Judge Paul on downside of Bake Off fame

Published date16 June 2022
The 56-year-old celebrity chef has been a judge on the amateur baking competition show since its launch in 2010

While speaking to Mark Forrest on Scala Radio, Hollywood said he would be "very reticent" about signing up for the show after experiencing the effects of its popularity.

Hollywood was asked how keen he would be to sign up for the show knowing what he knows now, to which Hollywood said: "That's a loaded question.

Obviously, I love the programme, love it.

"It is one of the best jobs I've ever done. There is a huge backlash because if it was a programme that was reaching two and a half to three million people every programme, you would not necessarily get your private life being put through the tabloids."

He added: "I think that is the downside of it, you are watched under a microscope, unfairly so, in a sense of I'm not a politician, I'm not a judge. I judge sponges on it, it just happened to be quite a big programme.

"I find...

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