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Gregg Wallace’s much-mocked weekend routine resurfaces amid MasterChef scandal – after the BBC star revealed he fills his schedule with a ‘no sweat’ workout and HOURS of video games

Gregg Wallace’s much-mocked weekend routine has resurfaced after the BBC star became embroiled in scandal following his conduct on MasterChef.

The presenter, 60, is under investigation by the BBC after 13 women accused the presenter of inappropriate behind-the-scenes conduct while co-hosting the long-running show with chef John Torode.

Gregg has since apologised for a subsequent online rant in which he accused middle-aged women for instigating his downfall.

He had previously shared insight into his intricate weekend routine for The Telegraph’s My Saturday back in February.

Revealing he doesn’t indulge in a weekend lie-in, Gregg kicks off his day at 5am, reading for an hour – at the time he was reading A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles – before making himself a cup of coffee and checking the sign-up numbers for his health programme.

There’s no more time to rest, however, as he has to stick to his five-day a week workout regime, revealing he has persuaded staff to open the gym half an hour early for him every weekend so he can enjoy a private swim and sauna.

Once members of the public start arriving (at the correct time), Gregg makes a beeline for the treadmills where he works towards his 50,000 steps a week goal but insists there’s ‘no sweating’.

Having worked up an appetite, but not a sweat, next on the to-do list is breakfast, with Gregg meeting his PA at the local Harvester for breakfast – which consists of bacon, sausage and fried egg.

While he admitted people are often surprised to see him in the budget chain restaurant, he has ‘never been disappointed’ by the food, and is particularly fond of the grilled chicken and salad bar.

In contrast, he noted he has been let down by the food on offer at several three-star Michelin restaurants around Europe.

During breakfast, talk turns to business with his PA as they juggle his MasterChef filming, well-being business and new health and well-being podcast, A Piece of Cake.

Speaking about his new healthy living podcast, Gregg mused: ‘I love chatting to the experts, but I’m quite the expert too, having been journalling, manifesting, goal-setting and reading self-help books for years.’

Seemingly blessed with a high metabolism, lunch comes just an hour-and-a-half after his fry up, with Gregg’s wife Anna, 38, ensuring food is on the table when he arrives home at midday.

After lunch comes quality time with his four-year-old son, Sid, who’s non-verbal autistic but has ‘started to seek company and show eye contact’.

Speaking candidly about his relationship with his youngest child, Gregg – who has two adult children Tom, 29, and Libby, 26, with his ex-wife Denise – 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.

5AM: Wake up and read for an hour

6AM: Coffee and check emails

7AM: Swim and sauna at the gym before workout with 7,000 steps a day

10.30AM: Fry-up breakfast at Harvester

12PM: Home with wife Anna having his lunch ready on the table

1.30PM: Spend time with son Sid, four

3PM: Playing historical war video games

6PM: Cook dinner for the family once a week

8PM: In bed watching a film on reading

9PM: Go to sleep

‘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.’

After an hour and a half of quality time with Sid, Gregg then indulges in two hours of me-time.

As an ‘amateur historian’ and video game fan, he likes to lock himself away in his home office at 3pm playing Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia, set in 878 AD.

After leading the Norsemen, Saxons, and Gaels to victory he then sets about preparing dinner for his family.

The restaurateur and former greengrocer revealed Anna takes on the main kitchen duties as he cooks for his family just once a week, typically a grilled fish dish from the fishmonger.

He’s also partial to making his own ‘healthy’ cheeseburgers, as takeaways are banned after his health overhaul.

Alcohol is also restricted, with Gregg drinking twice a week, typically starting off with a pint, then a wine, then a whisky or brandy, but ensures he doesn’t ‘drink excessively any more.’

After his long day comes an early bed time of 8pm, where he and Anna will either read or watch a film on his laptop because Gregg ‘tried sitting on the sofa eating biscuits’ but didn’t find it ‘fulfilling’.

Sleep typically comes by 9pm.

Gregg’s regime quickly began trending on X, with baffled fans claiming he was like Steve Coogan’s comedy character, Alan Partridge.

They penned: ‘Catching up on Gregg Wallace’s magnificently Partridgian My Saturday.’; ‘Gregg Wallace here with an article that would easily place him in the top division of LinkedIn’s most ridiculously egotistical contributors’;

‘I met Gregg Wallace once – I hasn’t to bump into him not once but twice within an hour in Manchester city centre and from our fleeting interaction I’m not entirely surprised by his Partridge-esque interview.’;

‘This is my favourite bit… amateur historian #GreggWallace’; ‘Ok, who is opening up their Fitness First early to let in Gregg Wallace?’; ‘How do we break it to Gregg Wallace that this isn’t actually what historians do?’;

‘“At 8pm it’s biscuits – and CHEESE” Gregg Wallace and Gromit’; ‘Gregg Wallace. This has to be parody, surely?’; ‘Can’t stop reading the Gregg Wallace thing. What a journey, every word is absolutely incredible.’;

‘Imagine being that person at the gym who has to get there half an hour early so Gregg Wallace can have a solitary swim, or his PA that has to go to Harvester every Saturday morning and watch him eat his bacon and eggs’;

‘Gregg Wallace: I wake up at the same time every morning. I’ll read for an hour – right now it’s A Gentleman In Moscow by Amor Towles – then I’ll make myself a coffee and check emails. Blur: PARK LIFE’;

‘Gregg Wallace tells the world his child was unplanned and spends more time playing computer games (two hours) than spending time with his autistic son (hour and a half). If I commented with my feelings on this, Twitter would ban me.’

During a luxury cruise with wife Anna in August, Gregg shared a glimpse of his ‘holiday routine,’ which appeared to be just as intricate as his weekend one.

Gregg gave his followers a tour of the empty ship after waking up at 5.45am.

Flashing his biceps in the mirror, the TV personality tensed in a vest top and sports shorts before getting in a work out.

‘5.45am Queen Anne coffee first with glass of iced water then off to the gym. Holiday morning routine,’ he captioned.

Gregg and Anna enjoyed their luxurious break aboard Cunard’s newest ship, MS Queen Anne, which first embarked on its maiden voyage back in May.

Upon his return home, he made sure to get back into his routine, waking up naturally at 5AM before checking the news and heading to the gym for 6AM.

He then took part in a Zoom call for work, 30 minutes of reading and a short walk all before lunch.

After eating a lentil soup, Gregg got in a quick nap and spent the afternoon working from his garden, wrapping up his day with a 8PM bed time.

On Monday, Gregg apologised for claiming ‘middle class women of a certain age’ caused his MasterChef demise – but it has already been branded a ‘classic’ non-apology.

The presenter apologised after his controversial comments on Instagram over the weekend caused another PR storm, blaming ‘a huge amount of stress’ and ‘a lot of emotion’ for the error.

The U-turn came hours after an insider told MailOnline he had ‘gone rogue’ and was ignoring ‘all advice’ about how to salvage his TV career following the scandal.

Wallace, who has stepped back from the BBC’s MasterChef while allegations into alleged 𝑠e𝑥ual misconduct are investigated, said: ‘I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday and any upset I have caused to a lot of people’.

It came as Sir Keir Starmer condemned the grocer turned broadcaster as ‘completely inappropriate and misogynistic’ for blaming ‘middle class women of a certain’ age for his MasterChef ruination.

Wallace is facing claims from at least 13 women who have accused him of inappropriate behaviour, including roaming around on set naked with a sock on his penis, inappropriate jokes and groping crew members.

In a fresh video on social media posted this afternoon, the under-fire presenter said of his middle class women slur: ‘I wasn’t in a good headspace when I posted it. I’ve been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion.

‘I felt very alone [and] under siege yesterday when I posted it. It’s obvious to me I need to take some time out now while this investigation is underway.

‘I hope you understand and I do hope that you can accept my apology.’

Wallace’s lawyers say ‘it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a 𝑠e𝑥ually harassing nature’.

And in a further sign of Wallace’s fury, he has today unfollowed co-host John Torode and his wife on social media.

After spending nearly two decades presenting Britain’s best-loved cooking show together, the legacy of famed duo Gregg Wallace and John Torode appears to have come crashing down in just a matter of months.

Torode has not uttered a word on Wallace’s MasterChef exit, despite working together since 2005.

But previous comments in which he admitted he had never been a ‘friend’ of Wallace’s, as well as claims about them moving to opposite sides of the room when the cameras cut, show that all was not well in their partnership.

BBC presenter Wallace stepped down from MasterChef last week after it was revealed that 13 people, including Newsnight host Kirsty Wark, accused him of ‘wrong’ and inappropriate ‘𝑠e𝑥ualised’ behaviour during filming.

He stands accused of making ‘inappropriate 𝑠e𝑥ual jokes’, asking for the phone numbers of female members of production staff, and undressing in front of and standing ‘too close’ to women working on his shows. He allegedly walked naked on set with only a sock on his penis.

Former Celebrity MasterChef contestants say they raised concerns about Wallace’s alleged behaviour as far back as 12 years ago, with actress Emma Kennedy – who won the series in 2012 – alleging she had witnessed Wallace ‘grope’ a camera assistant during a photo shoot that year.

The grocer turned broadcaster appeared to make things worse yesterday when he posted a series of incendiary videos online where he hit back at critics by saying: ‘Can you imagine how many women on MasterChef, female contestants, have made 𝑠e𝑥ual remarks or 𝑠e𝑥ual innuendo?’

Wallace had said: ‘I’ve been doing MasterChef for 20 years, amateur, celebrity and professional MasterChef, and I think, in that time, I have worked with over 4,000 contestants of all different ages, all different backgrounds, all walks of life.

‘Apparently now, I’m reading in the paper, there’s been 13 complaints in that time. I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age, just from Celebrity MasterChef. This isn’t right’.

But his posts caused outrage and were branded ‘shocking’ and laced with ‘thinly veiled misogyny’ – and did not touch on the 𝑠e𝑥ual allegations made by numerous MasterChef celebrities, producers and contestants on the show he left last week.

One insider told MailOnline today: ‘Gregg has gone rogue and ignored all advice’. Another expert said: ‘He needs to shut up’.

Ulrika Jonsson, who competed on Celebrity MasterChef in 2017, saying she was ‘seething’ after seeing the comments – while Kirstie Allsopp described his response as ‘unacceptable’.

And Mark Borkowski, one of the UK’s leading PR gurus and crisis managers, told MailOnline today that Wallace was ‘only listening to his own ego’ instead of advice, adding: ‘The first law of PR in a crisis is never let your emotions rule your Instagram.’

There are also allegations related to four other shows Wallace worked on.

There are 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, who have formally complained about Wallace’s behaviour over a 17-year period across five shows, between 2005 and 2022.

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