Gregg Wallace
Shows
Have I Got News for You (guest host)
Masterchef Goes Large (judge)
Strictly Come Dancing (contestant)
Biography
London-born former greengrocer whose big break was hosting Radio 4's Veg Talk. He became best known as his sometime grocery client John Torode's co-judge on Masterchef but presented various other programmes, not always food-related. One other particularly notable show is Eat Well For Less, in which he and fellow greengrocer Chris Bavin (Britain's Best Home Cook) help families to shop more economically and cook more healthily.
He had a reputation for making jokes about his love of pudding, his baldness, and his four marriages. Stepped down from Masterchef in November 2024 after several allegations were levelled at him.
Trivia
He and Torode were the first (and so far only) co-hosts of an episode of Have I Got News for You, in 2011.