A former MasterChef contestant has accused presenter Gregg Wallace of thrusting his groin at her face three times as she crouched in front of an oven. Wallace, who announced he was stepping back from presenting MasterChef after nearly 20 years, is facing a series of fresh allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour. Emma Phillips-Jennings, who featured on the show in 2009, claims Wallace carried out the act while making a sick joke about her 'father's meat'. Wallace last week faced accusations of inappropriate behaviour from 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, over a 17-year period across five shows from 2005 to 2022.