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PERFECT RECIPE: Gregg with TV pal John Torode and, left, wife Anne-Marie Sterpini

ON THE MENU: Frankie Bridge, , Anita Harris, Spencer Matthews and Jean Johansson THE UK’S

AT a petrol station some- lovely lady from Bucks Fizz, Cheryl where on the French-Swiss Baker, trying to fl ambé her dish. I was on my knees, crying with laughter.” NUMBER ONE border, MasterChef’s Gregg As for the more impressive contest- Wallace is busy working his ants, I suggest maybe Rylan Clark-Neal, way through a huge chicken inset, was one of the biggest surprises FOR CELEBRITY NEWS baguette. of recent years. “I love him,” agrees Gregg. “What’s “And my beautiful wife Anna has a brilliant about Rylan, and I’ve rarely toasted ham and cheese ciabatta,” seen this before, is he’s a perfect he informs me. mimic. Show him how to cook some- Wow, I tell him. Living the dream. thing and he can just do it. “Well, yeah,” he agrees. “Until she “He did not really have much looks round and realises her husband’s knowledge but he could copy a fat bald bloke twice her age!” well. Even a McDonald’s Gregg and Anna are actually on Happy Meal. It was the holiday, destination Tuscany, but they’ve closest I’ve got to the real broken their journey for fuel, a bite to thing outside a yellow M.” eat and so that Gregg can sit and chat Talking of fast food, that with me on his mobile. serious rant mentioned ear- It’s to talk about Celebrity MasterChef, lier is largely about what TV SHOW: MasterChef! with which he and co-host John Torode Gregg calls food snobbery. FILM: It’s A Wonderful Life return on Thursday. But it seems Gregg “It really gets up my nose,” ACTOR: Tom Hanks ON has other things he’d also like to get off he tells me. “Is a chicken COMEDIAN: Micky Flanagan, SALE his chest. Some serious – we’ll get to Caesar salad really healthier right SPORTSPERSON: Christian NOW those in a moment – and some less so. than a Big Mac? JUST£2 “Write to the BBC calling for John “And is a kebab really bad for Wade Torode’s dismissal,” he jokes in full you? Just because poor people eat SONG: Gentle On My Mind GRILLING FOOD: Italian wind-up mode, “unless he starts to them, it doesn’t make them s**t.” pronounce food products correctly. He also gets riled when food fi rms STUFF: DRINK: Beer We’ve had enough of him saying make dubious claims about their Gregg strikes APP: Weight Watchers ‘yoh-gurt’ and ‘pars-ta’. It’s got to stop, products being good for us. a pose. Insets HOLIDAY SPOT: Tuscany here and now!” “We should prosecute manufactur- right, contestants CITY: Gregg is in no doubt that his cooking ers and advertisers who even suggest Danielle Lloyd ANIMAL: Dog contest’s celebrity version – where their product is healthy when it’s not. If and Cheryl Baker Gemma Collins, Frankie Bridge and it’s got above a certain level of sugar, fat Spencer Matthews are among this year’s or salt, the packaging should have a contestants – is the most enjoyable. skull and crossbones on it.” and get married again!’ “Out of this, the regular version and But despite such pronouncements, I’ve never laughed so the professional one, it’s the funniest. Gregg Wallace is not a guy who seems much. My wife was almost wet- Some of the worst cooks you’ll ever see full of his own importance. ting herself with laughter.” on MasterChef have appeared on it. It’s Few things have made him chuckle And what about rival food just hilarious.” more, for example, than hearing shows? up with it? All right, Gregg, so come on, comedian Micky Flanagan “I like Come Dine With Seems not. name names. impersonate him. Me,” he says. “And I used to “I’m sad it doesn’t “Well, there was that one who “Fantastic, honestly! watch Bake Off on the appear on MasterChef,” was married to a footballer. Micky, bless him, BBC.” he says. “I used to love it.” From Liverpool, glamour doing Gregg But ultimately nothing’s Oh, so it wasn’t Gregg’s decision to THE HOTTESTCELEBRITYEXCLUSIVES model, I’m trying to remember W a l l a c e , a patch on MasterChef, drop it? her name…” ‘Right, let’s right? As Gregg’s slogan “No! You’re crediting me with far too PLUS THE LATESTINTV, FASHION AND BEAUTY Danielle Lloyd? ’ave it! Sort it used to say, cooking doesn’t much infl uence. In the end, I’m just a “That’s it! She wanted to do ahht! Gissa get tougher than this. spoon for hire, that’s all.” pasta with a jar of pesto. ’nother tin o’ Talking of which, why did he stop us- Celebrity MasterChef returns on BBC “And there was the custard! Let’s ’ave it! I’m gonna go ing that line on the show? Did he get fed One, Thursday at 8pm, Friday at 8.30pm. OK.CO.UK /OK @OK @OK_MAG