Female BBC worker ‘was raped’ on set of Stacey Dooley’s BBC Three cooking show

Female BBC worker ‘was raped’ on set of Stacey Dooley’s BBC Three cooking show Hungry For It

• The incident is alleged to have happened in September during filming for show 
• A source told the Sun the attacker forced themselves on the female victim
• BBC Studios, who made Hungry For It, said they would not be commenting 

By Stephen Wynn-davies For Mailonline

Published: 20:37 GMT, 3 February 2022 | Updated: 20:37 GMT, 3 February 2022

A female BBC worker was allegedly raped on the set of Stacey Dooley’s new cooking show Hungry For It.

The incident is alleged to have happened in September while the BBC Three television show was being filmed.

A source told the Sun that the attacker ‘forced their way’ into a room where the woman was before forcing ‘himself on her’.

Crew working on the show were made aware of the allegation when a BBC staff member emailed about a ‘sexual allegation during production’, the newspaper reported. 

BBC Studios, who made Hungry For It, said they are not commenting. 

A female BBC worker was allegedly raped on the set of Stacey Dooley’s new cooking show Hungry For It

The source said it was ‘terrifying something like this was able to happen while working on a show’.

They added: ‘It’s rocked the entire crew and has made everyone really nervous. None of us ever thought something like this would happen when we signed our contracts to work on the show.’ 

MailOnline has approached City of London Police for comment. 

A spokesman for the force told the Sun they were contacted by another force nine days after the alleged attack.

They said no arrests have been made but that the victim was being supported by specifically trained officers.

Hungry For It is a cookery competition in which ten chefs, who are all living together, aim to impress judges in order to win a life-changing prize.

Stacey Dooley fronts the show while chef and rapper Big Zuu and chef Kayla Greer are mentors and judges.

The incident is alleged to have happened in September while the BBC Three television show was being filmed. Pictured: Stacey Dooley

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