Meet Gregg Wallace’s wife Anna – MasterChef host’s spouse 21 years his junior

OVER the years Gregg Wallace has become a well known face on TV, thanks to shows like MasterChef.

Here we take a look at his home life with his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini.

Just like her famous husband, Anne-Marie works in the food industry and is a caterer.

She first met her husband Gregg Wallace when she got in touch with him on social media to discuss ingredients.

Anne-Marie tweeted the greengrocer to ask if rhubarb really went with duck, after seeing him trying the recipe on a cooking show.

Speaking about this chance encounter, Gregg told HELLO! Magazine: "I just looked at Anna's photo and thought, 'Wow, she's pretty'.

“So yes, rhubarb, which was considered an aphrodisiac in medieval times, brought us together."

Married life

Anne-Marie first spoke to her husband, who is 21 years her senior, in 2013.

Speaking on ITV's Lorraine in 2017, Gregg said: “I sent her a message and we started sending messages. 

“Then I sent her my phone number, this was five years ago.

“She came down to London to have dinner with me, and she said it wasn’t until we got to the restaurant, that she was comfortable it was really me and not an impostor.”

He added: “I think it’s just luck, and I got very lucky this time. Very lucky.”

Gregg admitted he was worried about the age gap, but said it never seemed to bother Anne-Marie.

He explained: “People look at you anyway and I felt really conscious because she was younger, and I didn’t want people to judge her harshly.”

The couple got engaged in December 2014 and tied the knot at Hever Castle in Kent, on August 6, 2016 - with fellow MasterChef judge John Torode as Gregg's best man.

The wedding saw a whole host of celebrity guests attend, including Lisa Faulkner, Marcus Wareing, and Monica Galetti.

Becoming parents

In 2019, the couple welcomed a baby boy called Sid with Anne-Marie.

In July 2022, Gregg revealed his son Sid has autism on an episode of Loose Women.

He said: "Sid has autism. He's three, you can't legally diagnose it in this country until they are two-and-a-half, but we knew at about a year old that we had some issues.

"For us he wasn't answering to his name, he wasn't playing peek-a-boo.

"He was walking and running around but he's got autism and he's got something called global development delay. So he's not speaking."

Gregg continued: "But he is lovely and he is cuddly and he is happy. And if he wants something he grabs your hand and takes you."

The TV star also has two more children - Tom and Libby - with his second wife Denise.