Matt Tebbutt to replace Gregg Wallace on MasterChef: The Professionals

Chef and host of BBC One's Saturday Kitchen to join 18th series as judge after Wallace dropped from programme

The television host and chef Matt Tebbutt will replace Gregg Wallace as a judge on the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals after a turbulent period for the show.

Tebbutt, best known for hosting BBC One's Saturday Kitchen, will join chefs Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti for the 18th series of the cooking competition programme, along with a range of guest judges who will appear in the first stage of the competition.