TV chef Mary Berry has said she is “proud and honoured” to be made a Dame Commander for services to cooking, writing and baking.

Dame Mary was honoured on Wednesday by the Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle.

As well as her 50-year culinary and broadcasting career, the honour also recognises her charity work.

The 86-year-old former Bake Off judge recently had surgery after breaking her hip following a fall in the summer.

Yet she was able to attend the ceremony alongside husband Paul Hunnings, a retired antiquarian bookseller.

Speaking after her latest royal engagement, she said: “I’m extremely proud and honoured. I just wish my parents were here – they’re looking down and my children are quite excited.

“My aim is to pass on the skill that I love so much, because everybody has to cook each day. Whether it’s a student or whatever it is, you’ve got to feed yourself so why not learn to do it well and enjoy it.”

After studying cooking in France and the UK, Dame Mary worked for a number of food industry bodies and wrote recipe pages of Housewife magazine.

Her first cookbook, The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, was published in 1970 and she has gone on to write more than 50 others, selling millions of copies around the world.

She became a household name to a new generation of cake lovers thanks to her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, alongside Paul Hollywood, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.

In her latest upcoming BBC series, the veteran broadcaster will come to the rescue of novice cooks hoping to impress a loved one.

Aside from cooking, Dame Mary has committed herself to charity work down the years. Her youngest son William was killed in a car crash at the age of 19, after which she became a patron of Child Bereavement UK.

“Whether it’s the siblings who are left or the husband or the wife, it’s a hand to hold and to realise other people are in the same boat.”- she said.

source (article; video; picture): BBC News; Royals take on the roulade challenge with Nadiya and Mary Berry!, A Berry Royal Christmas, BBC, Youtube; Mary Berry ‘very thrilled’ to be honoured with damehood, The Independent, Youtube

interesting facts:

A Brit Birodalom Rendje (The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) 1917. június 4-én V. György király által alapított brit lovagrend. A rendnek öt polgári és katonai fokozata van, a legmagasabb rangtól a legalacsonyabbig ezek a következők:

Knight Grand Cross (GBE) vagy Dame Grand Cross (GBE) – lovag nagykereszttel

Knight Commander (KBE) vagy Dame Commander (DBE) – lovagparancsnok

Commander (CBE) – parancsnok

Officer (OBE) – tiszt

Member (MBE) – tag.

source: Wikipedia

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1. Dame Mary …….. (to honour) on Wednesday by the Prince of Wales during an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle
2. As well as her 50-year culinary and broadcasting career, the honour also ………(to recognise) her charity work.
3. The 86-year-old former Bake Off judge recently ……. (to have) surgery after breaking her hip following a fall in the summer.
4. Yet she ….(to be) able to attend the ceremony alongside husband Paul Hunnings, a retired antiquarian bookseller.
5. After studying cooking in France and the UK, Dame Mary ……. (to work) for a number of food industry bodies and wrote recipe pages of Housewife
6. Her first cookbook, The Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, ….. (to publish) in 1970 and she …….(to go) on to write more than 50 others, selling millions of copies around the world.
7. She …… (to become) a household name to a new generation of cake lovers thanks to her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, alongside Paul Hollywood, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins.
8. In her latest upcoming BBC series, the veteran broadcaster ……(to come) to the rescue of novice cooks hoping to impress a loved one.
9. Aside from cooking, Dame Mary ….. (to commit) herself to charity work down the years. Her youngest son William …..(to kill) in a car crash at the age of 19, after which she …… (to become) a patron of Child Bereavement UK.

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1. was honoured;
2. recognises;
3. had;
4. was;
5. worked;
6. was published; has gone;
7. became;
8. will come;
9. has committed; was killed; became