Mary Berry turns teacher and helps Oxfordshire school students

The TV legend was a judge on the show during the BBC years between 2010 and 2016 before it left for Channel 4.

She has lived in Henley, in the south of Oxfordshire, with her husband Paul Hunnings, since 2019.

Now, the 91-year-old has visited a school in the town to help students there improve their baking and cooking skills.

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Dame Mary surprised pupils at Gillotts School by dropping in for a mid‑revision baking masterclass.

The former Bake Off judge visited the secondary school to help a group of Year 11 students unwind from exam stress by joining them in the kitchen for a special cookery session.

During the visit, she spent time chatting to pupils, offering tips and encouragement as they baked alongside her.

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Clare Gosling, the food technology teacher who organised the event, told the Slouth & South Bucks Express: “We managed to get Mary Berry in during a nice window, while the students had wrapped up their work for food tech and were deep in revision for other subjects.

“In December 2024, she turned on the Christmas lights in Henley, and I remember how excited the pupils were.

“She then attended the Henley Literary Festival, and so I got in touch with her agent that way. I said ‘please, please, will she visit by class’ and, a year later, she did!”