She was replaced by Prue Leith in this year’s reboot of The Great British Bake Off.
But Mary Berry has given her blessing to the South African cookery writer, telling Paul Hollywood the 76-year-old is ‘brilliant’ on the show.
Speaking on ITV’s The Jonathan Ross Show, which will air on Saturday night, Hollywood also revealed 82-year-old Mary urged him to ‘look after’ Prue.