Inside Gregg Wallace’s FOUR marriages from wife who said it was utter hell to bizarre living arrangements

Published on July 19, 2025 at 06:10 AM

OVER the years Gregg Wallace has managed to rack up FOUR marriages.

However, not all of the former have had good things to say about their time with him.

Gregg Wallace on Good Morning Britain.
Gregg Wallace has been married four times during his life – but they have not all ended well
Greg Wallace and his wife on a beach.
Greg is currently married to wife no. 4, Anne-Marie Sterpini
Gregg Wallace and Heidi Brown at the Duke of Essex Polo Trophy.
Gregg was married to third wife Heidi Brown for just over a year

, who , has walked down the aisle four times.

While he is currently married to fourth wife , he has three divorces under his belt.

One of his marriages lasted just weeks, while another months, with one wife describing her time with Gregg as “utter hell”;.

Here we delve into the lives of the TV chef’s wives and how their marriages to him have played out.

Christine Harrison

when he was just 24.

Not much is known about the original Mrs Wallace, only that her name is Christine Harrison.

The pair wed in 1988, which he admitted in his autobiography that he knew was a “mistake”; before they tied the knot.

jokingly called it “possibly the shortest marriage in the world”;.

He later revealed their quickie ceremony was followed by food in a pie and mash shop – they were married for just six weeks.

Denise Lovall

tied the knot for the second time in 1999, when he wed pastry chef Denise Lovall.

The pair met in 1991 and she moved into his flat just off south ‘s Old Kent Road after a date at Stringfellows nightclub.

At the time, Denise did not know that Gregg’s first marriage to Christine had lasted just a few weeks.

During their relationship, they welcomed two children together, Tom and Libby.

Gregg Wallace and Denise Lovell on their wedding day.
Gregg and his ex-wife Denise Lovell on wedding day

They divorced in 2004, with allegations of cheating on his part.

in an unpublished 2012 interview with theMail, before her death five years later,

The interview has now been published in light of the .

In the interview, Denise described her ex husband as a “very sexual man”;.

She was asked her thoughts on Gregg’s third marriage to Heidi Brown which was collapsing at the time.

Denise said: “If my own experience is anything to go by it will have been utter hell and very, very lonely.”;

She told how the TV chef would rarely be at home and would often “be in a bad mood”;.

Gregg later admitted to seeing “other women”; in his 2012 autobiography, Life on a Plate.

Gregg Wallace and his wife Heidi Brown at the Brighton Rock film premiere.
Gregg’s third wife Heidi called him ‘needy’

Heidi Brown

Another whirlwind marriage saw Gregg wed third wife in 2011 – but it only lasted 14 months.

Wife no. 3, who was 17 years his junior, described him as a “difficult man”; and “quite needy”; after they broke up.

Reflecting on the experience of being married to the TV star, Heidi told the Mail at the time of their split: “We each desperately wanted to be the person the other one wanted us to be.

“We should have both stuck up for ourselves a bit more. I wish him all the best and all the luck in the world.

“I hope he does meet someone who makes him feel happy and loves him for all he is. I can’t do that.”;

In his autobiography, Gregg said the marriage was a ”;huge mistake”; and “probably the unhappiest I have ever been in my life”;.

Gregg Wallace and Anna-Marie Sterpini in a photoshoot.
Gregg and wife Anne-Marie married in 2016

Anne-Marie Sterpini

Gregg is now married to his fourth wife , who is 21 years his junior.

Reflecting on their significant age gap, he once said: “People look at you anyway and I felt really conscious because she was younger, and I didn’t want people to judge her harshly.”;

in December 2014 and in Kent, in August 2016, with fellow MasterChef judge as Gregg’s best man.

The couple have a .

Bizarrely Gregg previously revealed that his mother-in-law had moved in with him and his wife.

He even joked to The Daily Star: “Anna can’t leave me because mum would have to leave as well.

“For an insecure old man with a younger woman, that’s good news.”;

Wedding guests at Peter Shilton's wedding.
Gregg and Anne-Marie have a 21 year age gap

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