Gregg Wallace and his wife Anne-Marie Sterpini are seemingly putting on a united front as he posted a photo of her for the first time since the former MasterChef presenter faced misconduct allegations.
Late last year, Wallace, 60, stepped back from the show following a number of complaints and accusations made against him, which he has denied.
Chef Anna Haugh stepped in to finish filming for a new series alongside John Torode.
As the controversy continues to unfold, Wallace shared a post on social media, posting a cheerful picture with his wife.
He wrote alongside the photo: ‘Eat well, live well, look after yourself. Get a little more active. Learn about nutrition. Learn to take care of yourself.’
Wallace later posted a link to his health page that contained tips on how to maintain a healthjy lifestyle, but it was soon removed for unknown reasons.
He then shared another image of his wife, accompanied by a similar caption.
Wallace and his wife Sterpini – who is 20 years his junior – have been married since 2016.
At the time of their wedding, Wallace was 51 and Sterpini was 30.
The couple first met on Twitter in 2013, when she contacted him for recipe advice, asking whether rhubarb was a good choice to go with duck.
Folowing Wallace’s response, they arranged to meet for dinner.
He later told Hello! magazine: ‘I just looked at Anna’s photo and thought, “Wow, she’s pretty”, so yes, rhubarb, which was considered an aphrodisiac in medieval times, brought us together.’
In the past, he has regularly shared insights into his home life on social media, updating his followers on his fitness regime and his home life in the countryside with his wife and son. Since the allegations arose, he has not posted much of his wife, leading many to speculate on their relationship status.
Last year, news of the alleged misconduct from Wallace shocked the country.
It was alleged he made ‘inappropriate sexual jokes’ and lewd comments on set, asked for the phone numbers of female members of production staff, and undressed in front of and standing ‘too close’ to women working on his shows.
He has also been accused of groping three people in different incidents, ‘mimicking sex acts’ and walking around the studio almost ‘completely naked’, with more than 13 people across a range of shows over a 17-year-period making complaints.
Wallace and his lawyers have fiercely denied the allegations, saying ‘it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature’.
Following the initial reports, he sparked outrage when he responded in a video shared on Instagram, saying the accusations came from ‘middle-class women of a certain age’.
After immense backlash, including from the Prime Minister, who blasted the comments as ‘misogynistic’, Wallace apologised in another Instagram video.
He said: ‘I want to apologise for any offence that I caused with my post yesterday and any upset I may have caused to a lot of people. I wasn’t in a good head space when I posted it.
‘I’ve been under a huge amount of stress, a lot of emotion, I felt very alone, under siege 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 will accept this apology.’
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