Paul Hollywood

Paul Hollywood MBE
Hollywood at the 2012 Liverpool Food and Drink Festival
Born	Paul John Hollywood (1966-03-01) 1 March 1966 (age 58)[1] Wallasey, Cheshire,[a] England
Education	The Mosslands School, Wallasey School of Art
Spouse(s)	Alexandra Hollywood ​ ​ (m. 1998; div. 2019)​ Melissa Spalding ​ (m. 2023)​
Children	1
Culinary career
Cooking style	Baking
Television show(s) Paul Hollywood: City Bakes Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds The Great British Bake Off The American Baking Competition Use Your Loaf Paul Hollywood's Bread The Great American Baking Show Paul Hollywood: A Bakers Life Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip
Award(s) won Gourmand World Cookbook Awards Top Bread and Pastry Book (2005)
Website	Official website

Paul John Hollywood MBE (born 1 March 1966) is an English celebrity chef and television personality, widely known as a judge on The Great British Bake Off since 2010.

Hollywood began his career at his father's bakery as a teenager and went on to serve as head baker at a number of British and international hotels. After returning from working in Cyprus, Hollywood appeared as a guest on a number of British television programmes on both BBC and ITV. After beginning his broadcast career in food programming, he diversified into other areas, including motoring.

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