Island Life Magazine Ltd February / March 2016 | Page 97

FOOD
Mary Berry’s
Foolproof
Cooking
continues
Mondays, 8.30pm
on BBC Two

Available now is
the accompanying
book ‘Mary
Berry’s Foolproof
Cooking’

Photos supplied by: Plank PR

He encouraged me to take the job as
a judge on Bake Off. He is happy that
I am busy, as long as I remember to
come back home every once in a while!
But even though I’m busy we make it
work, we make time to see each other. I
think that we respect each other and we
enjoy doing things together. It’s a life of
sharing. I couldn’t bear to be without my
husband.”
Despite being in her ninth decade, the

queen of cakes still shows no signs of
slowing down and hates the idea of a lazy
retirement. “You’ve certainly got to keep
active,” she says, “and the best form of
keeping active is walking, if you possibly
can. Get out there in the fresh air, go and
help people, be part of your village or
your area and look after your neighbours.
Don’t just watch television.”
As something of a fashion icon, thanks
to her jazzy Bake Off outfits, Mary

reveals how her trim figure is thanks to
exercising moderation in the face of all
those delicious cakes. “I eat well,” she
says. “I have a balanced diet but eating
well means that my body is full of the
things I need. I don’t add sugar into any
food. I know that I am lucky to be so
fit and healthy at my age; many of my
friends and peers are not so fortunate.
Good genes are a big part of that, I think.”

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