Gregg Wallace explains why he made human meat doc after horrifying viewers

26 July 2023 , 08:35

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Gregg Wallace explains why he made human meat doc after horrifying viewers

Gregg Wallace explained the reason behind making his controversial (but satirical) documentary called British Miracle Meat.

Channel 4 viewers were horrified when the 58-year-old MasterChef judge was seen chowing through laboratory-grown meats.

In the satirical documentary, Gregg visited a factory that manufactured “engineered human meat” and he met with financially challenged families who were selling their flesh as donors to a fictional company called Good Harvest.

The 'flesh' was then grown in labs to be used as food products such as burgers, steaks and sausages.

Although the entire process wasn't real, viewers were disgusted and took to social media to call it 'as sinister as any human experiment in Nazi Germany'.

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In a new column, Gregg reminded viewers that 'the whole thing was made up.'

Gregg seemingly tucked into 'human meat' in the show (Channel 4)

The entire mockumentary was inspired by Jonathan Swift's satirical essay A Modest Proposal.

Writing in The Sun, he said: "While it was a complete fantasy, we wanted to raise important questions about the nation’s relationship with food and what those struggling with the cost of living are being asked to do in order to stay afloat.

"The programme-makers consulted with experts to make sure what we were saying reflected what is actually happening and didn’t wander into the realms of science fiction."

Fans of Gregg saw the strength of their stomachs tested on Monday night as they watched his satirical mockumentary which featured fictional and scripted scenes that showed the star pretending to tuck into human steaks.

The cooking expert gave his verdict on a couple of meat offerings - branding one “a bit stringy” and another more “tender”.

He had to remind viewers it was a satirical show after horrifying them (Channel 4)

Viewers were repulsed by the scenes, with one complaining on Twitter: "This Channel 4 programme with Gregg Wallace and the geezer growing a human steak in a laboratory is really freaking me out."

Another argued: "Just watched Gregg Wallace’s The British Miracle Meat on C4, quite frankly it’s the sickest thing I’ve ever seen. It was as sinister as any human experiment in Nazi Germany, basically enticing people in poverty to donate flesh to make human meat in exchange for a few hundred £s,"

Politicians also criticised the show with Culture, Media and Sport select Committee MP Giles Watling saying: “Something like this should have come with a health warning so that people are aware it is not factual and can make a choice on whether to watch it or not.

“I am certainly not in favour of censorship and I think it’s wonderful that artists and comedians have the freedom to express themselves - but there are certain sensitives broadcasters need to be aware of.”

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