GREGG Wallace has returned to TV for the first time since his MasterChef axe.
The under-fire TV star, 60, left the show after being accused of inappropriate behaviour by multiple women.
MasterChef‘s production firm Banijay UK launched a probe last month after several women complained the TV judge had groped or harassed them.
Despite strongly denying any wrongdoing Gregg is said to have resigned himself to getting the sack – as we revealed previously.
However, Gregg returned to screens in a surprise and appeared on a Channel 5 show.
Bosses at the broadcaster aired a repeat of their Beast from the East documentary on Saturday, which charted the big freeze from 2018.
Gregg was one of the celebrity contributors who appeared on the show when it was first aired.
Reflecting on his experience of the bad weather, the fitness fanatic said: “I had to go shopping for underwear and clean shirts and spent seven or eight nights in a hotel room.”
He also praised the community spirit during the conditions, adding: “At our core, we are good people.”
Meanwhile, the BBC previously announced how Grace Dent would take over from Wallace on Celebrity MasterChef.
The Sun recently revealed how Gregg is flogging a £10 guide to the menopause penned by a middle-aged woman.
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Gregg is selling a guide to the condition by expert Kat Bright via his fitness empire.