Meet Paul Hollywood: Great British Bake Off judge and celebrity chef --[Reported by Umva mag]

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Meet Paul Hollywood: Great British Bake Off judge and celebrity chef --[Reported by Umva mag]

GREAT British Bake Off just wouldn’t be the same without Paul Hollywood.

The star baker has been a staple of the show ever since it kicked off, and he is back for the 2024 series.

a man in a purple shirt is mixing something in a bowl — Paul Hollywood is a TV star and baker

a group of people standing around a table with donuts on it — Mr Hollywood is best known for Bake Off

Born on March 1, 1966, in Cheshire, Paul Hollywood is a celebrity chef and TV presenter.

The star is best known as a judge on the Great British Bake Off – and moved with the show from the BBC to Channel 4 in 2016.

He is the only original member of the Bake Off line-up still on the hit series.

Paul has gone on to take part in the American version of GBBO, The Great American Baking Show as well as Channel 4’s Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico.

The talented star has also had other TV spots on shows like This Morning. As well as his telly work, he also has also released 11 cookbooks, with many of them being best-sellers. The Sun also revealed how Paul earns £400K a year for his work as a judge on Bake Off.

Growing up as a baker

Paul grew up in a baking family, as his father was a baker.

After quitting his course at the Wallasey School of Art, he was employed in his dad’s bakery in York, before going on to work at a number of different pastry, bread and cake outlets. Paul rose up the ranks to work as a head baker in a number of prestigious establishments around the UK and abroad before finding fame, including The Dorchester, The Chester Grosvenor Hotel and Cliveden Hotel.

Life of Mrs Hollywood

Paul is married to pub landlady Melissa Spalding from Kent, who runs the Chequers Inn in Smarden.

The pair struck up a relationship back in September 2019, with her moving into the TV chef’s 18th Century farmhouse during the lockdown.

Melissa and Paul married in Cyprus in September 2023.

A source said: “It was a very tasteful and stylish wedding and the hotel management really pulled out all the stops to make it a memorable day.

two people standing in front of a sign that says windmill — Paul was on the first ever Great British Bake Off with Mary Berry when it was on the BBC

“There was a very lively party with loud music and lots of drinking that went on until late into the night.

“Paul is very close to the hotel owners and they made sure that everybody had a great time.

“He loves Cyprus and it was a wonderful setting for what was a beautiful occasion.”

Before meeting Melissa, Paul dated Summer Monteys-Fullam, until they broke up in August 2019.

The Bake Off Star was also married before, to his first wife Alexandra Hollywood.

They were wed from 1998 but separated in 2013, before divorcing in 2019.

a man and a woman pose for a photo on a red carpet — The TV star is seen here with his ex-wife Alexandra Hollywood

Meet the kids

Paul has one child with his first wife Alexandra.

The former couple have a son called Josh and he was born in October 2001.

Unlike his famous father he tends to keep out of the spotlight, and also doesn’t have any social media accounts.

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