Dame Mary Berry has no intention of retiring.
The previous Nice British Bake Off decide celebrated her ninetieth birthday earlier this yr and nonetheless has “numerous concepts” for what she plans to do subsequent on the culinary entrance.
The chef – who will characteristic within the new collection Mary at 90: A Lifetime of Cooking later this month – advised the BBC: “Being 90 and nonetheless cooking. I’ve nonetheless received numerous concepts.
“And the good factor is, I’ve nonetheless received an incredible workforce who work alongside me. We love what we do, we get collectively, and I am at all times jotting notes within the little pocket book.
“I took my granddaughter out for Sunday lunch, and we had a stuffed courgette with a ratatouille. It was superbly introduced, and I famous that down.
“I by no means take an image, but it surely’s very a lot in my thoughts and I am going to speak to the workforce, and we’ll speak about making an attempt it a unique means.
“I simply need to preserve doing what I like.”
Mary is joined by particular visitors together with Gabby Logan, Jamie Oliver and Alan Titchmarsh on the brand new BBC collection and described the present as “a visit down reminiscence lane”.
She stated: “I took a visit down reminiscence lane reflecting on a number of the most memorable moments of my cooking profession with a few of my buddies new and outdated. It was extremely particular to movie. Now we have clips from the archives from once I began my profession and a few that I’ve not seen for many years – and it was great to see them and see how otherwise we cook dinner now but in addition how some issues have stayed the identical.
“I used to be joined by Tom Allen, Gabby Logan, Jamie Oliver, Alex Jones, Alan Titchmarsh and Kiell Smith-Bynoe – and I cooked with all of them – some new recipes, some reinvented classics.
“There have been factors of celebration and reflection all through every episode – toasting champagne with Jamie Oliver with my lemon drizzle cake was a memorable second and might you imagine Alan Titchmarsh made his first ever cake and Alex Jones made my Victoria sponge with me. It’s at all times particular watching somebody re-create your recipe. It’s not all about truffles although, in every episode there are a selection of recipes I create with every visitor.”
