Former MasterChef star Gregg Wallace selling family home to travel around Italy
Gregg Wallace has revealed he is selling his family home after his departure from MasterChef.
Former MasterChef star Gregg Wallace - who stepped away from the show amid a misconduct investigation - is selling his family home and planning to travel and create "a life of adventure". The 61-year-old broadcaster revealed his plans in a social media video on Monday (April 20), which showed him in his garden.
He said: “Big changes this year. Selling this, our family home, moving to a new area, trying to organise a life of adventure, travelling around Italy for five months of the year.”
In the post, Wallace also said he wishes to home educate his six-year-old son Sid, whom he publicly revealed was diagnosed with autism in 2022. “I want to take on that responsibility and, at the same time, trying to build a business with Ruth and Sarah – autism experts for helping families with autistic children. There is a lot going on,” he said.
Wallace lives in Kent with his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, whom he married in 2016, and their child.
In a separate post, he was seen inside his family home saying: “Big conversations going on now. What would you take? What would you leave behind? Don’t say you’d leave behind all of it.”
The TV cookery expert was the face of BBC cooking competition MasterChef, alongside John Torode, for almost two decades. However, in November 2024, he announced he would step away from his role while misconduct allegations were investigated.
He was sacked last July after a review later upheld 45 of the 83 allegations against him, which mostly occurred between 2005 and 2018 and included one of “unwelcome physical contact”.
Wallace, who also co-presented the spin-off Celebrity MasterChef, issued an apology saying he was “deeply sorry for any distress caused” and that he “never set out to harm or humiliate”.
He later sued the BBC and BBC Studios Distribution Limited for up to £10,000 in damages over allegations they failed to disclose his personal data, which caused him “distress and harassment”, but discontinued the High Court case earlier this year.