Overview
- MasterChef returns Tuesday, April 21 at 9 p.m. on BBC One with Anna Haugh and Grace Dent taking over as judges.
- In recent interviews, Haugh said "nothing prepared me" for the role and both hosts pledged to look for the best in home cooks.
- Tabloid reports say the 2026 run will span seven weeks and feature 48 contestants.
- Former hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode left after misconduct investigations, with the Daily Star reporting 45 allegations were upheld against Wallace and an upheld claim about Torode’s use of a racist term in 2018.
- Both incoming judges are familiar to viewers, with Haugh stepping in during last year’s amateur final week and Dent a long‑time guest critic who judged Celebrity MasterChef last year.