Mel Sykes on how appearance on Masterchef led to her quitting TV

Celebrity MasterChef: Melanie Sykes is eliminated

After competing on Celebrity Masterchef in 2021, TV and radio presenter Melanie Sykes decided it was time to go in a completely different direction when it came to her career.

Melanie, who made her name co-hosting shows like Sky One’s Real TV series, Today with Des and Mel and Let’s Do Lunch, alongside Gino D’Acampo, has vowed to never return to TV again.

She admitted she felt as though she was “thrown under the bus,” during her time on the BBC reality cooking show.

In her autobiography, Illuminated: Autism & All The Things I’ve Left Unsaid, which was released, Melanie recalled a moment, which made her question her entire TV career.

She remembered Masterchef judge Gregg Wallace telling her the reality cooking show would be a boost for her career and “would do a lot,” for her.

This wasn’t the first reality show Melanie had appeared on as she also previously competed on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! and The Great Stand Up To Cancer Bake Off.

But neither of these experiences led her to want to, “end her television career once and for all.”

She revealed: “I was done” as Gregg’s well-meaning words had the opposite effect of what he presumably intended and instead prompted Melanie to set her sights on a different venture instead.

Speaking to The Guardian, Melanie revealed: “I will no longer be tap-dancing for corporations who couldn’t give two hoots about my wellbeing. Mainstream TV just doesn’t interest me.”

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In her book, Melanie also recalled feeling let down by the TV industry when working on a failed gameshow she was set to host with Mark Wright.

Melanie revealed she and Mark were falsely blamed for the shelved show when in fact, it actually broke TV gambling rules.

She wrote: “The line was that Mark and I had ‘failed to understand the concept of the game.’ I was fuming. Thrown under the bus yet again. This industry was a horror story.”

Melanie hopes that her new book and the two films she is working on will help to “shine a light” on autism.

She explained: “I want to help protect children and women and anyone who’s vulnerable … I’m just a tool in order to facilitate it.”

Both Melanie and her son have been diagnosed with autism, and has described it as “life-changing”.

She told readers of the Frank that things finally began to “make sense” for her.

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