Move over, Paul Hollywood! Now Mary has invited two young hunks for dinner
ON the Great British Bake Off, her right-hand man was the silver-haired Paul Hollywood.
But for her new cooking show Mary Berry has traded her fellow judge, 51, for not one, but two younger models.
The 81-year-old will be joined by awardwinning chef Dan Doherty, 33, and presenter and greengrocer Chris Bavin, 37, as she hunts for our finest home cooks in Britain’s Best Cook. And our exclusive picture of Miss Berry with the duo and the show’s presenter, Claudia Winkleman, suggests she is more than happy with her young co-judges – who she has nicknamed ‘the boys’.
‘It’s an absolute joy to be judging truly passionate home cooks with Dan and Chris,’ she said. ‘We each have different backgrounds and ways of looking at food. I have to admit the boys have already taught me a thing or two!’
Britain’s Best Cook, due to air later this year, will see ten amateur foodies battle it out over eight weeks to impress the judges.
Bavin is already a familiar face on the BBC as the presenter of Eat Well For Less? and Food: Truth or Scare.
Meanwhile tattooed Doherty is the awardwinning chef director of top London restauOut rant Duck and Waffle.