Celeb Masterchef’s John Torode forced to address Gregg Wallace ‘feud’ rumours again after saying they are ‘not pals’
CELEBRITY MasterChef’s John Torode has addressed the Gregg Wallace “feud” rumours again after it was reported they are “not friends”.
The famous Aussie chef featured on the chart-topping foodie podcast Desert Island Dishes, hosted by professional chef Margie Nomura.
John, 58 revealed that the him and Gregg, 58 “got on” but were “work colleagues, and have always stayed work colleagues.”
The BBC star put it bluntly: “I don’t go to the pub with him, we don’t go to each other’s houses – we just don’t do it.”
When John was asked if him and Gregg were “friends”, he responded: “Yes friends, but how do you define friends?”
The presenter continued: “If you’re in a ditch one day and you are really in the kaka, you ring up and you go I need help, that’s a friend. Gregg would do that, so he’s a friend don’t get me wrong.”
John also admitted that he’s never been to Gregg’s house before and he’s never been to his.
He shared: “He wouldn’t know where to put me. He said he has CDO [OCD] and wants everything in the right order, it’s one of his favourite jokes. But yeah, he wouldn’t know where to put me.”
“If he came to my house he wouldn’t know what to do, you know he’s got these behavioural things he does, that he knows what to do so you just let that go.”
John mentioned that you have “different friends” in life, and Gregg comes within the category of a more professional-friendship partnership.
He concluded: “We have great respect for each other, you know to get to 20 years as a partnership, I mean it’s done better than both our marriages, so yeah.”
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In April, Gregg told the Radio Times: “As far as I know, nobody’s written a bestselling pamphlet on how to be a successful TV couple, which is what we are.
“People are amazed we can be close and not be round at each other’s houses. We’ve found a way for it to work for us.”