Paddy McGuinness left Inside The Factory viewers cringing as he made a string of double entendres after replacing axed host Gregg Wallace.

The comedian, 51, was announced as the new presenter after Gregg quit the show amid complaints over his alleged ‘inappropriate banter’ with female staff members over their weight while filming.

Gregg then stepped back from MasterChef after nearly 20 years amid an investigation into his alleged misconduct, with Grace Dent is replacing him as judge.

Making his debut on the BBC Two show on Sunday Paddy travelled to the Guylian chocolate factory in Belgium and at one point made a rude quip while dealing with hazelnuts.

Watching the process of how praline was made he said: ‘Right, time to mix my nuts with the sweet stuff’.

Racing to X fans said:  ‘Imagine Gregg Wallace sitting at home watching Paddy McGuinness making jokes about nuts’: ‘Oh the irony, Gregg Wallace replaced on Inside The Factory by Paddy McGuinness, who is thought around double entendres like confetti. Double entendres or double standards?’: ‘The amount on innuendo from Paddy McGuinness given he’s replaced Gregg Wallace is amazing’.

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Paddy McGuinness left Inside The Factory viewers cringing as he made a string of double entendres after replacing axed host Gregg Wallace

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The comedian was announced as the chef’s replacement after he quit the show amid complaints over his alleged ‘inappropriate banter’ with female staff members over their weight

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But Paddy’s debut seemingly divided fans as some gushed: ‘Paddy McGuinness get in there, great to see you on Inside The Factory’: Inside The Factory is on with no Gregg Wallace in sight, fabulous’: ‘Nice to see Paddy McGuinness taking Gregg Wallace’s place on BBC 1’:

While others were less impressed:  ‘Can’t believe they’ve taken Gregg Wallace off Inside The Factory and replaced him with Paddy McGuinness’: ‘I like Greg Wallace on the programme. Alarming today how one person’s career can be ended so easily while other’s continue to get away with it’: ‘Have BBC replaced Gregg Wallace with Paddy Effing McGuinness’.

Ahead of his debut Paddy shared his thoughts about having to wear a hairnet to tour the factories: ‘Actually for me, there’s not much hair to cover. You know, 20 years ago when I had a lovely thick head of hair, then that would have been a thing!

He also admitted being nervous about working with co-host Cherry Healey for the first time, in an interview with The Sun.

He said: ‘That’s always the tricky bit, you hope you get on. But I’m telling you now, me and Cherry do so much laughing.

‘As soon as I met her, we had the biggest talk and we just got on like that.

‘This is testament to her – when I did my Children in Need challenge, she turned up in Kendal to surprise me – she even brought me up a lasagne she’d made!’

‘I drove in in this big heavy goods vehicle for the first shot. I thought “I got my heavy goods licence doing Top Gear, now I’m driving into the place I used to work at 30-odd years ago, hosting another show for the BBC”.

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Making his debut on the BBC Two show on Sunday Paddy travelled to the Guylian chocolate factory in Belgium and at one point made a rude quip while dealing with hazelnuts

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Watching the process of how praline was made he said: ‘Right, time to mix my nuts with the sweet stuff’

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Racing to X fans said: ‘Imagine Gregg Wallace sitting at home watching Paddy McGuinness making jokes about nuts’

But Paddy’s debut seemingly divided fans as some gushed: ‘Paddy McGuinness get in there, great to see you on Inside The Factory’

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‘When I was that 16-year-old kid who used to walk to work with butties my mum had made me, who’d have thought all these years later, I’d have had all these amazing things go on in my life.

‘It was one of those moments where I thought “B****y h***, life eh? It does have its twists and turns”.’

Gregg stepped down from the show last year after the allegations in regard to female factory workers at Nestle, where he was filming at the time.

Sources said he had been ‘rude towards staff’ and spoke to them in a ‘derogatory manner, especially to women’. But he later denied accusations, saying the claims were ‘inaccurate’.

The show visits factories up and down the country to see how our favourite products are made.

In the upcoming ninth season, Paddy and Cherry visit a host of new factories that produce some of our favourite foods on a massive scale, from sliced bread to flapjacks and sausage rolls.

In a Christmas special, set to broadcast on Sunday December 22, the duo visit a chocolate factory in Belgium to learn how they produce an incredible four million individual chocolate shells every single day.

Gregg is facing accusations of inappropriate behaviour across five shows over a 17-year period.

Staff members and former contestants, including celebrities such as Emma Kennedy and Kirsty Wark, have claimed the former greengrocer made them feel uncomfortable on set.

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While others were less impressed

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Ahead of his debut Paddy admitted being nervous about working with co-host Cherry Healey for the first time

Gregg has been accused of a raft of inappropriate behaviour including walking around on set naked except for a sock on his penis, getting changed in front of female staff, and even groping crew members.

Other allegations include sharing intimate details of his sex life, becoming fixated on a female staff member who was dating women and asking her about the ‘logistics’ and flirting with younger women on set.

Gregg stepped down from MasterChef while an external investigation is conducted by production company Banijay UK.

It was reported by The Times that he had allegedly offended certain female staff members at the Nestlé UK factory in York with comments about their weight during a ‘friendly’ conversation.

The comments were non-sexual but were deemed ‘inappropriate’ and a complaint was lodged with Voltage TV, the production company responsible for developing the show.

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Gregg stepped down from the show last year after the allegations in regard to female factory workers at Nestle, where he was filming at the time

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Gregg then stepped back from MasterChef after nearly 20 years amid an investigation into his alleged misconduct, with Grace Dent is replacing him as judge (pictured with co-host John Torode)

‘He was rude towards staff and continued to talk in a derogatory manner, especially to women.

‘He was given a talking-to and was appalled that he had caused such offence,’ a source said.

Voltage TV asked Wallace to moderate his language and filming continued – but his behaviour seemingly didn’t change.

Staff reportedly informed management that they did not want the show to return while Wallace remained at the helm.