‘I’d love to do it’: Gregg Wallace, 56, talks about a possible reality show with his family

Gregg Wallace confirmed he would ‘love’ to star in a documentary about his family as he opened up about his home life with his wife Anne-Marie, 34, and their tiny tot, Sid. 

The MasterChef host, 56, who is also the parent to grown-up children Libby and Tom, has proposed a new reality programme named At Home With The Wallaces. 

He also revealed that he is living with his wife’s parents as he admitted that the women rule the roost at their Kent pad. 

New TV show? Gregg Wallace confirmed he would ‘love’ to star in a documentary about his family as he opened up about his home life with his wife Anne-Marie, 34, and their tiny tot, Sid

He said to The Mirror on Sunday regarding life at home in lockdown: ‘I’m there with my wife, our baby, her parents and my older daughter. 

‘It works because there is plenty of space. It’s a matriarchal family I live in – the girls run the family.

‘There are defined roles. It’s terribly old-fashioned, but I think it definitely works for us.’

According to Gregg, the ‘big family’ set-up is appreciated by his older children as they missed out on it during their younger years when he raised them on his own. 

Family: The MasterChef host, 56, who is also the parent to grown-up children Libby (pictured far left) and Tom, has proposed a new reality programme named At Home With The Wallaces

Family: The MasterChef host, 56, who is also the parent to grown-up children Libby (pictured far left) and Tom, has proposed a new reality programme named At Home With The Wallaces

He continued: ‘We could do a documentary, At Home With the Wallaces. I’d love to do it.’ 

The TV presenter revealed his wife’s family are Italian and that he would enjoy showing viewers their typical Italian household. 

Gregg also said he tries to squeeze in half-an-hour for his 21-month-old son Sid, no matter how tired he is, as he isn’t home all the time due to his work commitments. 

He welcomed his third child in May 2019 with Anne-Marie, as he revealed Sid loves to have ‘splish-splash’ time in the bath and is forever climbing out, trying to use their tub as a slide.  

The interview with the publication came as Gregg and co-host John Torode discussed the start of the 17th season of MasterChef on Monday evening. 

Home is where the heart is: He also revealed that he is living with his wife's parents as he admitted that the women rule the roost at their Kent pad

Home is where the heart is: He also revealed that he is living with his wife’s parents as he admitted that the women rule the roost at their Kent pad

However, the presenting duo insisted they don’t spend any of their time together outside of work – even going so far as to say ‘we’re not friendly off screen’. 

The presenters have fronted the BBC cookery show for 17 years, working on two series per year together [John is not involved in the professional version] and John has even been the best man at Gregg’s wedding.

‘I had to wait until his fourth wedding before I got invited to be his best man,’ John jokes of Gregg’s 2016 nuptials to wife Anne-Marie in a new interview with Radio Times. ‘It’s well documented that we don’t socialise outside of work.

‘We’ve never been to each other’s houses. We’ve never really cooked for each other.

Sweet: Gregg welcomed his third child in May 2019 as he revealed Sid loves to have 'splish-splash' time in the bath and is forever climbing out, trying to use their tub as a slide

Sweet: Gregg welcomed his third child in May 2019 as he revealed Sid loves to have ‘splish-splash’ time in the bath and is forever climbing out, trying to use their tub as a slide

‘We spend a lot of time together, sharing a lot of things: emotion, food, pressure and changing people’s lives. And 17 years on, it’s still a relationship that is calm and in good stead. I think it’s an amazing thing.’

Chatting to the publication to promote next month’s new series of MasterChef, Gregg added: ‘We trust each other completely. We feel safe with each other. We know that the other one isn’t going to – on camera, anyway – ridicule the other one.

‘We don’t fight for space. We don’t fight for time. There is no ego clash.

‘People are really interested in my relationship with John. I think because we’re so friendly on screen, they find it really difficult to understand why we’re not as friendly off screen.

Duo: The Masterchef presenter and his co-host John Torode recently insisted they don't spend any of their time together outside of work - even going so far as to say 'we're not friendly off screen'

Duo: The Masterchef presenter and his co-host John Torode recently insisted they don’t spend any of their time together outside of work – even going so far as to say ‘we’re not friendly off screen’

‘I know John’s heard this before because it comes up many times. And I’ve said regularly, as far as I know, no one’s ever written a bestselling pamphlet on how television duos are supposed to work. But we’ve found something that obviously works for us.’ 

He did assert, however, that they occasionally enjoy ‘work lunches’ together.

‘We do have something that’s become a bit of a ritual, and that’s on location, when we go away on foreign travel. John and I go off and we have lunch together on one day.

‘It’s just me and him. We buy a nice bottle of wine and we can chat about anything.’ 

The show has managed to continue production amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with John admitting ‘there were always questions’ as to whether this would be possible.

‘All things were considered. But the show did go on. On the occasions I have filmed there were just two of us critics, and we sat at a very safe distance from each other on a long table,’ Gregg added.

‘I think that’s a demonstration of how good our Covid protocols are. For example, the doors are now only opened by one person and they stay open on magnets until that person deactivates the magnets and they swing shut.

‘As soon as somebody touches a surface somebody else in the background runs in and wipes it down. It’s probably safer than most hospitals.’ 

John revealed: 'We've never been to each other's houses. We've never really cooked for each other'

John revealed: ‘We’ve never been to each other’s houses. We’ve never really cooked for each other’