Gregg Wallace on Lorraine last year

Former MasterChef host Gregg Wallace is taking legal action against the BBC over a data protection issue.

BBC News reported on Tuesday that Gregg had filed his case at the High Court, but further details are yet to be made available.

A spokesperson for the broadcaster said: “We have not been formally notified of any legal proceedings so at this stage we are unable to comment.”

HuffPost UK has also contacted Gregg Wallace’s team for comment.

Last year, after 20 years at the helm, it was announced that Gregg would be taking a hiatus from his judging and presenting roles on MasterChef while the show’s production company Banijay UK, in collaboration with the law firm Lewis Silkin, investigated complaints made about his past behaviour that had been made to the........

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