Paul Hollywood

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Baker • Personality

Birth Date: March 1, 1966

Age: 58 years old

Birth Place: Wallasey, England, UK

Paul Hollywood is an English baker and TV personality best known for serving as one of the judges on the hit cooking show "The Great British Bake Off" (BBC, 2010- ). Born and raised in the Cheshire County of England, baking was always a part of Hollywood's life. Both his grandfather and father worked as bakers, and Hollywood spent most of his formative years learning the craft at his father's bakery in London.

When it came time to enter college, however, Hollywood chose to study sculpture at the Wallasey School of Art. His stay in art school was brief, however, and Hollywood eventually quit Wallasey to embark on his own baking career. He worked at a number of hotel bakeries throughout England in his 20s, and eventually went on to become the head baker at some of London's most prestigious hotels.

Feeling like he needed a change, Hollywood moved to the small Mediterranean island of Cyrpus where he worked as a baker for a number of resorts. Hollywood stayed in Cyprus for a few years before returning to England where he continued his baking career. With decades of baking experience under his belt, Hollywood was already one of the most respected bakers in all of England by the late 2000s.

Then in 2010 producers of a new show called "The Great British Bake Off" came calling. They wanted Hollywood to be one of the show's judges, and he accepted. "The Great British Bake Off" quickly became a breakout hit on the BBC, making Hollywood a household name in his native England. Hollywood became such a breakout star that in 2013 he was given his own show called "Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds" (BBC, 2013).

That show, however, was cancelled after one season. In August of 2016 "The Great British Bake Off," which had already become the most watched program in Britain, premiered its seventh season with Hollywood retaining his role as one of the judges.

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Paul Hollywood Goes to Hollywood

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2024

The Great American Baking ShowStream

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2023

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday

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2022

Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico

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2022

Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh

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2020

Paul Hollywood Eats Japan

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2020

The Steph Show

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2020

Paul Goes to HollywoodStream

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2019

Paul Goes to HollywoodStream

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2019

Paul Goes to HollywoodStream

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2019

Six Nations Sin Bin

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2019

The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition

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2018

The Great British Baking Show: Holidays

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2018

The Great Celebrity Bake Off: Stand Up To Cancer

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2018

The Great Celebrity Bake Off: Stand Up To Cancer

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2018

Paul Hollywood: A Baker's Life

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2017

Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip

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2017

The Great American Baking ShowStream

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2016

Great British Bake Off S6: Revisited

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2016

Paul Hollywood City Bakes

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2016

Licence To Thrill: Paul Hollywood Meets Aston Martin

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2015

Great British Bake Off Revisit S5

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2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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2015

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

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2014

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

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2014

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

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2014

Das große Backen

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2013

Paul Hollywood's Pies & Puds

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2013

The American Baking Competition

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2013

Thronecast

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2013

The Great British Bake Off: Easter

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2013

Paul Hollywood's Bread

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2013

The Great Comic Relief Bake Off

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2013

Racing Legends

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2012

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off

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2012

Junior Baking ShowStream

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2011

Junior Baking ShowStream

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2011

The Great British Bake Off Masterclass

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2011

The Jonathan Ross ShowStream

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2011

The Great British Bake OffStream

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2010
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The Great British Bake OffStream

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2010
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man

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2009

The Graham Norton ShowStream

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2007

8 Out of 10 Cats

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2005

Who Do You Think You Are?

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2004

Top GearStream

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2002

Use Your Loaf

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2000

The View

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1997

This Morning

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1988

Good Morning America

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1975

News aboutPaul Hollywood

Dylan on GBBO

‘Great British Baking Show’ Star Dylan Bachelet Opens Up About Sex Symbol Status & American Fans

GBBO finalists
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‘The Great British Baking Show’ Finalists Speak Out After Stunning End to Season

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‘The Great British Baking Show’: Alison Hammond Stops Contestant From Quitting

Prue Leith on GBBO

‘Great British Baking Show’ Fans Go Wild For Pru Leith’s Glamorous Throwback Photo

Alison Hammon, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood on GBBO
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‘The Great British Baking Show’: Eliminated Contestant Speaks Out After 1970s Week Disaster

Sumayah from 'The Great British Baking Show' Season 15

‘The Great British Baking Show’: Sumayah Speaks Out After Her Jaw-Dropping Elimination

Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood

‘Great British Baking Show’ Star Paul Hollywood Admits Prue Leith’s Rude Jokes Make Him Walk Off Set

Giuseppe Dell'Anno, Nadiya Hussain and Candice Brown

‘The Great British Baking Show’ Boss Teases First Ever ‘All-Star’ Season With Past Winners

Noel Fielding on GBBO
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‘The Great British Baking Show’: Noel Fielding ‘Upset’ After Shock Elimination

Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith

‘The Great British Baking Show’: Prue Leith Reacts After ‘Pastry Week’ Drama

Great British Bake Off Dylan

‘Great British Baking Show’: 6 Things To Know About Fan Favorite Dylan Bachelet

Jeff on Great British Bake Off
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‘Great British Baking Show’ American Contestant Jeff Speaks Out After ‘Biscuit Week’ Drama

The cast of 'The Great British Baking Show' Season 15

‘The Great British Baking Show’: Meet the Bakers of Season 15 (PHOTOS)

The Great British Bake Off

‘The Great British Bake Off’ Season 14 Crowns Underdog Winner

Keith, Saku, Tasha, Josh, Matty, Cristy, Dana, Amos, Dan, Rowan, Abbi, Nicky (behind). Noel, Prue, Paul, Allison (in front).

‘Great British Baking Show’: Highs & Lows of Season 12

Paul Hollywood on The Great British Baking SHow

See Paul Hollywood’s Shocked Reaction to Sour Apple Pie on ‘The Great British Baking Show’ (VIDEO)

Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, Alison Hammond, and Paul Hollywood for 'The Great British Baking Show'

‘Great British Baking Show’: When It Returns, Who Is Hosting & More

The Great American Baking Show - Paul Hollywood, Ellie Kemper, Prue Leith, Zach Cherry

‘The Great American Baking Show’: Paul Hollywood & Prue Leith Seek Burger Perfection in New Trailer (VIDEO)

David Schwimmer receives Paul Hollywood handshake

Watch David Schwimmer Impress Paul Hollywood With His Baking Skills (VIDEO)

Alison Hammond and Matt Lucas

‘The Great British Baking Show’ Names Alison Hammond as Matt Lucas’ Replacement

Great British Bake Off Musical - Paul Hollywood

‘The Great British Bake Off’ Musical Is Headed to London Stage (VIDEO)

The Great British Baking Show - Season 10 - Noel Fielding, Prue Leith, Paul Hollywood, Matt Lucas

‘The Great British Baking Show’ Sets Season 10 Premiere at Netflix

Paul Hollywood, Ellie Kemper, Prue Lieth, and Zach Cherry in 'Great American Baking Show'

‘The Great American Baking Show’: Ellie Kemper & Zach Cherry to Host US Series

The Morning Show

Best Lines of the Week (October 29-November 4): ‘So This Is What Being Canceled Looks Like!’

The Great British Baking Show - Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, Matt Lucas

‘The Great British Baking Show’ First Look Teases Laughs & Kitchen Blunders (VIDEO)

The Great British Baking Show - Season 9 on Netflix - Prue Leith, Noel Fielding, Matt Lucas, Paul Hollywood

‘The Great British Baking Show’ Sets Fall Return at Netflix

The Great British Bake Off

‘The Great British Bake Off’ Wraps Filming on a New Season Amid the Pandemic

The Great British Baking Show PBS

5 ‘Great British Baking Show’ Recipes to Try at Home