MasterChef contestant edited out after asking for new series not to be broadcast

Exclusive: Sarah Shafi said series featuring Gregg Wallace and John Torode sends wrong message about treatment of women

A contestant from the latest series of MasterChef has been edited out of the programme, after telling its producers she did not want the show to be broadcast after sustained allegations made against presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode.

Sarah Shafi, from Leeds, said she had made it clear to the show’s producers that airing it would send the wrong message about the treatment of women and the lack of challenge to powerful men behaving inappropriately.