“Our aim is to get people to enjoy 'Bake Off' at home and for our baker...” — Mary Berry Quote

“Our aim is to get people to enjoy 'Bake Off' at home and for our bakers to enjoy what they are doing. We don't want to catch them out. It's a very happy occasion, and it's about encouraging people to bake at home.”

“I've always had a strong interest in how food is produced and in knowing where it comes from.”

“If you're feeling a little bit down, a bit of kneading helps.”

“When I started, you had cochineal food colouring that would turn things pink, but you could never make it red. Now, red is no problem - and if you look at supermarket bakery sections since 'Bake Off' began, you can get everything.”

“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.”

“At 17, I went away to Pau in the south of France for a few months to study domestic science - including cleaning windows with newspaper and water - while living with a Catholic family with 10 children.”

“I worked in a factory for 10 months with the aim of going traveling in Europe. I bought a bottle of bubble stuff and spent every night playing with bubbles. After 10 months, I went to Europe and did bubble shows on the street.”

“My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy.”

“Nobody can be whatever they want to be. No kid can do whatever they want to do. It's a total lie. But they have the right to try and do whatever they want to do. That's their right, to aim to do whatever they want to do.”

“In terms of actual day-to-day training; a normal training day would begin with a gym session for about two hours, focusing on strength; so heavy weights on the lower body, with the main exercise being free weight squatting, with between one and ten repetitions depending on the time of year and the aim of the session.”

“If you start to just aim for what the audience wants to hear, you're already hamstrung because you don't have any freedom.”

“I love to be in the entertainment space, and my aim is to create new content and entertain people, whether it's in movies or on TV.”