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Great British Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood working as pizza chef in girlfriend’s pub
Fancy a dish cooked personally by Paul? (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
Great British Bake Off star Paul Hollywood has been keeping himself busy in the run up to Christmas by moonlighting as a pizza chef at his girlfriend’s pub.
It’s been revealed that the chef and TV judge has been bringing his expertise to Melissa Spaulding’s venue in Smarden, Kent.
The 55-year-old is taking charge of the rustic pizza oven at the Chequers Inn to make his new signature dish ‘Paul’s Pizza’.
The £13 special is made with tomato, mozzarella, prosciutto, Parmesan and cream.
Melissa is the landlady at Chequers Inn, which is owned by her parents.
Paul’s cooking was advertised on the Chequers Inn Facebook page in a post which read: ‘Delicious authentic Italian pizzas cooked fresh to order!!
Paul is best known for judging dishes on the Bake Off (Picture: PA)
‘Our chefs for the night will be Scott Spalding and Paul Hollywood.’
A source added to The Sun: ‘Pubs are doing all they can to get punters’ bums on seats.
‘While most landladies might have to shell out for a star chef, Melissa can just call her boyfriend. She and her parents hope he will get some business through the door.’
It comes after Paul made his red carpet debut with his girlfriend Melissa at The King’s Man premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square.
(Picture: Channel 4)
The baker looked loved up as he posed for pictures with his partner, 37, by his side as they joined the screening with the likes of Gemma Arterton and Ralph Fiennes also in attendance.
The couple began dating in October 2019, after Paul’s split from Summer Monteys-Fullam in August that same year and are said to be ‘madly in love’.
The Bake Off judge famously hit headlines in 2017 when he and his wife Alexandra – who he met working in Cyprus as a head baker at a five star hotel while she was a scuba-diving instructor – announced they were divorcing.
The pair married on the island in 1998, separating in November 2017. They have one child together, a son called Josh.
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