Chop! Gregg Wallace Ditches £10K Data Lawsuit Against Beeb After MasterChef Sacking!

It's a case of 'bye-bye barrister' for former MasterChef maverick Gregg Wallace, who's tossed his £10,000 data battle against the BBC back into the kitchen cupboard. After a sizzling probe into some unsavoury historical allegations of misconduct, which saw Gregg given the chop from the iconic cooking series, the celeb greengrocer has opted to let his High Court claim go cold – with no dough in damages or legal fees coming his way from Auntie or BBC Studios, the corp's mouthpiece dished out. It seems Gregg's legal soufflé deflated before reaching the heat of a scheduled court skirmish. That's right, foodies – no courtroom grilling for Gregg, who's kept his lips zipped on why he's put a lid on the lawsuit. His legal eagle once squawked about mishandled personal data requests and wrongly snipped info, but the BBC courtroom chefs countered, suggesting Gregg's claim was half-baked since they'd served up the proper documents with an apologetic side dish. The kerfuffle stirred up last year over allegations – many proving more than just hot air – that had Gregg in hot water for his seasoning of sexual banter and other spicy behaviour from 2005 to 2018. Despite saying sorry for any scalding done, Gregg's had to vacate the MasterChef spot and now cooks up fitness finesse online and dishes out Cameo shoutouts, proving there's life outside the telly studio – even if it's less gourmet and more 'gram-worthy. Bon appétit, Mr. Wallace!