Is this Gregg Wallace’s big saviour?  Disgraced star launches new project as he makes the most of his ‘time at home’ after leaving MasterChef amid ‘sexual misconduct probe’

Shamed MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has launched a new project after he left the BBC show amid a probe into alleged sexual misconduct. 

The presenter, 60, has unveiled a new range of ‘healthy’ frozen microwave meals in a new career move as he continues to work after being replaced by Grace Dent on TV.

Wallace announced the new move via his health and fitness firm as he advertised the £8 a dish products, revealing he’d been taking advantage of having ‘some time at home’. 

He said of the venture: ‘I have been working for quite a while now on frozen ready meals from the GreggWallace.health range of recipes.

‘Let’s see how we get on. I have managed to have some time at home and did some cooking. It’s a habit I want to get back in to – cooking for the family once a week is something that I really enjoy.’

Shamed MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has launched a new project after he left the BBC show amid a probe into alleged sexual misconduct – flogging £8 ready meals 

He added: ‘All our meals are frozen and shipped via DPD AM Delivery Service. They will arrive frozen or within the correct temperatures to transfer straight into your freezer unless otherwise stated in product descriptions.’

Single meals are £8 or buyers can purchase eight for £60.

Wallace is currently under investigation by the BBC amid a raft of allegations about his misconduct.

He was initially bullish in the face of the allegations, taking to Instagram to say they mostly came from ‘middle class women of a certain age’.

He went on to ask: ‘Can you imagine how many women on MasterChef have made sexual remarks or sexual innuendo?’

Since then, several high-profile names – including TV presenter Ulrika Jonsson as well as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer – have condemned his remarks in public statements.

The former greengrocer later apologised for the controversial comments which caused a PR storm.

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.’

The presenter, 60, has unveiled a new range of ‘healthy’ frozen microwave meals in a new career move as he continues to work after being replaced by Grace Dent on MasterChef

Among those to come forward with allegations against Wallace is a woman called Lisa, not her real name, who worked on BBC show Eat Well for Less in 2015.

She told the BBC Wallace ‘touched her inappropriately’ when they were filming in a supermarket.

‘He brushed past me at the checkout, and touched my bum with his waist and penis and laughed and said “oooh you liked that didn’t you,”‘ she alleged.

‘It was the way he reacted, other people would’ve said “oh I’m sorry can I squeeze by’ which would’ve been ok.”‘

Lisa also claims that she felt she had to continue working but was ‘not ok about it’, describing it as ‘slimy and disgusting’. She claims she raised it with a senior colleague but that nothing was ever done.

Banijay say they have no record of this incident being raised at RDF Television, which produced Eat Well For Less.

A second woman claims that she came across Wallace while working at an event in 2022.

The woman, known only as Sarah, claims that Wallace asked her to take him to the car park at the end of the event.

‘As we walked down, he started putting his arm around me, saying “go on, hold my hand, don’t you want to stand next to me,”‘ she told the BBC.

Food critic Grace Dent, 51, (pictured with John Torode) is set to replace Wallace on MasterChef while the investigation into his behaviour takes place

Other claims include talking about his sex life on set, asking for women’s numbers and repeatedly questioning a gay woman about the ‘logistics’ of dating other women.

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

Food critic Grace Dent, 51, is set to replace Wallace on MasterChef while the investigation into his behaviour takes place.

Dent will judge the upcoming 20th series of Celebrity MasterChef, having appeared regularly as a guest and then even a contestant on MasterChef: Battle Of The Critics in 2022.