Disgraced chef Dan Doherty axed from second show following sex pest allegations
DISGRACED chef Dan Doherty is becoming as palatable to TV bosses as a tuna sandwich on the turn.
Last week he was booted off BBC show Britain’s Best Home Cook following sex pest allegations. Now he has been cut from a second cooking programme, this time with UKTV.
Dan filmed a guest judge slot on its new show before it emerged he’d been banned from his own gastropub following sexual harassment claims by female colleagues.
Producers of the unnamed show are now refilming the episode.
A UKTV spokesman said: “In light of the allegations, we have decided not to include Dan Doherty in the series.”
Dan was banned from his London eatery The Royal Oak in November during an investigation into allegations he asked a female staffer to perform a sex act.
He also reportedly told workers he wanted to see them without their kitchen whites on. The Royal Oak later confirmed Dan “is no longer working” there.
Dan announced last Monday he would not be returning to Britain’s Best Home Cook, where he appeared with Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman.
He said “I loved my experience of working on the show” and added: “I want to say sorry.
There are mistruths in what was published but I have made mistakes, mistakes I truly am sorry for.”
Last year, he apologised after I caught him using gay jibes on Twitter, saying: “I deeply regret any offence caused.” He got a second chance then, but I think any more telly work will be off the menu.
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“This is Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis, where people can burn off 1,000 to 2,000 calories a day just by continual movement.”
I hope a pint of Guinness is equally slimming.
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