Mary Berry’s BBC cooking show co-star Dan Doherty has been caught using gay jibes on Twitter
MARY Berry’s new BBC1 cooking show co-star has been caught using gay jibes on Twitter.
Dan Doherty, who will be one of the judges on Britain’s Best Cook, used the word to wind up other social media users in 2013 and 2014.
In one exchange, he told a fan: “I’d retweet that if you weren’t all gay and private.”
And he told another Twitter user who sent him a message with kisses: “Don’t be gay.”
He also labelled fellow chef Tom Cenci a “c***” for posting pictures of him online “looking like a rejected member of the village people”.
Dan, 33, has been chef director at top London restaurant Duck & Waffle since 2012.
He has appeared on BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen and Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch.
But his comments are likely to raise eyebrows among the prime-time audience for Britain’s Best Cook, which starts later this year.
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Tattooed Dan will be joined on the show by former Bake Off judge Mary, 82, and produce importer and grocer Chris Bavin, 37. Claudia Winkleman, 46 is the host
Dan, widely touted as a rising star on London’s culinary scene, said: “I would like to apologise unreservedly for the language used in these tweets from four years ago and have now deleted them.”
He added: “These tweets are not a reflection of my beliefs and I deeply regret any offence caused.”