John Torode and Gregg Wallace have dismissed rumours of a rift between them, with Torode jokingly calling his co-star 'delicious' on the latest episode of MasterChef. The exchange comes days after Torode told The Mirror that the pair have 'never been friends' and rarely socialise outside work.
During a tasting, Torode compared a spicy fish dish to his first impression of Wallace, saying: 'A bit frightened, but I got to know you and I realised it was delicious.' Wallace quipped back: 'And then as you had more and more of it, you got a bit sick of it?'
The light-hearted moment follows Torode's comments to The Mirror, in which he stated: 'We've never been friends. We've not been to each other's houses. He's so OCD, he wouldn't know what to do.' However, Torode served as Wallace's best man at his 2016 wedding to Anne-Marie Sterpini.
Wallace addressed the apparent contradiction on ITV's Lorraine, saying: 'I film with John six or seven months of the year, so we are very close to each other physically, and emotionally we are very close to each other. I rely on John a lot.'
Following the Mirror interview, Torode posted a selfie with Wallace on Twitter, captioned: 'A lovely day spent with the wonderful @GreggAWallace. Love a newspaper #MasterChefUK.' The pair continue to co-host the BBC cooking competition.
