Mary – How we’ve adapted

DAME Mary Berry says changes brought on by the pandemic have taught people to adapt when it comes to home cooking.

The Celebrity Best Home Cook judge, 80, said she hoped fewer shopping trips results in smaller quantities of food going to waste.

Asked how the last 12 months have changed home cooking, Dame Mary, pictured, said: “It has taught us all to use what’s in the fridge and store cupboard and to adapt if something wasn’t available. Shopping once a week is a great lesson in not wasting food.”

The former Great British Bake Off judge added: “I hope it’s made us more appreciative of what’s around us locally, and that continues.”

Celebrities taking part in the BBC One show include former cabinet minister Ed Balls and the Prime Minister’s sister, Rachel Johnson, who said she “literally can’t boil an egg”.

Balls said lasagne is his signature home-cooked dish, and made headlines when he was shadow chancellor, accused of holding lasagne dinner parties to undermine then Labour leader Ed Miliband.

Celebrity Best Home Cook airs on BBC One from January 26.