Gregg Wallace
Birth Name:
Gregg Wallace
Birth Place:
Peckham, England
Profession
Actor, Producer
Fast Facts
- After leaving home at 15-years-old, he would begin to work as a messenger for the Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market, his first real experience in the culinary industry
- Began his career as a grocer selling vegetables at a single stand and would eventually go on to open his first store, George Allan's Greengrocers, in 1989
- Quote: "We are all good at something, but some of us never get a chance to practice what we are really good at․"
- Quote: "[Regarding his keys for success] "Make friends with everybody whether you like them or not․""
- Expanded his brand by appearing on various food-related television programs for BBC beginning in the early 2000s
- Odd jobs in the past have included cab driver, dry cleaner and roofer
- Previously played for the London Welsh Vets and later received his level two rugby union coaching certificate years later