He is best known for being an iconic British celebrity chef after finding fame in 2010.
Nowadays the star is well known for being a silver fox after appearing on a number of BBC and Channel 4 shows with one being Kylie Jenner’s favourite.
The Cheshire born star has hit headlines more recently for his divorce from his ex-wife and marriage to a woman 18 years his junior.
Earlier this year he was appointed MBE for his services to baking and broadcasting and has published nine cookbooks.
The chef is known to be a bread extraordinaire and contestants on his TV show vy for his legendary handshake.
Can you guess who it is?
He is best known for being an iconic British celebrity chef after finding fame in 2010 on BBC. Do you know who she is?
It’s Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood!
The celebrity chef looked unrecognisable with long brunette locks while holding his cat as a teenager.
Paul posed with his feline companion during his ‘art college days’ in a picture dated from ‘circa 1982/3’ where Paul would have been around 17.
The TV star appeared to embrace his long brunette hair while studying sculpture at the Wallasey School of Art in The Wirral before pursuing his career in baking.
Wearing a white oversized shirt against a brick wall, Paul was seen hiding behind his dark floppy fringe and only offered a glimpse of a smile.
Paul is widely known as a judge on The Great British Bake Off since 2010 and has remained on the show after it moved from BBC to Channel 4 while former co-judge Mary Berry remained at the BBC.
The celebrity chef has also released a number of his own cookbooks and appeared on a number of spin-off cooking shows.
It comes after Georgie Grasso was crowned the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2024 during last weeks final.
It’s Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood
Paul is known to be a bread extraordinaire and contestants on his TV show vye for his legendary handshake; pictured with co-judge Prue Leith
In 2023, Paul married pub landlady Melissa Spalding, who is 18-years his junior, in a luxury ceremony in Cyprus – but his son Josh, 21, was notably absent
The 34-year-old paediatric nurse from Carmarthenshire in Wales beat fellow finalists Christiaan de Vries, 33, and Dylan Bachelet, 20.
The mother-of-three made history as she is the first Welsh person to win the show and also the first to reach the final.
Earlier in the series, Kylie revealed that the Great British Bake Off is her favourite show.
The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 27, admitted in a vlog on TikTok that she loves the baking show and even confessed to crying while catching up on Caramel Week’s episodes.
Kylie – who was travelling back to LA after promoting her Sprinter vodka soda in NYC – lay in bed on her private jet eating doughnuts while catching up on the BBC show on her iPad.
She said: ‘Watching my favourite show, the Great British Baking show and it’s Caramel Week. Fully crying.’
During the chaotic episode that Kylie was catching up on, Mike was the baker to be eliminated from the competition.
In 2023, Paul married pub landlady Melissa Spalding in a luxury ceremony in Cyprus with his nearest and dearest in attendance – but his son Josh, 21, was notably absent.
Around 75 of the star’s ‘closest’ friends and family – including fellow GBBO judge Prue Leith – cheered the couple on at their destination wedding.
The nuptials took place at the stunning Ayia Athanasia chapel which forms part of the luxury Anassa Hotel, located on the north-west Akamas peninsula, one of the most unspoilt areas of the holiday island.
However, it was not quite the family occasion he might have hoped it would be, as his son Josh, by his first marriage to Alex, was not there.
In 2019, ex-wife Alex’s spokesman revealed that Josh had not seen or spoken to the star since his father moved out of the marital home – and into a romance with young barmaid Summer Monteys-Fullam.
