Gregg Wallace

Foodie favourite, Gregg Wallace, will be championing great local produce in his exclusive show restaurant, which will have a new look for 2012 with some tasty dishes and family favourites for everyone to enjoy. Gregg will also be hosting more top Chefs on our Celebrity Chef Theatre.

Biography

Gregg Wallace is a fruit and vegetable expert, writer, media presenter and greengrocer. He is probably best known for co-presenting and judging BBC 1's MasterChef along with John Torode. Wallace was born in Peckham and began his career selling vegetables at a stand in Covent Garden. He started George Allan's Greengrocers in 1989, a company that built up to an eventual turnover of £7.5 million.

Due to his success he was invited to co-present Veg Talk on BBC Radio 4 with Charlie Hicks for seven years and was the original presenter of Saturday Kitchen in 2002. He writes regularly for Good Food and Olive magazine, and is co-director, with Vernon Mascharenas, of Secrett's Direct, supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to the restaurant and hotel industry.

In January 2010, Gregg opened his first restaurant, Wallace & Co, near where he grew up in south London. Gregg's Favourite Puddings by Gregg Wallace was published by Hamlyn on 2 August 2010.