Mary Berry

When one thinks of Mary Berry, one might think comforting familiarity and domestic wizardry, but rarely would anyone think of law-breaker. However, that’s exactly what she was suspected of when she got arrested going to America 25 years ago…

The 83 year old chef revealed that she was once arrested at U.S. customs after decanting flour and sugar into little plastic bags before going through airport security.

The former ‘Great British Bake Off’ judge was a guest on Graham Norton’s chat show, in an episode going out on Friday night (April 20th) in which she appeared with ‘Britain’s Best Home Cook’ co-host Claudia Winkleman.

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Christmas telly is the best, and this year's no different. Instead of re-watching the old holiday movies you've seen numerous times, get stuck in to what the BBC and Sky have to offer over the festive period. From 'Bake Off' to 'Sherlock', you're sure to find something to glue you to the box.

Here are our top 10 Christmas must-see shows:

1. The Great Christmas Bake Off (Christmas Day and Boxing Day - 4.45pm on BBC1)

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‘Great British Bake Off’ judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry do not make the technical cakes featured in each episode on the show, it has been revealed.

The Sun reports that the baking masterpieces are actually made by experts hired by the show’s production team, baked while Paul and Mary sit in hair and make-up.

Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry posing with baked goods that they probably didn't make themselves

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‘Great British Bake Off’ winner Nadiya Hussain has opened up about the racial abuse she’s received throughout her life, saying that it’s something she absolutely expects. Appearing on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, Hussain said she mostly receives abuse after "massive things happen" in the news, especially after September 11 2001.

‘Great British Bake Off’ winner Nadiya Hussain

”I've had things thrown at me and [been] pushed and shoved," she said. "I feel like that's just become a part of my life now. I expect it. Absolutely I expect it. I expect to be shoved or pushed or verbally abused because that happens. It's been happening for years.”

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‘Great British Bake Off’ presenter Mary Berry has gotten her fans gossiping after she seemingly took a swipe at fellow celebrity chef Delia Smith while presenting her new show ‘Foolproof Cooking’.

The 80 year old was presenting a segment in which she was preparing to have some of her friends over for afternoon tea, baking in her kitchen when the apparent shade was thrown in Sunday night’s episode (March 6th).

“I love having a crowd. I’d never write a book ‘cooking for one’,” she said to the camera. A perfectly innocuous comment, you might think, but viewers quickly pounced upon the remark as evidence that Berry was criticising her fellow chef Delia, who wrote a cooking book called ‘One Is Fun’ three decades ago in 1986.

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The BBC could face a pricey battle to keep 'The Great British Bake Off' and its stars Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. The broadcaster’s three year contract with the firm behind the show is up next year and executives will reportedly soon enter talks with the two judges.

‘GBBO’ judge Mary Berry.

According to The Mirror, Berry and Hollywood will be able to “name their price” in negotiations. Currently, the pair earn a reported £500,000 a series, but this could be set to increase drastically as the BBC battles to keep the surprise hit series.

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'The Great British Bake Off' judge Mary Berry could be about to go Stateside to critique America’s baking hopefuls in a US version of the popular British show. The 80 year old is reportedly being lined up to reprise her role as a judge in an American version of the series, which is being made by the ABC network.

Mary Berry is reportedly being eyed for the US version of the 'Great British Bake Off'.

It wont be the first time the British baking show has been repackaged for US audiences, but ABC are hoping that this version will be a lot more successful than CBS’ s ‘The American Baking Competition’ which flopped in 2013.

Continue reading: Is Mary Berry Headed Stateside For 'Great British Bake Off' US Remake?

‘Great British Bake Off’ judge Mary Berry suffered an unfortunate slip of the tongue during her appearance on Radio 2’s breakfast show with Chris Evans this morning (August 19th), when she revealed which contestant would be exiting the show next. So if you’re a fan of the BBC baking contest it’s probably advisable to stop reading right about now.

Mary Berry revealed a big ‘GBBO’ spoiler on Chris Evan’s breakfast show.

Discussing the contestants who have already left the show with Evans, Mary mistakenly said, “Wait a minute, we’ve lost three.”

Continue reading: Oops! Did Mary Berry Just Reveal A Big 'Great British Bake Off' Spoiler?

We’re only one episode into the new series of 'The Great British Bake Off' but scandal has already hit the cookery show as it’s been claimed one contestant has received past ‘professional training’. 66 year old Marie Campbell who was named star baker in the first episode of the show last Wednesday (thanks to her Madeira cake and Black Forest gateau) has been accused of not being an 'amateur' baker and receiving professional training.

A new scandal has hit the ‘GBBO'.

The Mail on Sunday reports that Mary has received training at top French school, the famous Ecole Escoffier at the Paris Ritz for a patisserie course before she ran an online cupcake business and taught classes for other chefs.

Continue reading: Controversy On 'Great British Bake Off' As It’s Revealed Contestant Has ‘Professional Training’

A fortnight before the new series of cosy TV institution ‘The Great British Bake Off’ returns to screens to basically signal the end of summer, judge Mary Berry has announced that she’ll be lightening her workload by quitting the junior version of the competition.

The 80 year old baking expert Berry has been judging on the show since it launched in 2010, an incredibly popular format that attracted average audiences of over 10 million during its fifth season last year. Ahead of the sixth, she’s announced that she won’t be running the rule over the children’s offering when 'Junior Bake Off' returns in November this year.

Mary Berry will be stepping down as a judge on the kids' version of 'Great British Bake Off'

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