Gregg Wallace's Jaguar XK was snapped on the A249 in Detling

MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace has been prosecuted for driving at more than 30 miles above the speed limit in Kent.

The 47-year-old, from Seasalter, admitted driving his Jaguar XK at 82mph in a 50mph limit in Detling.

Now the TV star (pictured below) has been fined £1,300, given six penalty points on his licence and ordered to pay £85 in costs by Maidstone magistrates.

The former fruit and vegetable seller's offence was recorded by a speed camera van on the A249 from Maidstone towards the Kent County Showground on Sunday, April 22.

The case was heard at Maidstone Magistrates' Court on October 9, but Wallace did not attend court.

Katherine Barrett, from the Kent and Medway Safety Camera Partnership, said: "Safety cameras operate at sites where people have been killed or seriously injured.

"On this stretch of road from Maidstone towards the County Showground there were eight people killed or seriously injured within the signed camera area before the site was installed and two people in the last three years.

"We do not want to catch people speeding - we would like them to drive within the speed limits to as to reduce the number of crashes and casualties.

"We offer speed awareness courses to drivers who are within a certain threshold, however excessive speed cases such as this are referred to court."