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" I'm immensely proud to have been made a CBE, but I don't ever use the letters after my name unless someone has included them in correspondence. "

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" Family life is fragmenting in this modern age, but it's up to all of us to keep it together. "

" I have no burning ambitions, and I can honestly say the thing I love most is 'Bake Off.' That will always come first. "

" Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves. "

" Many people think children must have chips. I don't think any household should have a deep fat fryer. "

" I can't bear the thought of retirement, and I haven't prepared myself for it. I don't play bridge, and I don't play golf. I do play tennis, but you can't do that every day of the week. "

" At 17, I went away to Pau in the south of France for a few months to study domestic science - including cleaning windows with newspaper and water - while living with a Catholic family with 10 children. "

" I would always stand up for women, but I don't want women's rights and all that sort of thing. I love to have men around, and I suppose if you're a true feminist, you get on and do it yourself. I love it when someone says, 'I'll get your coat' or, 'I'll look after you', or offers you a seat on the bus. I'm thrilled to bits. I'm not a feminist. "

" Wherever possible, I like to use home-grown or locally produced ingredients. "

" I never leave anything until the morning. I put my jumpers, scarves, and shoes out the night before. You never know what is going to happen. You don't want to get stressed. "

" I'm really boring. I think about cooking all the time. I have a little book, so when I go out or see something, I jot it down and try to include it in a recipe or do a variation of it. I even have a notepad by my bed, which is usually saying we're running out of mango chutney. "

" The only time I'll use a microwave is to warm up a cup of coffee I've left too long before drinking. "

" I think to eat cake is very good for us, but it's the size of the slice and how often you have it. "

" It's so comforting to have a small piece of cake. Just one slice. "

" My best holidays were in Devon and Cornwall when the children were growing up. We always used to stay on farms because our children were pretty wild, and it was great going to the beach every day. We used to go to Launceston and Salcombe and all over those two counties. "

" When you're on the way up, you have to take all the jobs because bills have to be paid. "

" Oh, I'd never put my elbows on the table. "

" I make myself eat one piece of toast for breakfast. When I'm doing 'Bake Off,' I eat soup for lunch. I know what puts on weight for me; it's just over-indulgence. "

" I am a bit of a mother hen at Christmas! I always prepare in advance. It is the only way; otherwise, it can be really daunting. "

" Dad thought something very fishy was going on when, at 22, I was offered a job for £1,000 a year - more than Dad paid his own staff - for inventing cheese recipes and writing leaflets at the Dutch Dairy Bureau in London. "

" Some of my fondest memories are holidays by the seaside. "

" Looking back, I don't feel that I was the most brilliant mother. I was always very good at giving my children the right food, but it was one of my regrets in life that I didn't spend more time listening to them or playing with them. "

" My favourite TV show is... 'Downton Abbey.' The characters are wonderful, and the style is created so beautifully on screen. Everything from the table settings to the linen seem perfect to me. While I'm watching it, I'm in a totally different world. "

" I was rather hopeless at school, but the one subject I seemed to be good at was domestic science. "

" I do like going out and finding free food. I've done it since I was a child. Fishing prawns and shrimps from the sea is wonderful, as is picking blackberries, sloes and mushrooms. Having a guide while out looking for mushrooms is really important, though, as picking the wrong type can be quite dangerous. "

" I walk, and I play tennis, but mainly I watch what I eat. I eat all the things that I love, including cake. Cake is very important to me. But it's all about the size of the slice! "

" It is something you can't predict, and it is the huge sadness in your life, losing a child. "

" I'm just very grateful that the media has been so kind to me, because there's nothing unusual about me. I'm just a mum and a granny who is teaching cookery on TV. Basically, I'm very ordinary. "

" The very best hotel I've stayed in is the Intercontinental on Park Lane. We went there for the Chelsea Flower Show a few years ago, and it was sheer luxury. Everybody had a smile on their face. I came home and changed all my pillows because the hotel ones were so beautiful. "

" I know people think I invented the Victoria sandwich, but I'm really not that old. "

" If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven. "