name I can't remember either 🤣 not Anna the Irish one, but not her either.
Marcus absolutely.

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hattie43 · 15/07/2025 23:29

Monica and Marcus

AlviarinAesSedai · 15/07/2025 23:36

Kenny Atkinson, north east chef.
Delia needs a new cooking show.

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 15/07/2025 23:43

Some combination of

Si King with a michelin chef or a good layperson
Alex Politzi with a michelin chef
Lisa Allen with anyone
Angela Hartnett with anyone
I always liked Micheal Caines on GBM

Maybe a farmer/producer to go with a top chef

Cammy Wilson (mostly unknown but has some small farming related gigs witht the BBC) would be great fun.

No to Matt Baker - nice guy but I don't want to watch him eat food. Can't explain why.

Ed Gamble - maybe

Nadiya I like but think she's too gentle for judging.

I'd really love someone like Bob Mortimer and Angela Hartnett but it will never happen.

louderthan · 15/07/2025 23:44

MONICA. Not bloody Grace Dent.

Myhusbandisawankerinthewoods · 15/07/2025 23:53

Not Monica or Marcus, I can't bear them.

I am glad JT has gone, find him too pompous.

SnowFrogJelly · 15/07/2025 23:59

Please not Nadyia

Grace and Jay

starfishmummy · 16/07/2025 00:02

Time I think to dump masterchef and masterchef the professionals.

If it does continue, the whole show needs overhauling; it had become pretty tedious.

Snugglemonkey · 16/07/2025 00:06

MarySueSaidBoo · 15/07/2025 18:47

I love Masterchef the Professionals but never watch the regular version as I never have warmed to John and Greg - the way they shovelled food in was revolting. Marcus and Monica would be my choice but I'd imagine they're both too busy with other projects.

Their absolutely disgusting manners really put me off. Can we have people who are not revolting to watch tasting the food?

Internaut · 16/07/2025 00:08

They might well go for a woman on the basis that it's just safer. I think it should be Monica.

I'm quite pleased my blood pressure will no longer be raised by John talking about "cooking for Gregg and I" and "chewmeric".

KittytheHare · 16/07/2025 00:11

Absolute nos for me would be Andi Oliver, Si King, Anna Haugh, Monica Galleti.
Would love to see some combo of Angela Hartnett, Jay Rayner, Tom Parker Bowles, poss Michael Caines, Thomasina Miers, maybe Tom Kerridge.

whynotwhatknot · 16/07/2025 00:17

why did i th8ink grace had already got the job she announced it on insyagram

also like jay raner

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/07/2025 00:26

FurForksSake · 15/07/2025 23:22

Oooh Matt baker and si would be nice.

Oh god. I have an irrational dread of Matt Baker, he's just too saccharine.

FloridaCat · 16/07/2025 00:28

Jay Rayner and Nigella.

PomegranateVase · 16/07/2025 00:35

I have a feeling Nadiya Hussain will be one of the presenters. It seems strange how suddenly her contract for her other series wasn’t renewed…perfect timing! I feel it’ll be her and Marcus Wareing, or her and Monica Galletti.

I’d love to see a former Masterchef winner presenting Masterchef - especially Dhruv Baker, but please not Thomasina Miers!

I hope they don’t try to make it ‘funny’ like the Bake Off, that’ll be enough to make me permanently switch off.

Please no, no, no to any of the following as I don’t think I’d ever watch it again:

Grace Dent
Andrea Hartnett
Jay Rayner
William Sitwell

JustSawJohnny · 16/07/2025 00:59

Who'd be a good side kick for Grace?

She already has the gig, doesn't she?

Dontjudgeme101 · 16/07/2025 01:32

Monica Galleti and Angela Harnett.❤️

Weepixie · 16/07/2025 01:53

Please, not Andi.

And not Thomasina either.

coolmum123 · 16/07/2025 07:37

What about someone who has previously won Masterchef the Professionals and Grace Dent.

Mimosa3andmore · 16/07/2025 07:40

Si King is in a BBC news article about the Sycamore Gap tree today. Maybe a timely raise of his profile..?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/07/2025 07:44

If we've got to have a previous winner then for me it'd be Ping Coombs.

catin8oot5 · 16/07/2025 07:46

Poppy O’Toole

Ticktockk · 16/07/2025 07:49

I might actually watch it again now John and Greg are gone. They both seemed quite unpleasant and irrelevant.
Monica, Marcus, MRJ, love the idea of Jay!

EmptyHandles · 16/07/2025 08:01

EverythingIsComputer · 15/07/2025 21:24

Big Zuu or Niklas Ekstedt or Ching He Huang.

I think a lot of chefs would have more skeletons in the closet that Gggggg W or JT but the ones mentioned above seem pretty decent to me. Think the beeb have to really stop having Tommy Banks, Tom Kitchen et al on now as the allegations against them are very well known.

I've googed and have just found that Tommy Banks has quite a strict cancellation policy and believes people leave bad reviews because of that. Is that what you're meaning by the allegations against him?

gingercat02 · 16/07/2025 08:05

I have just had a terrible thought of a Celeb farmer, Alex James or the JLS one. NO!

FurForksSake · 16/07/2025 08:05

Poppy o’toole is the potato queen? I know she’s Michelin trained but I think she’s a bit green for it. She’d be good on junior.

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