Gregg Wallace

Masterchef Judge & Culinary Expert

Gregg Wallace is a writer, media personality and former greengrocer. He is probably best known for co-presenting MasterChef, Celebrity MasterChef and MasterChef: The Professionals on BBC 2 and BBC 1.

"One of Britain’s best-loved food presenters"

Topics

Passion for Food
Food & Drink
Entrepreneurship
Award Hosting & Presenting

Languages

He presents in English.

How he presents

Gregg brings a refreshing, down-to-earth vitality and humour to his work, whether hosting or presenting.

Publications

2019
Gregg's Italian Family Cookbook
2012
Life on a Plate
2009
Veg: The Greengrocer's Cookbook
2008
A Cook's Year: How to choose and cook with great ingredients

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In Detail

Gregg started out his career as a greengrocer with a Fruit and Veg stall in Covent Garden market. Building on this he started a Greengrocer called George Allan which accrued a turnover of £7.5 million. He broke into the media industry as the co-presenter of Radio Four’s Veg Talk which he worked on for seven years. He was also the original present of the BBC`s Saturday Kitchen and Saturday Kitchen Live from 2002-2003. Also for Radio Four, Gregg has written and presented Stocking Up: a History of Preserved Food, indulging his other passion as an amateur historian. His love of food led him to present Discovery Channel Veg Out and Follow That Tomato for The Food Channel, resulting in a Royal Television Society award for Best Lifestyle Programme in 2003.