Gregg Wallace has been suspended from a top private members’ club in central London after a spate of allegations emerged about the past behaviour of the TV star, UKTN can reveal.
Marylebone-based Home Grown, a club popular with tech entrepreneurs and investors which counts several Dragons Den stars among its membership and ambassadors, took the decision after fresh allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour over the past decade by Wallace emerged in recent days.
Wallace was understood to be a regular at the club and had been spotted at its dining room in the past.
In a statement Home Grown told UKTN: “Home House and Home Grown have suspended Gregg Wallace’s membership, pending the conclusion of the BBC’s current investigation.”
A BBC News investigation last week had identified at least 13 people who made allegations of inappropriate sexual comments by Wallace. This week more allegations emerged, including a woman who claimed he touched her bottom and another who said he pressed his crotch against her.
Following the allegations, which predominantly relate to Wallace’s behaviour while filming British TV show MasterChef, On Tuesday the BBC said it was pulling several MasterChef programmes which had been due to air later this month.
Established in 2019 as part of the Home House Collection, the Home Grown club is a private members club aimed at high-growth entrepreneurs, investors and world class business leaders. The club has held regular events known as “F*ckup nights” in which members “share their own professional fuckup” including “stories of the business that crashes and burns” and “the partnership deal that goes sour”. Those events ceased a couple of months ago, a spokesperson said.
The club counts ex Dragons Den investor Piers Linney, DesignMyNight founder Nick Telson, London & Partners managing director Janet Coyle, and AllSaints founder Stuart Trevor among its ambassadors.
Wallace, who suggested the allegations against him came from “a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” before apologising for those comments, has now stepped aside from presenting MasterChef.