Gregg Wallace
English broadcaster
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January 2025 | Rod Stewart publicly berated Wallace for humiliating his wife Penny Lancaster on MasterChef. |
December 2024 | Replaced as co-presenter and judge of MasterChef by food critic Grace Dent after nearly two decades on the show. |
December 4 2024 | Additional sexual harassment allegations were made by the ghostwriter of Wallace's autobiography, Life On A Plate. |
December 3 2024 | BBC announced the pulling of two MasterChef special episodes and three repeats of Inside the Factory from the Christmas schedule during the ongoing investigation. |
December 2 2024 | Wallace apologized for suggesting that allegations against him came from 'a handful of middle-class women of a certain age'. |
November 2024 | Reported stepping away from MasterChef following allegations of historical misconduct involving inappropriate sexual comments from 13 individuals. |
November 2024 | Ambitious about Autism dropped Wallace as an ambassador following the misconduct allegations. |
November 2024 | Gregg Wallace was reported to be stepping away from MasterChef while allegations of historical misconduct involving inappropriate sexual comments from 13 individuals were being investigated. |
February 2024 | Wallace discussed having another child with the Telegraph, stating it wasn't something he would have chosen at his age but did so to please his wife. |
July 2023 | Presented Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat, a mockumentary about genetically engineered human meat production. |
2022 | Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Birthday Honours for services to food and charity. |
2022 | Wallace's son was diagnosed with autism. |
December 2021 | Presented two Channel 5 Christmas specials: Gregg Wallace's Grand Christmas Adventure and Gregg Wallace's Magical Christmas Market. |
February 2021 | Presented a six-part ITV series called South Africa with Gregg Wallace, visiting sites like Isandlwana, Augrabies Falls, Durban, and the Orange River. |
2019 | Wallace's first child with Anne-Marie Sterpini was born. |
December 2019 | Presented a Channel 5 documentary called Gregg Wallace's Magical Christmas Market, filmed in Vienna, Austria. |
March 2018 | Caused a media controversy on MasterChef by criticizing a rendang dish as 'not crispy enough', sparking backlash in ASEAN countries. |
2016 | Became the presenter of the revived BBC historical game show Time Commanders. |
August 2016 | Married Anne-Marie Sterpini at Hever Castle in Kent, with MasterChef co-host John Torode serving as best man. |
2014 | Both of his restaurants (Wallace & Co and Gregg's Bar & Grill) folded, with Wallace & Co owing suppliers £150,000. |
September 2014 | Competed as a contestant on the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Aliona Vilani, and was eliminated in the second week. |
2013 | Wallace met Anne-Marie Sterpini on Twitter, who is 21 years his junior. |
September 2013 | Co-presented Harvest 2013, a three-part documentary tracking Britain's vegetable, cereal, and fruit harvests. |
August 2013 | Wallace presented Supermarket Secrets on BBC One, exploring supermarket food sourcing and distribution. |
August 2013 | Reported that his company West Veg Limited had folded, owing more than £500,000. |
2012 | Opened Gregg's Bar & Grill in a joint venture with the Bermondsey Square Hotel. |
January 27 2012 | Wallace appeared in an episode of Room 101 on BBC One. |
2010 | Wallace appeared in the BBC One series Turn Back Time: The High Street with Tom Herbert and Juliet Gardiner. |
2010 | Wallace married his third wife, biology teacher Heidi Brown, who was 17 years younger than him after meeting on Twitter. This marriage ended after 15 months. |
2010 | Opened the restaurant Wallace & Co in the London district of Putney, serving as one of the directors. |
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