Gregg Wallace, the familiar face of BBC's MasterChef since 2005, has amassed a net worth of £3.5 million, according to Celeb Worth. In 2016 alone, he earned £250,000 from his MasterChef duties. The 56-year-old began his career as a fruit and vegetable seller in Covent Garden market at age 15 before launching his own greengrocer business, George Allan's Greengrocers, in 1989.
Wallace's broadcasting career started with BBC Radio 4's Veg Talk, which he co-hosted for seven years. He also hosted Saturday Kitchen before being replaced in 2003. Now, he presents various food programmes, including BBC Two's Inside the Factory, and writes for Good Food and Olive magazine. He is also managing director of a mail-order business, Gregg’s Veg.
Despite his success, Wallace has faced notable business failures. His greengrocer business West Veg folded in 2013 with £500,000 in debt. Two restaurants, Gregg’s Bar and Grill in Bermondsey and Wallace and Co in Putney, both closed in 2014—just two years after the former's launch.
On a personal level, Wallace has been married and divorced three times. His first marriage to Christine in 1991 lasted only six weeks—what he jokingly called 'possibly the shortest marriage in the world'. He turned to alcohol after the split. His second marriage to pastry chef Denise lasted five years, ending in 2004. They have two children. His third marriage to biology teacher Heidi Brown, 17 years his junior, began in 2011 after meeting on Twitter.
