I'm no Poirot, but your clue-laced post indicates this must have been Maurice Skilton MBE.
It's not quite "Domingo from Little Oakley" but it's certainly competitive.
Non-news: Gregg Wallace. What a waste of time this story is.
Real news that gets scant coverage: Trump appoints billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as US Ambassador to the UK, a 40% stakeholder in a dodgy payday loan company and big party donor guilty of making illegal party...
When it comes to TV chefs, this is shocking double standards from the BBC.
Gregg Wallace is a bloke so gets cancelled, but Nigella and her filth carry on with impunity.