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Paul Hollywood

Kirsty Young interviews Paul Hollywood, artisan baker and co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off.

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Paul Hollywood.

One of the UK's leading artisan bakers, he's a judge, together with Mary Berry, on 麻豆社 One's the Great British Bake Off. The programme enjoyed viewing figures of 15.6m for the 2014 final and has won two BAFTAS.

Born and brought up in Wallasey in the Wirral, Paul studied sculpture at art school before joining his father's bakery business. He went on to work at the Chester Grosvenor, Cliveden and was head baker at The Dorchester. Following his success at some of the UK's top hotels, he travelled extensively through Cyprus, Egypt and Jordan discovering ancient techniques for baking bread. It was in Cyprus that he first appeared on camera. On his return to the UK he began his TV career co-presenting two series with the chef James Martin.

Paul has judged five series of The Great British Bake Off and celebrity versions for Sport Relief and Comic Relief - all alongside Mary Berry. He has published several best-selling books on baking and is a regular contributor to food magazines and writes a column for The Daily Telegraph.

Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 3 Apr 2015 09:00

Music Played

  • Lenny Kravitz

    Strut

    • HitDisc: HB201433.
    • Kobalt Label.
  • Charlie Rich

    The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

    • The Connoisseur Collection - 25 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll Volume 2 1974.
    • Premier.
  • George Harrison

    My Sweet Lord

    • My Sweet Lord.
    • Polydor.
  • CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE

    • Pink Floyd

      Comfortably Numb

      • A Foot In The Door: The Best Of Pink Floyd.
      • EMI.
  • Enigma

    Return to Innocence

    • Return to Innocence.
    • Virgin International.
  • George Michael

    Jesus To A Child

    • Older.
    • Virgin.
  • Coldplay

    Fix You

    • Fix You.
    • EMI.
  • Wretch 32

    6 Words

    • 6 Words Single.
    • Hussle.
  • BOOK CHOICE

    First Light by Geoffrey Wellum

  • LUXURY ITEM

    Two pillows

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Young
Interviewed Guest Paul Hollywood
Producer Cathy Drysdale

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Mar 2015 11:16
  • Fri 3 Apr 2015 09:00

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