Who are MasterChef judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode?
GREGG Wallace and John Torode return to our screens with a brand new season of MasterChef.
The pair have been the face of MasterChef for years and are now back to turn up the heat for the nineteenth series.
Who is John Torode?
The Melbourne native is 57 years old and currently lives in London.
At 16 years old, John left school to attend catering college and after a decade of training, he moved to the UK in 1991, to work at a sous chef at Quaglino's.
While working at Quaglino's, John first met his fellow MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace, who was running a vegetable supply company.
He is most famous for his role as TV judge on MasterChef, starring in both the British and Australian versions of the show.
John Torode first met his partner Lisa Faulkner, famous for appearing on shows like EastEnders, Brookside and Holby City, in 2010.
Lisa was also a contestant and won Celebrity MasterChef. When the show was filmed, Lisa was married to Eastenders actor Chris Coghill, with whom she has an eight-year-old adopted daughter Billie.
The pair divorced in April 2012 after a seven-year marriage, and six months later, Lisa went public with her relationship with John.
Who is Gregg Wallace?
Gregg Wallace is a 58-year-old former costermonger, baker and TV personality, born in Elephant and Castle, London.
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Gregg has been doing the MasterChef gig since 2005, and he's also on the panel of MasterChef: The Professionals and Celebrity MasterChef.
He has also presented BBC shows including Supermarket Secrets and Eat Well for Less?, as well as going behind the scenes of food production on Inside The Factory.
Aside from his TV projects, Gregg is also a writer and a farmer, and he used to own two restaurants in Bermondsey and Putney - until they folded in 2014, owing suppliers £150,000.
In 2016, Gregg married Anne-Marie Sterpini, 21 years his junior, in an intimate ceremony at Hever Castle in Kent.
Anne-Marie is Gregg's fourth wife, and he has two children from his second marriage to Denise, a former pastry chef.
He currently lives in Whitstable, Kent, with his two children and Anne-Marie.
When is MasterChef 2023 on TV?
MasterChef 2023 kicks off on Monday, April 10 at 8 pm on BBC One.
Episodes continue on April 11, at 9 PM and April 14, at 8:30 PM.
All aired episodes will be available to watch BBC iPlayer.