“At my dinner parties, I like to serve cheese after the main course bec...” — Mary Berry Quote

“At my dinner parties, I like to serve cheese after the main course because you still have red wine in the glass, and it goes very well with the cheese. And that is what they do in France, and I think they set a good example.”

“You've got to pay an awful lot for your hotel before you get fresh orange juice. If a hotel has got proper orange juice - and you do expect it if you're abroad - I rank the hotel highly.”

“It helps to have a happy home life to keep up alongside your career.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“One of my favourite eateries is Beechers Cheese Shop, which does the most incredible toasties.”

“I'm Greek. My body produces feta cheese.”

“I don't like anything that looks gelatinous - really weirds me out. But when I was a kid, I used to get very, very upset if anything had a kind of chalky texture; like, certain kinds of cottage cheese I know have a weird chalkiness.”

“My dad had a flock of sheep, which he used to milk, and then my mum used to make cheese and yogurt out of the sheep's milk and sell it. It was kind of an unusual upbringing, really.”

“I like all cheese, but my guiltiest pleasure is definitely American cheese.”

“A Dutchman can't easily get away from cheese. I was dropped into a cauldron of cheese when I was young.”