Grace Dent on landing the Masterchef job, AI and what she eats at home

Food critic and Masterchef presenter spoke at Campaign Media 360.

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Food critic Grace Dent has described the moment she learned she had got a job on Masterchef as “emotional”.

Dent, who was speaking at Campaign's Media 360 event, explained how she was in a chemist in east London when her phone rang. 

“I saw the name and said, ‘I’m taking that call’. The person from the BBC said, 'We have got it over the line; we’re going with you’. I was emotional. It was a job that my parents would understand.”

Dent and chef Anna Haugh replaced Gregg Wallace and John Torrode as presenters on cookery show after their controverial departures. The first season with Dent and Haugh presenting and........

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