46 Mary Berry Quotes for You to Enjoy

Mary Berry

British Chef

Born: Mar 24, 1935

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I never leave anything until the morning. I put my jumpers, scarves, and shoes out the night before. You never know what is going to happen. You don't want to get stressed. Mary Berry

Morning You Before Shoes Out Never Put Know Until Leave Get Going Want Happen Anything Night Stressed

Wherever possible, I like to use home-grown or locally produced ingredients. Mary Berry

Locally Possible Like Wherever Produced Ingredients Use

All-in-one dishes are among my favourites. I'm very much in favour of using the oven as much as possible - for casseroles, roasts and other one-pot meals - rather than the hob, where dishes need much more attention. Mary Berry

Other Possible Favour Favourites Rather More Attention Oven Very Than Where Dishes Meals Much Using Among Need

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. Mary Berry

Good You Cheese Dinner Wine Example Think France Dinner Parties Main Main Course Glass Red Like Red Wine Parties Well Course Because Still Very Goes After Good Example Serve Set

I'm very keen on the family getting together around the table because you learn so much of what's going on. With a full tummy, they begin to talk to you. People now have busy lives, but once or twice a week, it's lovely to sit all around together. Mary Berry

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Making your Christmas cake in September is perfect, as too fresh a cake crumbles when cut. Mary Berry

Christmas Cake September Too Perfect Crumble Fresh Making Cut Your

It helps to have a happy home life to keep up alongside your career. Mary Berry

Life Home Happy Alongside Up Your Home Life Helps Keep Career

I usually wear only a bit of pink lippy, but for TV, they add a few extra lashes to brighten my eyes and some colour to my face, as without it, I look pale and uninteresting. Mary Berry

Eyes Face Few Extra Add Bit TV Wear Some Only Colour Look Without Pink Uninteresting Brighten Pale Lashes

I mainly cook British food with a few things I've had on my holidays. I went to the Canary Islands a few years ago, and we had all sorts of different mushrooms on brioche with pancetta on top, and it was delicious. I had it most days for lunch, so I thought, 'I'll do that when I get back,' and now it's in my cookbook, an absolute favourite. Mary Berry

Food Thought Few Lunch Mushrooms Back Top Favourite Absolute Delicious Had Mainly Days Most Sort Islands Years Years Ago Canary Get Few Things Different Holidays Cook Cookbook Now Things British

I know people think I invented the Victoria sandwich, but I'm really not that old. Mary Berry

People Old Think Invented Know Victoria Sandwich Really

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. Mary Berry

Food You Problem Everything Sections Would Supermarket No Problem Could Never Had Red Since Bake Look Bakery Make Pink Off Began Get Turn Now Things Started

One of my first jobs was as a recipe tester for a PR agency. One week, the editor of 'Housewife' magazine called my boss and asked me to write a column - the cookery editor had gone away on a press trip. I was terrified. Mary Berry

'The Great British Bake Off' is family entertainment. There aren't many programmes where all ages can sit and watch from beginning to end. Everything else is violent, cruel, and noisy. We're educational without viewers realising it. Mary Berry

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I don't like showing cleavage because I get cold, and if I had fantastic legs, I might wear short skirts - but I think at 78, one's got to act one's age. Mary Berry

Age Think Cold Wear Had Cleavage Like Because Got Get Short Legs Fantastic Might Act Skirts Showing

I do not like a quiche with wet, undercooked pastry underneath, and that is that. Mary Berry

Like Underneath Pastry Wet

It should be that every child, when they leave school, can do ten meals, because when they leave home, they've got to be able to eat healthily. Blow the science of it and everything else. They've just got to be able to know what's good for them, how to buy it, and how to make a few dishes that they enjoy and don't cost too much. Mary Berry

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I wasn't the brightest button in the class at school, but I enjoyed cooking and baking. I wasn't clever enough at Maths O-level to get onto the cookery teaching course I really wanted to do, so I did a catering course instead. Mary Berry

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