Celebrity chef's troubled son pleads guilty to burglary again

The 29-year-old, son of Michelin-starred chef Marco Pierre White, appeared via video link from HMP Wandsworth at Isleworth Crown Court, where he pleaded guilty to four counts of burglary and one of criminal damage. The court heard Pierre White Jr caused around £43,000 worth of damage when he wrecked four mounted crystals and smashed the entrance door of an antiques shop in Westminster. He accepted burglary and criminal damage but disputed the cost of the damage.

On June 12, he targeted La Piccola, an Italian deli in Kensington, where he stole a laptop, tablet, iPod, and till tray. Days later, on June 15, he carried out another raid in Kensington and Chelsea, taking two natural rock crystal formations and leaving £7,775 worth of damage to the door. On July 21, he struck again, breaking into a high-street store in Barnes and making off with £1,500 worth of Jellycat soft toys.

Prosecutors also accused the reality TV star of stealing 26 bottles of personal hygiene products worth £1,331 from a beauty store in Kensington and Chelsea on May 25. Marco Jr has denied the robbery charge.

The latest convictions add to a long list of criminal offences. Last year, he admitted burgling a tattoo parlour called Behind Bars in Weston-Super-Mare.

In August 2024, he was jailed for eight weeks for stealing socks from a Sainsbury's supermarket.

In 2022, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to 14 offences, including racial abuse and carrying a knife. His rap sheet also lists drug offences, harassment, and weapons charges.

The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant - who entered the house in 2016 and lasted just 11 days before being booted out following hundreds of complaints to Ofcom - has battled heroin addiction since he was 18.

His chaotic lifestyle has repeatedly hit the headlines. Four days after leaving the Big Brother house, he was stopped in his BMW while under the influence of cocaine.

In 2019, he called police officers "f*****s" while drunk and disorderly at a train station, earning a fine.

That same year, he fled a restaurant after running up a £27 bill, and in another incident, was dragged "kicking and screaming" to a police station after smashing windows during a row with his father.

In May 2023, he raided a café but was caught on CCTV when his trousers fell down mid-burglary, exposing his tattoos. He stole £250 from the till before escaping through a window.

He also burgled The Crown Inn in Bath, stealing £2,000 worth of cigarettes, and pinched £382.44 JBL headphones in a separate raid.

Marco Jr has now been remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.