Former MasterChef star Gregg Wallace plans to move to Italy
TV star Gregg Wallace has announced plans to move to Italy.
Gregg Wallace is selling his mansion in Kent and moving to Italy.
The 61-year-old TV star was axed by the BBC last year after an investigation into historical allegations of workplace misconduct, with 45 accusations against him being upheld, and Gregg has now revealed that he's relocating to southern Europe.
The former MasterChef co-host - who has Sid, six, with his wife Anne-Marie - said on Instagram: "We are decluttering the house and we are going to put it on the market.
"We plan to buy a much more modest house in Yorkshire, where my daughter lives, and then spend five months of each year in Italy.
"My wife is Italian. I've always loved Italy and we plan to move around and rent in different places, which is quite an adventure, and with the help of my autism specialist mates, I am going to homeschool Sid as well.
"It is a new chapter for us. It is a life that should be full of travel and adventure and I'm very, very much looking forward to it."
Gregg admitted that the decision to move was partially a financial one.
He explained: "I can't have the life I used to have but whether you choose to believe it or not, I really wanted to come out of that anyway, but obviously not in the dramatic way that I did.
"I want to ease off a little bit, I want to relax a little bit. But that also comes with wanting financial security for me and my family because I've got a wife that is much younger than me and a special needs little boy, Sid."
Gregg and his family all love Italy and he's looking forward to embracing a new lifestyle.
He said: "I want to relax a bit but I also want to make sure I can have a certain lifestyle and that I leave a legacy for my family. That's not easy to do.
"So my plan is to sell this enormous house and buy a more modest house. I'll work less and possibly spend half of the year in Italy making adventures for my family because we love Italy."
