MasterChef star Gregg Wallace reveals his best ever memory on the popular BBC cooking show as the 20th series gets underway

BBC MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has revealed his best ever memory working on the hit cooking show.

The foodie and presenter, 59, appeared on The One Show with his co-star John Torode, 58, on Tuesday night.

And as the show marks its twentieth series – which started on Easter Monday – presenters Alex Jones and Roman Kemp asked Gregg what his biggest highlight was.

He replied that his highlight was when the show traveled to India to cook for the Maharaja.

The show flew to Jodhpur in 2010 to cook for the Maharaja in the year that Dhruv Baker won, at the Maharaja’s palace.

And as the show marks its 20th season – which kicked off on Easter Monday – hosts Alex Jones and Roman Kemp asked Gregg what his biggest highlight was (with John Torode)

The foodie and presenter, 59, appeared alongside his co-star John Torode, 58, on The One Show on Tuesday night

Gregg said of the experience, “And I just thought, where are we, this is an extraordinary moment.”

They had to cook in 35 degree heat for a maharaja and his family in a palace on top of the Jodhpur hills.

It comes after Gregg revealed the very bizarre reason why he watches every episode of himself on hit show MasterChef.

He has now revealed this in a recent interview with OK! the very surprising reason he watches every episode, while his co-star John insisted he only watches the ‘occasional’ episode.

Gregg said:I watch because I want to see which shirts look better than others. There are some outfits I don’t wear anymore.’

John added: “I watch the occasional episode, but my household watches most of them. So I usually hear my voice and see different things.’

The duo have hosted the show since its relaunch in 2005 and admitted they are ‘amazed’ that they have lasted so long on the BBC show.

John said: ‘It seems to have happened in a flash… and although so many things haven’t changed, so much has. And it was quite joyful along the way, it was a real privilege.”

He replied that his highlight was when the show traveled to India to cook for the Maharaja

The show traveled to Jodhpur in 2010 to cook for the Maharaja in the year that Dhruv Baker (seen) won, at the Maharaja’s palace

Gregg said of the experience: ‘And I just thought, where are we, this is an extraordinary moment?’

They had to cook in 35 degree heat for a maharaja and his family in a palace on top of the Jodhpur hills

It comes after Gregg revealed the very bizarre reason why he watches every episode of himself on hit show MasterChef

Gregg went on to say that the secret to their long working relationship is that it is built on ‘trust’ and the couple is ‘confident’ to be themselves.

In the new series, fifty-eight passionate and talented hopefuls from all walks of life, such as a farmer, archaeologist and musical director, will show what they can do.

Viewers can expect to see the contestants, from Dorset and Sunderland to the Scottish Borders and North Wales, dishing out their food and cultural heritage in the hope of making it to the final.

First, the amateurs must earn the right to wear a MasterChef apron in two new challenges: Basic to Brilliant, where you take an everyday ingredient and turn it into something spectacular; and an Invention Test with a twist, where they are challenged to create a plate of food based on a fixed element such as gnocchi, trout, meringue or quail.

The last four remaining players then showcase their own style in two courses, served to three familiar faces from the past of the MasterChef series. That quarter-final brief is then set by some of the country’s toughest critics and chefs.

The fifth week will be a celebration of MasterChef talent, before the sixth week sees the number of competitors for Knockout Week reduced to just 16.

Culinary tasks include a Market Invention Test in the MasterChef kitchen; the opportunity to step into a professional kitchen for the first time and provide a lunch service in two of London’s best restaurants: Nessa, led by Chef Tom Cenci, and Joia, led by Chef Jose Jara; and back in the MasterChef kitchen, the contestants will make nine identical portions of a canapé.

The new series will see fifty-eight passionate and talented hopefuls from all walks of life, such as a farmer, archaeologist and musical director, see what they can do

Later, the semi-finalists will be tasked with delivering an extraordinary event celebrating the legacy and emerging talent of MasterChef, as well as its wider influence on the UK culinary food scene; tackling an ingredient they didn’t enjoy as a child; creating a theatrical and surprising dish; impressive Swedish Michelin-starred chef Niklas Ekstedt; and finally, creating a plate of food inspired by a past participant.

The four finalists travel to the culinary melting pot of Singapore, where they take on three exciting challenges at the Chong Pang Hawker Market, Pangium.

Back in London, the final four will cook at Chef’s Table at the globally respected Le Gavroche, providing one of the iconic restaurant’s final services before it closes its doors for the final time – all under the watchful eye of the world-famous chef chef and former MasterChef: The Professionals judge, Michel Roux Jr.

After one finalist is finally wrapped, he heads back to the studio where the Final Three must produce the three best dishes of their lives for John and Gregg – before one is crowned the twentieth winner.