Ruth Jones and James Corden win RTS judges' award for Gavin & Stacey
Jones and Corden picked up the award after the final episode of Gavin & Stacey aired on Christmas Day after a gap of five years, while The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkelman was presented with the outstanding achievement award.
RTS gave a special award for television journalism to journalists in Gaza for 'their courage and commitment as they face extraordinary danger'.
The BBC sitcom Alma's Not Normal also picked up three awards during the ceremony at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
Creator Sophie Willan won both the female comedy performance and comedy writer awards, while Alma's Not Normal also collected the comedy drama prize.
Musical drama This Town won the newly combined limited series and single drama award, one of 16 wins for the BBC which included coverage of the 80th anniversary of D Day in the live event category.
The leading actor awards went to Lennie James for his role in the BBC's Mr Loverman and Anna Maxwell Martin for ITV's true crime drama Until I Kill You.
So delighted to have won this award with Rose. Thank you RTS and to @channel4 for having faith in us. https://t.co/UVzKgTzs4L
— Clare Balding 💙 (@clarebalding) March 25, 2025
Danny Dyer was named best male supporting actor for his role in the Disney+ series Rivals, which also collected the best drama writer award for Dominic Treadwell-Collins and Laura Wade, with Jessica Gunning winning best female supporting actor for Netflix's Baby Reindeer.
Channel 4's coverage of the 2024 Paralympics won both sports categories – best programme and presenter, commentator or pundit for Rose Ayling-Ellis and Clare Balding.
Loose Women won the daytime programme category while The Traitors was named best entertainment programme and Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly took home the entertainment performance for Saturday Night Takeaway.
Freddie Flintoff's Field Of Dreams On Tour won the formatted popular factual prize while Casualty beat EastEnders and Hollyoaks to be named best soap and continuing drama.
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Celebrity MasterChef star asks why John Torode didn't speak up over Gregg Wallace
What did you miss? Former Celebrity MasterChef contestant Aasmah Mir has spoken of her shock that John Torode did not react to Gregg Wallace's sexually inappropriate comments to her on the show, saying: "There was no emotion... maybe he was just used to it." The former BBC Radio 4 journalist took part in Celebrity MasterChef in 2017, and when allegations about Wallace's behaviour on the show emerged last year, she opened up on the complaint she had made about him after her experiences. Wallace has since been sacked from the show. In the wake of Torode also being fired from MasterChef after an allegation that he used "extremely offensive" racist language was upheld, Mir has reflected back on her time on the show and admitted she was surprised at his lack of reaction over Wallace's comments at the time. What, how and why? Mir appeared on Thursday, 17 July's Good Morning Britain, where hosts Richard Madeley and Kate Garraway asked her how she felt about the claims over Torode's behaviour, and she admitted: "I'm very surprised." However, she added that she had wondered why he did not address Wallace's comments when she was on Celebrity MasterChef. Talking about a sexually inappropriate comment Wallace had made to her as she presented her first dish in the competition, Mir said: "No one said anything and then Gregg Wallace and John Torode just looked completely blank, poker-faced, like nothing had happened." Asked whether Torode had heard the comment, she said: "Yes, he definitely heard it." Madeley acknowledged that Mir had not complained about Torode, but asked: "You do have issues about his non-intervention?" "I absolutely do," she replied. "I don't know how many of the allegations and how many of the substantiated allegations he witnessed... what I do know is, Gregg Wallace used an incredibly inappropriate term, and John Torode didn't do anything. "There was no emotion. That could be a lot of things; it could be that it was 2017, it had been going on since 2005, there was a complaint made by Kirsty Wark in 2005, so maybe he had become used to it. I don't know. "You would expect some emotion on his face, but maybe he was just used to it. That's not his fault necessarily, that's Gregg Wallace's for putting him in that position." Mir later added: "I feel sorry for Gregg Wallace, I do feel sorry for him because of the neurodivergence, which is quite obvious here. Someone, the production company, should have stepped in earlier and said this is not acceptable. And do you know what, we wouldn't have the mess we're in today." Read more: MasterChef controversy BBC responds to claims final MasterChef series with Gregg Wallace and John Torode 'will still air' amid axe (The Standard, 3 min read) John Torode 'preparing to sue' BBC for 'unfair' MasterChef sacking (The Independent, 2 min read) How much is MasterChef worth to the BBC as both hosts axed from hit show? (The Independent, 4 min read) A report commissioned by production company Banijay into complaints about Wallace found 45 out of 83 allegations were upheld. Mir said, "I'm pretty sure one of them was mine, but no one actually told me that it was, so you have to second-guess the report." Responding to the news of his exit from MasterChef, Torode wrote on Instagram: "Although I haven't heard from anyone at the BBC or Banijay — I am seeing and reading that I've been 'sacked' from MasterChef, and I repeat that I have no recollection of what I'm accused of. The enquiry could not even state the date or the year of when I am meant to have said something wrong. "I'd hoped that I'd have some say in my exit from a show I've worked on since its relaunch in 2005, but events in the last few days seems to have prevented that. Over the past few months, I have been considering my life and the shape of it now and in the future. "Celebrity MasterChef, which I recently filmed with Grace Dent, along with two fantastic Christmas specials, will be my last. Personally, I have loved every minute of working on MasterChef but it's time to pass the cutlery to someone else. For whoever takes over, love it as I have. "I will watch fondly from afar as I now focus on the many other exciting projects that I have been working towards. My tummy will be grateful for a rest after 20 years of eating, but what a joy it has been. Life is ever-changing and ever-moving & sometimes personal happiness and fulfilment lay elsewhere. Thank you for many years of MasterChef." The fallout over MasterChef continues with reports that John Torode plans to sue the BBC after he was fired and is determined to clear his name following the allegation that he used an 'extremely offensive racist term' in 2018. Broadcaster Aasmah Mir appeared on Celebrity… — Good Morning Britain (@GMB) July 17, 2025 Meanwhile, Wallace said of the report's findings: "For eight months, my family and I have lived under a cloud. Trial by media, fuelled by rumour and clickbait. "None of the serious allegations against me were upheld. I challenged the remaining issue of unwanted touching but have had to accept a difference in perception, and I am deeply sorry for any distress caused. It was never intended." What had Aasmah Mir said about her Gregg Wallace complaint? Mir first spoke about her experiences on Celebrity MasterChef to Good Morning Britain in December 2024. She said: "I put my first dish down... my hands were shaking, they paused to reset. In front of everybody, the judges, the crew, the other contestants... Gregg Wallace said to me, 'oh, do you work at Radio 4?' "I thought, how nice, he's doing that presenter thing, he's relaxing you. I said, 'Yes, I do work at Radio 4.' 'Do you know X?' 'Yes, I do.' He said, 'Tell her from me' I thought he was going to say hi, 'Tell her from me, she's a sexy b***h'. "There was a silence, and then I laughed awkwardly. I just remember thinking this is mad. I wish I hadn't laughed, but I did. No one said anything, and then they just went right, let's start again, and they tasted my dish. I just remember thinking, am I going mad? I'm not using the excuse, but when you've just had a baby, you do think everything is a bit mad. "I remember thinking, did I imagine that? What happened there? So I went back and I muddled through for a couple of days, and then I was eliminated. It was in my head for many months, and I thought I can't complain about this because it's going to look like sour grapes because I was first out, so I kept quiet." Mir added: "Then I heard from another contestant that there had been other things that had gone on. That Gregg Wallace had gone up to one of the contestants who didn't like handling fish. Of course, they'd given her some fish to gut, because it's TV. He went up to her and said, 'watching you trying to gut a fish is like watching a rapist doing foreplay.'" The journalist continued that she had later run into another contestant from the series who told her about the incident: "One of the contestants said she was so upset that she walked away, and the production crew did come up to her because she walked away. I should have walked away, probably. Gregg Wallace was made to apologise to her for that, which he did. But he shouldn't have said it in the first place. "When she told me that, I thought I need to do something about this because I'm a journalist, I know how this works. Someone is going to say down the years, why did you not complain at the time. It's classic, I get loads of that online anyway." Good Morning Britain airs on ITV1 at 6am on weekdays.
Yahoo
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John Torode's future with ITV revealed after MasterChef sacking
ITV is standing by John Torode after the BBC sacked him from MasterChef over the racist language claim, Yahoo UK understands. The TV chef, 59, was dismissed over an allegation he used "extremely offensive racist language" while filming MasterChef – a claim he denies. His sacking comes after the BBC also ruled it was "untenable" for Gregg Wallace to return to MasterChef following a report into his behaviour upheld allegations about inappropriate sexual language and humour. Torode will remain on our TV screens with ITV. No changes are expected to be made to the current TV schedule for ITV, Yahoo UK understands. Only weeks ago, Torode has said he "never" takes his shows for "granted". And in the wake of his MasterChef firing, he said on Instagram: "I have been considering my life and the shape of it now and in the future... Life is ever-changing and ever moving and sometimes personal happiness and fulfilment lay elsewhere." John & Lisa's Weekend Kitchen John & Lisa's Weekend Kitchen, which sees Torode join his wife Lisa Faulkner in the kitchen, has reached a milestone this year as it is in its 10th series on ITV. It started on Sunday, 6 July, and it will continue to run on ITV1 and ITVX. The five-episode series sees the cooking couple present delicious recipes with a focus on affordability and accessibility. Over the summer months, Torode and Faulkner put together fresh dishes. John & Lisa's Weekend Kitchen opened with a Masterclass Magic special where they share tips and tricks to mastering basic recipes. Only weeks ago, the husband and wife said: "We love our little show and we feel so grateful we get to do it. We have such an amazing team who give us so much freedom to just cook together and it's always the food we love and believe in. We never take it for granted as we just love doing our show!" Torode and Faulkner are a partnership both in their personal lives and in the kitchen; as for their personal lives, they got engaged in 2018 and married in 2019. John & Lisa's Christmas Kitchen ITV has plans to run a festive series too in the coming months. Torode and Faulkner have filmed their five-episode series John & Lisa's Christmas Kitchen, which will be available to watch in the festive season in 2025. They share their secrets to hosting in the Christmas period and delight with festive favourites. This Morning Torode remains a regular guest chef on This Morning, although he doesn't appear on the show every month. In July, he joined the ITV daytime chat show alongside his wife, Faulkner, to demonstrate their strawberry flan cake recipe. It was a timely appearance to promote their latest series of John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen. He doesn't only do appearances with Faulkner. In June, the TV chef brought the fire into the kitchen with his chilli-themed dishes. Yahoo UK has reached out to This Morning representatives for further comment. Books Outside of the TV world, Torode has penned several cookbooks. Last year he co-wrote Everyday Recipes from a Professional Chef and a Home Cook with his wife Faulkner. It was the recipe book that accompanied the ninth series of their show John & Lisa's Weekend Kitchen.
CBS News
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Abang Yoli's Chef Jamie Yoo opens up about bringing Korean fusion to Minnesota
Abang Yoli's chef Jamie Yoo didn't know until he was a teenager that he wanted to be in a kitchen. It wasn't until his dreams of being a speed skater ended that he started considering alternative career paths. "I told my dad I wanted to be a chef, and the my dad was like 'sure, you can do it. Just try it.' and one thing he told me was don't give up," said Yoo. Yoo spent part of his childhood in Korea, learning to cook from his mother and grandmother. "We didn't really go out when I was young. I just saw my grandmother and my mom making kimchi at home, and they were using a bathtub to salt the cabbage, about 250 pounds," said Yoo. "So I started learning from my mom, side by side." Yoo moved from Korea to Seattle when he was 14 years old. After spending time learning at culinary school, he went on to work at Bellecour under James Beard Award-winning chef, Gavin Kaysen. "When chef Gavin opened Bellcour in Wayzata, he offered me a job to work at the Bellcour and that's why I moved to Minnesota," said Yoo. "It was a great restaurant. [I] learned skills there, and the unfortunately after COVID, we closed. I just [didn't] know what to do after that restaurant closed." Yoo said it was a dream of his to open this kind of concept restaurant — cooking the food similar to what he ate at home when he was a child. Abang Yoli isn't a fully traditional Korean restaurant. "I saw Korean cuisine getting more popular and I was thinking maybe I can bring, instead of doing traditional Korean cuisine, maybe I can bring what I've learned to a restaurant. It was kind of a bit more for me," he said. Yoo opened his current location in Minnetonka earlier this year. "I mean, I love my concept right here," said Yoo. "It's a little bit of the not traditional way. It's a little bit of a mix. I think a lot of guests are scared about kimchi. We are doing a little bit of non-traditional kimchi, we call it kimchi-slaw. I give a sample and I mean 99% [of guests] are enjoying it. I'm very happy when I see guests enjoying my kimchi recipe. " "My signature item is the Korean style fried chicken —chicken sandwich and the grilled sweet potato. I put a lot of effort on that grilled sweet potato that still has a memory too. When I was young, in Korea on the street they're selling this kind of grilled [sweet potato], and that flavor . . . the taste is just the best taste," he added. "Do you ever what to go back to Korea to try and get more influence [from the food]?" asked WCCO producer, Chloe Rosen. "Yeah I mean, it's just, every week there's a new things coming out," said Yoo. "It's just like, everything's changed so quickly there. So like corn dog was very popular, like so many things are like going crazy you know. So like I saw, I try to get inspired from those kind of street food instead of making a full dish." Yoo is focused on his restaurant in Minnetonka, making it the best it can be. But he has dreams for the future. "So my biggest goal is I want to have a bit of fine dining Korean cuisine. My finer goal is a sit down restaurant, a little bit more detail, and nicely plated and more like high technique, Korean fusion cuisine. That's my goal." Yoo knows his dreams take a lot of work and a lot of long hours. "I know my parents are worried about me, like how much I work here. But like I just don't want to give up and I just like, it's like today, I just felt so tired, and then when I came here and opened the door and turned on the gas [it] just kind of like woke me up a little bit. Now I feel great, you know? I'm just ready to work another 15 hours. I love cooking and I just love to talk, that's just makes me [feel] energy and then feel good."
