Who is merry berry

Jump to: Writer Self Archive footage. Hide Show Writer 1 credit. Hide Show Self 63 credits. Self - Judge as Dame Mary Berry. Show all 8 episodes. Self - Guest. Show all 9 episodes. Self - Presenter. Show all 6 episodes. Self - Chef. Show all 7 episodes. Self - Judge. Show all 16 episodes. Self - Audience Member uncredited. Self - Host. Self - Cookery Writer. She revealed she loves it when she meets people in the supermarket who say they have successfully learned how to make her lemon drizzle cake or lasagne.

Aside from cooking, Dame Mary has committed herself to charity work down the years. Her youngest son William was killed in a car crash at the age of 19, after which she became a patron of Child Bereavement UK. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment. Mary Berry: Damehood is 'icing on the cake'.

But before Prue came along, Paul had judged the competition alongside British food writer and chef Mary Berry. As longtime viewers of the program already know, Mary and Paul were the original judges when the show first launched on the British network BBC Two back in Mary, who became iconic for her hatred of baked goods with "soggy bottoms," was front and center on Bake Off until — it was then that the show announced it would be moving to Channel 4.

Much to everyone's surprise, Mary decided to walk away from her gig, along with then-presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins. According to Mary herself, she walked away from the tent of bakers out of "loyalty" to the BBC. It was suggested what would happen if I did go to Channel 4; what I would get, the advantages. Mary married Paul Hunnings in and the couple previously spoke about Paul's proposal and how she only accepted his offer of marriage after the third attempt.

The TV chef said: "I do remember the first proposal and I think you were drunk", and Paul's witty response was: "Well I might have been," he said. Mary had three children with husband Paul and they have a daughter named Annabel, 50, and two sons called Thomas, 52, and William, the latter died in in a car accident when he was just Commenting on her son's death, she told the Daily Mail: "William is still a huge part of our lives.