With more than 70 cookbooks to her name and countless television shows – including a six-year stint as a judge on The Great British Bake Off – Mary Berry has certainly achieved a lot in her career. And at the age of 87, having spent more than five decades doing what she loves, she still shows no signs of slowing down, quipping, “There’s plenty of time to rest in heaven.”
But while Mary is a national treasure, brilliant cook and an all-round icon to her many millions of fans, when she’s at home she tells us that she’s simply a wife, mother and grandmother, and that life is pretty run-of-the-mill. Nobody treats her like a celebrity – in fact, her husband Paul usually nods off when her shows come on.
“My family do watch my series, but my husband usually falls asleep during them. Interestingly, he doesn’t when it’s rugby or cricket,” she says, drily. “But I do have tremendous support from Paul. I’ll say, ‘I’ve got another series’ and he’ll say, ‘You enjoy what you do, so off you go and I’ll be here when you get back.’
