Former MasterChef host Gregg Wallace is leaving the UK for Italy after being forced to sell his £1 million home in Kent. The 61-year-old TV chef was axed from the BBC programme last year following allegations of inappropriate behaviour, with 45 out of 83 historical complaints upheld against him.
Wallace announced his move on Instagram, saying he plans to rent in different locations across Italy and homeschool his autistic son Sid. His wife, Anne-Marie Sterpini, is Italian, and the couple married in 2016. Wallace said: 'I've always loved Italy and we plan to move around and rent in different places which is quite an adventure.'
The former Saturday Kitchen host also intends to buy a 'much more modest' house in Yorkshire near his daughter, splitting his time between the two countries. He has not worked in television since being sacked from MasterChef, a role he held for nearly two decades.
Wallace said he is selling his 'enormous' Kent home, which sits on five acres with stables and a pond, to ensure financial security for his wife and son. He added: 'I can't have the life I used to have but I wanted to ease off a little bit.'
