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Mary Berry Quotes

Some of my fondest memories are holidays by the seaside.

– Mary Berry

Cooking and baking is both physical and mental therapy.

– Mary Berry

I’m not great on the florals. I think you’ve got to wear what you’re happy in and that is fun but isn’t mutton dressed up as lamb.

– Mary Berry

I love Michel Roux, Jr., and James Martin – the chefs who are experts in their own right, like Rick Stein on fish. But I don’t watch them very much because I don’t think it’s fair for my husband to be in a total food environment all the time! So we watch programmes about gardening more.

– Mary Berry

When I thought I couldn’t write recipes, my boss at the time advised, ‘Write as you talk.’

– Mary Berry

I have no desire to be a centenarian. I think 90 is a great time. You’ve had a good innings. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don’t think very old age, if you haven’t got your marbles, can be very nice.

– Mary Berry

I do not like a quiche with wet, undercooked pastry underneath, and that is that.

– Mary Berry

Life is all about sharing. If we are good at something, pass it on. That is the pleasure I get from teaching – whether it is television or books. We should all share.

– Mary Berry

I think my father couldn’t wait to get home to his wife, but I don’t know if he was so keen on us children.

– Mary Berry

I have no burning ambitions, and I can honestly say the thing I love most is ‘Bake Off.’ That will always come first.

– Mary Berry

My son is a tree surgeon and gets me a lovely tree. I like to put it up early, as I can’t wait for Christmas. We dress it with decorations that have been in the family for years.

– Mary Berry

When you’re on the way up, you have to take all the jobs because bills have to be paid.

– Mary Berry

I think baking is very rewarding, and if you follow a good recipe, you will get success.

– Mary Berry

Freak diets I don’t think work. It’s control.

– Mary Berry

I can’t pass a plant stall without feeling I must have one. But my greatest extravagance, I suppose, is roses. We’ve got masses.

– Mary Berry

I honestly think there shouldn’t be sugared drinks. All my grandchildren drink water all through the day. I’ve just had them to stay, and at breakfast, they have water. They don’t even know what sugary drinks are.

– Mary Berry

All my grandchildren bake. On a Saturday, Annabel’s boys, Louis and Toby, always bake. Louis makes a chocolate cake, Toby makes banana or lemon drizzle. They’re 12 and 10, and they can do it totally on their own. My son’s twin girls, Abby and Grace, are 14; they make birthday cakes and like to do it on their own with Mum out of the way.

– Mary Berry

The only time I’ll use a microwave is to warm up a cup of coffee I’ve left too long before drinking.

– Mary Berry

I grow herbs near the back door, and you can grow a wonderful selection of herbs and window boxes… My idea is that you should grow what you eat. There’s no point in growing something like celeriac – which is very difficult to grow – if you hate it.

– Mary Berry

I won’t cook in deep fat. Years ago, I met a fireman who said most kitchen fires were caused by deep fat, and I don’t think that’s changed. Oven chips are good enough for my grandchildren, and they’re chuffed with that.

– Mary Berry

I still think it’s essential for a parent to cook with their children. Weighing out the ingredients and learning where the food comes from is educational, but it also helps to place meal times at the heart of family life. We never had dinner in front of the TV.

– Mary Berry

A lot of other reality shows on television can be bullying and aggressive, but we wanted ‘The Bake Off’ to be an antidote to that.

– Mary Berry

The very best hotel I’ve stayed in is the Intercontinental on Park Lane. We went there for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago, and it was sheer luxury. Everybody had a smile on their face. I came home and changed all my pillows because the hotel ones were so beautiful.

– Mary Berry

I was always nervous before a television show, and I still am now. But ‘The Great British Bake Off’ is a happy show; there is no bad language, and although we do have drama, we deal with it calmly.

– Mary Berry

If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven.

– Mary Berry

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they’re little, but on the whole, they’re such a joy. I don’t think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.

– Mary Berry

As I was growing up, all meals, including breakfast, were family occasions, and you all sat down to eat together – and you had to finish everything as well.

– Mary Berry

Before the start of each new series, I go shopping for my ‘Bake Off’ wardrobe. I’ve got increasingly confident with my look and now wear much more colour than I did at the start.

– Mary Berry

I know people think I invented the Victoria sandwich, but I’m really not that old.

– Mary Berry

Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut.

– Mary Berry

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