“They have nurtured me, and the show, that was a unique and brilliant format from day one,” she said in a statement – which was released at the exact same moment Hollywood announced his intentions to continue on as a judge for a few more years.

So, when the Master of Bread recently revealed that he had sought Berry’s blessing, we were very intrigued to hear what she had to say to him, expecting something as cool and damning as a soggy bottom.

“I spoke to Mary Berry about it all the way through,” he said, according to The Express, when asked how he had made his choice to ‘follow the dough’ to Channel 4.

“And she said 'I would go too if I was your age’.”

Paul Hollywood asked Mary Berry for her blessing over Bake Off move