Shamed Gregg Wallace is caught up in fresh row after associate said he would only employ men at pizza restaurants

SHAMED MasterChef star Gregg Wallace is caught up in a sex discrimination row after an associate said he would only employ men. The sacked host, 61, is ambassador for a chain of pizza and fast food restaurants run by Will McIlroy, 41. Shamed Gregg Wallace, pictrued with Will McIlroy, is caught up in a sex discrimination row Credit: Instagram/greggawallace McIlroy claims it would be ‘inappropriate’ if he employed any young women Credit: Instagram/austinsdadpizza But McIlroy claims it would be “inappropriate” if he employed any young women. In an Instagram clip posted by Wallace and the new brand — called Austin’s Dad — millionaire McIlroy says he wants “to employ ­hundreds of thousands of men aged between 18 to 25”. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! He adds: “It’s not out of disrespect that I don’t want to employ young girls. It’s out of respect.” He said he would not know how to mentor them. Wallace has been promoting the venture on his social media. He was fired from BBC’s MasterChef last year over “inappropriate sexual language and humour” claims. McIlroy said: “If I did employ 18-25 year old woman and I was on a weekend trip with a load of them and a 23 year old girl said I did something wrong and was inappropriate-are you telling me you would genuinely have complete impartiality? “You wouldn’t have any mental biase at all towards the woman? Now maybe you are absolutely amazing and you wouldn’t. But you have to see my concerns? Most read in Showbiz “There would be many women that wouldn’t assume my innocence until proven guilty wouldn’t there? It’s quite simply not a risk I want to take. It could hinder my dream.” Wallace and McIlroy were asked to comment. Comment now