#metoo | BBC chef found guilty of employee harassment

Celebrity Chef Dan Doherty has been found guilty of sexual harassment following an investigation at his own restaurant, the Times reports.

Doherty, who stars in the BBC’s Britain’s Best Home Cook alongside Mary Berry, left The Royal Oak pub in November 2018 while an external investigation was conducted.

A junior female colleague at the restaurant had accused him of demanding sexual acts be performed on him and he was alleged to have told other workers he wanted to see them without their kitchen whites on.

The investigation concluded that he was guilty of misconduct, and he was instructed to apologise to staff at a company-wide meeting. The Times reports that he told those present: “I am sorry for causing any distress.”