MasterChef 星/主役にする Gregg Wallace in 戦う/戦い to better 基金 education for autistic children: TV 裁判官, whose four-year-old son Sid has 条件, says it's 'not 平易な' to find schooling support

Gregg Wallace has used an 外見 on shopping channel QVC to 控訴,上告 for more 基金ing for children with autism, telling テレビ視聴者s that they need more support because they 'do not fit in 井戸/弁護士席' in mainstream schools.

The 59-year-old MasterChef UK 裁判官 and latter-day fitness guru made a special 外見 on the channel on Saturday morning to 促進する the sale of Little Sid Rosebushes, 指名するd after his four-year-old son, who has autism and is 非,不,無-言葉の.

Five 続けざまに猛撃するs from the sale of each £20 rosebush, which has been bred by 伝説の British flower house Harkness, is 存在 寄付するd to the charity Ambitious About Autism, of which Wallace is an 外交官/大使.?

He told the channel that while Sid has been 受託するd into a 地元の special needs school, others in mainstream school settings need more support.

Wallace stepped 支援する from some 現在のing 職業s last year ーするために dedicate more time to his son and has become a 目だつ 支持する for better support for children with autism, a neurological 条件 that 影響する/感情s how a person communicates.

Gregg Wallace appeared on QVC on Saturday to talk about the Little Sid Rosebush, which has been named after his son

Gregg Wallace appeared on QVC on Saturday to talk about the Little Sid Rosebush, which has been 指名するd after his son

Gregg shared a tender image of himself, wife Anne-Marie Sterpini and Sid potting one of the plants on Instagram

Gregg 株d a tender image of himself, wife Anne-Marie Sterpini and Sid potting one of the 工場/植物s on Instagram

Gregg Wallace and wife Anne-Marie pose with a bouquet of the roses, which were inspired by Sid's own personality

Gregg Wallace and wife Anne-Marie 提起する/ポーズをとる with a bouquet of the roses, which were 奮起させるd by Sid's own personality

Sid with mother Anne-Marie at home in Kent. He has inspired dad Gregg to advocate for better support for children with autism in schools

Sid with mother Anne-Marie at home in Kent. He has 奮起させるd dad Gregg to 支持する for better support for children with autism in schools

Wallace said the flower had a fragrance akin to vanilla and honey, and its colour was Sid's favourite

Wallace said the flower had a fragrance akin to vanilla and honey, and its colour was Sid's favourite

He said: 'The rose comes from YouGarden and a fiver from every 選び出す/独身 one of these roses goes to Ambitious About Autism...直接/まっすぐに helping young children with autism.

'Finding education for them is not 平易な. Let me tell you, we're very fortunate, we got him (Sid) into a 地元の special needs school, but autistic children do not fit in 井戸/弁護士席 with mainstream education, we do need extra 基金ing.'

Wallace 手渡す-選ぶd the cultivar himself, 奮起させるd by Sid's personality and his character. He 株d a tender image of himself, wife Anne-Marie Sterpini and Sid potting one of the 工場/植物s on Instagram.

Speaking about the flower, he 追加するd: 'It's a beautiful fragrance, to me it smells a little bit like vanilla and honey, but the flower itself is the same colour as Sid's favourite.

'If you want to go to a cafe and keep him 静かな, you need raspberry or strawberry ice cream. I'm not a 広大な/多数の/重要な gardener and I've 工場/植物d these myself. They're 平易な (to look after).

'We 選ぶd it because it's 強健な and hardy like little Sid himself, it's a beautiful thing.'

The Little Sid Rose?is 存在 sold by YouGarden.com, Harkness Rose Company and World Of Roses, and will also be on 陳列する,発揮する at the Chelsea Flower Show in May.

QVC hopes to sell 5,000 of the 見本/標本s alone, raising at least £25,000 for the charity.?

Ambitious About Autism 見積(る)s that around 70 per cent of children living with autism are in mainstream schools and 学院s, but says many experience いじめ(る)ing and mental health 問題/発行するs 予定 to a 欠如(する) of support.

Wallace has spoken candidly about Sid's autism diagnosis on a number of occasions, becoming an 支持する for? better support for those living with the 条件.

He said last November of the flower: 'Raising an autistic child has many challenges but also 広大な/多数の/重要な joys, as other families with lived experience will know.?

'Anna and I are very proud of our wonderful son Sid and this rose is a 祝賀 of him and all autistic young people.

'I hope it will help to 増加する understanding and 受託 of autism.'

He 以前 told The Sun?that 確実にするing his son's needs were met was a particular 恐れる, given that the four-year-old does not speak.

Gregg shares a cuddle with Sid at home in this snap posted on his Instagram. He has spoken candidly about what it is like to raise a non-verbal child

Gregg 株 a cuddle with Sid at home in this snap 地位,任命するd on his Instagram. He has spoken candidly about what it is like to raise a 非,不,無-言葉の child

Wallace has become an unlikely fitness buff after being told to lose weight because he was at risk of suffering a heart attack

Wallace has become an ありそうもない fitness buff after 存在 told to lose 負わせる because he was at 危険 of 苦しむing a heart attack

Gregg Wallace is best known for presenting MasterChef alongside John Torode (pictured on set)

Gregg Wallace is best known for 現在のing MasterChef と一緒に John Torode (pictured on 始める,決める)

He collected an MBE?for services to food and charity last year after being named in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours list

He collected an MBE?for services to food and charity last year after 存在 指名するd in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)

'The biggest challenge is... they're 恐れるs more than anything else. If he's upset or he's unwell, at the moment, he can't tell us, and I'm not sure how he would communicate that to us,' he said.

'He started school and, of course, you can't say "are you making friends?" So all you've got is him skipping into school and looking 今後 going into school.'

He 追加するd that it was both a source of unease, and joy, that he did not know how 正確に/まさに Sid's brain would develop as he gets older.

He 追加するd: 'We have got an incredibly cuddly little boy. We're very fortunate in many, many ways.'

In March last year, Wallace stepped away from his BBC Two show Inside The Factory, telling Gaby Roslin's show on BBC 無線で通信する London that Sid needed 付加 support with his education.

Wallace - who was the 初めの presenter of BBC cooking show Saturday Kitchen, and has featured on Eat 井戸/弁護士席 For いっそう少なく?, Turn 支援する Time, 収穫 and Supermarket Secrets - 株 Sid with Anne-Marie Sterpini, who he married in 2016.

Before his broadcasting career, Wallace worked at Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market before starting George Allan's Greengrocers in 1989.

The TV presenter - who also has two children, Tom and Libby, from a previous 関係 - took part in 厳密に Come Dancing in 2014 and was made an MBE in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) for services to food and charity.

His most 著名な 役割 is that of 裁判官 and co-presenter of BBC's MasterChef since 2005 with celebrity chef John Torode.

And he has become an ありそうもない fitness icon after shedding fiv e 石/投石する with an 激しい fitess 政権 に引き続いて a doctor's 警告s that he was at 危険 of a heart attack.?

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