Mary Berry

Dame Mary Rosa Alleyne Hunnings DBE (née Berry; born 24 March 1935) is an English food writer, chef, baker and television presenter. After being encouraged in domestic science classes at school, she studied catering at college. She then moved to France at the age of 22 to study at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, before working in a number of cooking-related jobs.


Mary Berry

Berry at the Chelsea Flower Show in May 2017
Born
Mary Rosa Alleyne Berry

(1935-03-24) 24 March 1935
NationalityBritish
Other namesMary, Queen of Cakes
Education
Occupations
  • Food writer
  • chef
  • baker
  • television presenter
  • author
Television
  • The Great British Bake Off (2010–2016)
  • The Mary Berry Story (2013)
  • Mary Berry Cooks (2014)
  • Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites (2015)
  • Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking (2016)
  • Mary Berry Everyday (2017)
  • Classic Mary Berry (2018)
  • Britain's Best Home Cook (2018–present)
  • Mary Berry's Quick Cooking (2019)
  • A Berry Royal Christmas (2019)
  • Mary Berry's Simple Comforts (2020)
Spouse
Paul Hunnings
(m. 1966)
Children3
Websitemaryberry.co.uk

Berry has published more than 75 cookery books, including her best-selling Baking Bible in 2009. Her first book was The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook in 1970. She hosted several television series for the BBC and Thames Television. Berry is an occasional contributor to Woman's Hour and Saturday Kitchen. She was a judge on the television programme The Great British Bake Off until 2016.

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