Emma Brand concludes her celebrity-watch series by looking at Gregg Wallace and his social media accounts.
Unsurprisingly Gregg Wallace is using his social media accounts to promote the current series of MasterChef, the TV show in which he judges contestants’ cooking. His self-promotion must be achieving something because the show is now getting 5.5 million viewers and still the public appetite remains strong, prompting Gregg to Tweet that: “It’s a double helping of MasterChef tonight! Make a note of all the times we’re on this week #MasterChefUK”
Tweets such as “I would say nearly half the people I meet ask me how I lost weight. There must be a way of making money from this info”, show that he might be looking into some new business ventures – perhaps Gregg Wallace will be the source of the next celebrity diet and exercise DVD that the whole nation will be doing next week.
Included in Gregg’s Profile photo is fellow MasterChef judge, John Torode – the two of them dressed as Men In Black, which suggests they have a friendship that extends off the screen. Not having a Header photo makes Gregg’s Twitter account look like it is not quite finished, but this might be the look he was going for.
Gregg has shown his 139k followers that being famous hasn’t taken out his sweet tooth, announcing that he was “Having a go at making rhubarb crumble tartlets”.
He’s also a rugby fan, e.g. “Incredible day @WaspsRugby feeling it today at work.” This might help to explain how he lost so much weight.
Gregg also has an Instagram account under the same user name, @GreggAWallace, but it has only been used twice. Once on the 14 March 2014 to upload a video of him lifting weights in the gym, and on the 19 March 2014 to upload a black and white selfie.
Like everyone else in Britain Gregg was fed up with the unseasonably cold weather. “Are Aprils always this cold?”, he Tweeted. Now it’s all change and summer is finally here, hopefully he’ll send us some new recipes for ice creams and frappes.