BBC MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has revealed the best memory of his life while working on the popular cooking show.
The foodie and presenter, 59, appeared alongside co-star John Torode, 58, on The One Show on Tuesday night.
And as the show enters its 20th season, which began on Easter Monday, hosts Alex Jones and Roman Kemp asked Gregg what his biggest standout moment was.
He responded by saying that the highlight was when the show traveled to India to cook for the Maharaja.
The show flew to Jodhpur in 2010 to cook for the Maharaja there the year Dhruv Baker won, at the Maharaja’s palace.
BBC MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has revealed the best memory of his life while working on the popular cooking show.
And as the show enters its 20th season, which began on Easter Monday, hosts Alex Jones and Roman Kemp asked Gregg what his biggest standout moment was (with John Torode).
The foodie and presenter, 59, appeared alongside co-star John Torode, 58, on The One Show on Tuesday night.
Gregg said of the experience: “And I thought, where are we? This is an extraordinary moment.”
They had to cook at 35 degrees for a maharaja and his family in a palace high in the Jodhpur hills.
It comes after Gregg revealed the strange reason he watches every episode of himself on hit show MasterChef.
Now he has revealed it in a recent interview with OK! the surprising reason he watches every episode while his co-star John insists he only watches the “occasional” episode.
Gregg said: ‘I look because I want to see which shirts look better than others. “There are some outfits I won’t wear again.”
John added: ‘I watch the occasional episode, but my family watches most of them. So I usually listen to my voice and watch various things.’
The duo have hosted the show since its relaunch in 2005 and admitted they are “surprised” they have lasted so long on the BBC show.
John said: ‘It seems to have happened in an instant… and although many things have not changed, many things have changed. And he’s been very happy along the way, it’s been a real privilege.”
He responded by saying that the highlight was when the show traveled to India to cook for the Maharaja.
The show traveled to Jodhpur in 2010 to cook for the Maharaja there the year Dhruv Baker won (seen), at the Maharaja’s palace.
Gregg said of the experience: “And I thought, where are we? This is an extraordinary moment.”
They had to cook at 35 degrees for a maharaja and his family in a palace high in the Jodhpur hills.
It comes after Gregg revealed the strange reason he watches every episode of himself on hit show MasterChef.
Gregg went on to say that the secret to their long working relationship is that it is based on “trust” and that the couple is “confident” in being themselves.
The new series will see fifty-eight passionate and talented hopefuls from all walks of life, such as a farmer, an archaeologist and a music director, showing what they can do.
Viewers can expect to see the contestants, who come from Dorset and Sunderland to the Scottish Borders and North Wales, serve up their food and cultural heritage in the hope of reaching the final.
First, fans must earn the right to wear a MasterChef apron in two new challenges: From Basic to Brilliant, take an everyday ingredient and turn it into something spectacular; and an invention test with a twist, as they are challenged to create a food dish based on a certain item, such as gnocchi, trout, meringue or quail.
The last four standing will show off their own style in two courses served to three familiar faces from past MasterChef series. The quarterfinal report is set by some of the country’s harshest critics and chefs.
Week five will be a celebration of MasterChef talent before in week six the contestants are whittled down to just 16 for Knockout Week.
Culinary tasks include a Market Invention Test in the MasterChef kitchen; the opportunity to enter a professional kitchen for the first time and offer a lunch service in two of London’s best restaurants: Nessa, led by executive chef Tom Cenci, and Joia, under the direction of chef José Jara; and back in the MasterChef kitchen the contestants will create nine identical portions of a canapé.
The new series will see fifty-eight passionate and talented hopefuls from all walks of life, such as a farmer, an archaeologist and a music director, showing what they can do.
Later, the semi-finalists will have to organize an extraordinary event celebrating the legacy and emerging talent of MasterChef, as well as its wider influence on the UK culinary food scene; tackling an ingredient they didn’t like as kids; creating a theatrical and surprising dish; the impressive Michelin-starred Swedish chef Niklas Ekstedt; and finally, create a food dish inspired by a previous contestant.
The final four will travel to the culinary melting pot of Singapore, where they will take on a trio of exciting challenges at Chong Pang Hawker Market, Pangium.
Returning to London, the four finalists will cook at the Chef’s Table at the world-renowned Le Gavroche, providing one of the iconic restaurant’s last services before it closes its doors for the last time, all under the watchful eye of the world’s leading chef and former MasterChef . : The professional judge, Michel Roux Jr.
Finally, after one finalist is sent packing, it returns to the studio where the Final Three must produce the three best dishes of their lives for John and Gregg, before one is crowned the 20th winner.