Gregg Wallace (born 1964) is a writer, media presenter and former greengrocer. He is probably best known for co-presenting Masterchef Goes Large and Celebrity Masterchef on BBC2 and BBC1 along with John Torode, where he is referred to as an "ingredients expert".
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 tur...
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Gregg Wallace (born 1964) is a writer, media presenter and former greengrocer. He is probably best known for co-presenting Masterchef Goes Large and Celebrity Masterchef on BBC2 and BBC1 along with John Torode, where he is referred to as an "ingredients expert".
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. He was the original presenter of Saturday Kitchen from 2002 until he was replaced by Antony Worrall Thompson in 2003. He writes regularly for Good Food and Olive magazine, and is managing director of a mail-order business, from Hurst Farm, near Godalming, Surrey. Gregg is also co-director, with Howard Graham, of West Veg Limited, supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to the restaurant and hotel industry.
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