Mary Berry (food Writer)
Mary Berry, CBE (born 24 March 1935) is a British food writer and television presenter. After being encouraged in domestic science classes whilst at school, she went to college to study catering. She then moved to France at the age of 17 to study at Le Cordon Bleu school, before working in a number of cooking related jobs. She has published over 70 cookery books (her first being The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook in 1970) and hosted several television series for the BBC and Thames Television. Mary is an occasional contributor to Woman's Hour and Saturday Kitchen. She has been a judge on the BBC Two television programme The Great British Bake Off since its launch in 2010.
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