BIFA opts for TV's Gregg Wallace to host awards lunch

Masterchef judge Gregg Wallace will host the BIFA Freight Service Awards lunch in January.

The former warehouseman at Covent Garden fruit and veg market, who became a greengrocer before TV stardom, is “no stranger to logistics”, said BIFA director general Steve Parker.

He said Mr Wallace had  examined “aspects of logistics in the Supermarket Secrets programme, detailing the complexity and innovations of their supply chains”.

Mr Parker added: “I am often asked for the secret ingredients that constitute the recipe for success for ...