The MasterChef judge on loving Angel Delight, hating coriander, and not being able to shift his bloated belly
Born in London, Gregg Wallace, 57, left school at 15. He worked at Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market before establishing his own successful greengrocer business in 1989. In 2002, he became the first presenter of BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen; he also co‑presented Veg Talk on Radio 4. Since 2005, he and John Torode have acted as judges on MasterChef, now in its 18th series. Wallace is married for the fourth time, has three children and lives in Kent.
When were you happiest?
When I got married in 2016. I’d had a chance to practise three times before, so I was comfortable.
