Christine

Even before his scandalous exit from BBC’s MasterChef, Gregg Wallace has endured his fair share of turbulence in his love life.

It’s been announced that the former greengrocer, 60, will be stepping back from the show after an investigation was launched into historical allegations of misconduct, including alleged inappropriate Sєxual comments.

Gregg has often hit the headlines with his somewhat chequered love life and has spoken candidly about his relationships over the years.

Most recently, Gregg has spoken candidly about life with his fourth wife Anne-Marie and their son Sid, after a lengthy journey to conceive.

He endured a short-lived union with his third spouse Heidi, which he previously branded a ‘huge mistake’.

As Gregg steps down from MasterChef, MailOnline takes a look at his colourful love life…

Gregg Wallace has often hit the headlines with his somewhat chequered love life and has spoken candidly about his relationships over the years (pictured with his fourth wife Anna) 

It’s been announced that the former greengrocer has stepped down from MasterChef after an investigation was launched into historical allegations of misconduct

Christine

Gregg’s first wife, Christine, walked out after just six weeks of marriage in 1991.

The pair tied the knot in an impromptu wedding ceremony, followed by a meal in a pie and mash shop.  

The TV personality, who was only 24-years-old when they met, opened up about their romance in his autobiography. 

He joked how their marriage was ‘possibly the shortest marriage in the world’, and admitted he knew it was a mistake even before they tied the knot.

Denise Lovall

Next he was married to pastry chef Denise, with whom he had two children, but the marriage ended when it was revealed he’d had an affair with an employee

Gregg has two grown-up children from his second marriage, son Tom and daughter Libby (pictured)

While the children stayed with Denise at first following their split, Gregg battled for full custody when her alcoholism got worse (Tom Wallace pictured right)

Next he was married to pastry chef Denise, with whom he had children Tom and Libby, now 27 and 24.

The couple met in 1993 and went on to tie the knot in 1999 and were married for five years. 

In 2004, they ended up divorcing after Denise discovered Gregg was allegedly having an affair with one of his employees.

Denise furiously ranted he would “never change” in an explosive interview with People in 2009 – around the time he met his third wife, Heidi. 

While the children stayed with Denise at first following their split, Gregg battled for full custody when her alcoholism got worse. 

Sadly, in 2017, Denise died following a tough battle with alcohol addiction. 

Heidi Brown

Gregg met his third wife Heidi Brown on Twitter in 2009, and they endured a short-lived marriage that lasted just 14 months, and separated in 2012 (pictured in 2009)

Wife number three was Heidi, who he met via Twitter, but they separated in 2012 –  just 14 months after their lavish wedding ceremony.

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The biology teacher exchanged messages with Gregg on the social media site, and things quickly turned romantic. 

‘The third one was a huge mistake,’ Gregg confessed.

‘Probably the unhappiest I have ever been in my life but she was a teacher and was really good with the kids.’

Following split from Heidi, Gregg dated beautiful women who made him feel, he told the Daily Mail, ‘like riding in my Jag with the roof down’ when he walked into restaurants with them.

His shrink told him he was never going to find happiness if he kept picking women like he picked cars.

‘The reason I had so many girlfriends was that I was always looking for somebody,’ he said in an interview last year.

‘I think it’s an absolute game of chance. What are the chances of finding somebody who you’re not only attracted to and makes you feel comfortable and happy, but is actually looking for what you have to offer? What is the chance of that happening?’

Anne-Marie 

Anne-Marie, who goes by Anna, is a caterer who first met Gregg on Twitter, just months after his divorce from Heidi in 2013

Anne-Marie, who goes by Anna, is a caterer who first met Gregg on Twitter, just months after his divorce from Heidi in 2013.

Querying one of his TV recipes, she asked the former greengrocer if rhubarb really went with duck, as she saw him demonstrate on a cooking show.

Gregg recalled the interaction in 2015 to HELLO! Magazine : ‘I just looked at Anna’s pH๏τo and thought, “Wow, she’s pretty”. So yes, rhubarb, which was considered an aphrodisiac in medieval times, brought us together.’

That initial exchange came in 2013 – but Anna wasn’t sure if the TV chef was the one at first.

Speaking on ITV’s Lorraine, Gregg said: ‘I sent her a message and we started sending messages. Then I sent her my phone number.

‘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.

‘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 Anna – 21 years his junior.

Nevertheless he said he sometimes felt uncomfortable when people saw him holding his partner’s hand.

‘People look at you anyway and I felt really conscious because she was younger,’ he explained, ‘and I didn’t want people to judge her harshly. It was doing the ordinary things.’

The pair were engaged in December 2014 and said ‘I do’ at Hever Castle in Kent, on August 6, 2016 – with fellow MasterChef judge John Torode as his co-star’s best man.

The couple welcomed son Sid in 2019, despite Gregg’s initial hesitations about becoming a father for the third time in his 50s

Anna is the foodie’s fourth wife, telling Lorraine that each of his previous marriages taught him something. 

The couple welcomed son Sid in 2019, despite Gregg’s initial hesitations about becoming a father for the third time in his 50s.

‘I said, ‘I wouldn’t, at my age, choose to have children, but I am in love with you and if that’s what you want I will do it happily with you’,’ Gregg recalled last year. ‘But I had two conditions.

‘I said, ‘I am not happy swapping my young, fun, Sєxy girlfriend for an exhausted mum, but if that’s what you want I want to get help in. The other condition was, ‘I want to have a fortnight’s holiday with you every year without a baby’.

‘Normally at my age, your children are grown up and you get your wife back. I’m going to be in my 70s by the time our son Sid is 20. It makes me smile now, the two conditions I had.’

Speaking in The Telegraph’s My Saturday column recently, Gregg shared: ‘I’m a much better father now I’m older, although another child isn’t something that I would have chosen at my age.

 ‘I was always very honest with Anna, but it’s what she wanted and I love her. I just requested two things – that we had help in the house (so her mum moved in), and secondly that we had at least one week a year when we holidayed just the two of us.’