"After careful consideration and consultation with the contestants, we have decided to broadcast the amateur series of MasterChef on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 6 August. MasterChef is an amazing competition which is life-changing for the amateur chefs taking part. The focus of it has always been their skill and their journey.

The BBC has made a right dog’s dinner of the MasterChef saga, but its decision to broadcast the culinary contest’s latest series after all is the right one. In the “scrap it or screen it?” debate, screening it won out.

An upcoming series of MasterChef that was filmed last year before allegations against presenters Gregg Wallace and John Torode were upheld will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 6 August.