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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