Gregg Wallace believes he should receive a statue for “saving the nation” from obesity.
Gregg Wallace believes he should receive a statue for 'saving the nation' from obesity
The 59-year-old TV star, who is best known for being a judge on ‘MasterChef’, has spent years campaigning for the nation to improve its eating habits, and hopes his efforts will earn him a statue in London’s Trafalgar Square.
During an appearance on the ‘Monday Mile with Aimee Fuller’ podcast, he said: “[All] I do is teach them to cook. And I have had such extraordinary successes.
“I've got one lady, she's like a pin-up girl for me. She's lost 12 stone in two years. She's basically lost two Gregg Wallaces!
“Your grandchildren are going to drive past Trafalgar Square one day and there's going to be a statue of Gregg Wallace in a toga holding a pineapple because he saved the nation.”
The culinary campaigner admitted he was anxious about the county’s future and health service due to the UK’s poor diet.
He explained: “I'm also nervous for the nation. I'm also nervous for the NHS. I think it’s getting very serious, isn't it?
“And the cost to the nation of rising obesity, heart disease, cancers, kidney issues, liver issues, knee joints, hip joints, fertility issues and the cost to the NHS of picking up the bill and trying to cope with a nation that's making itself more and more unwell on a week by week basis through its food choices.”
Gregg was then quizzed on how he maintains “discipline” in sticking to his healthy diet, to which he insisted three balanced meals a day was all it took.
He said: “[I] don’t need discipline. The reason I don't want the obesity [chocolate] bar and the obesity bag [of crisps] is I'm not hungry. I'm having breakfast, lunch and dinner. The secret to weight loss is not to be hungry.
“People think it's about being hungry and eating less. No, it's not. It's about not being hungry and eating more, just eating the right stuff.”
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