Mary Berry's Christmas Party


5:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Wednesday, December 24 on Food Network (43)

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The food writer and former Great British Bake Off judge opens her kitchen to some of TV's best-loved faces as they join her in cooking delicious dishes for a festive gathering. The One Show's Alex Jones shows off her family's special recipe for rissoles, Strictly judge Darcey Bussell tries to create a ballet-inspired Christmas dessert, Citizen Khan star Adil Ray makes canapés, TV and radio presenter Fearne Cotton whips up stuffed squash, while Classic FM's Myleene Klass entertains everyone at the piano


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Cast & Crew

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Mary Berry (Presenter)
Alex Jones (Contributor)
Darcey Bussell (Contributor)
Fearne Cotton (Contributor)
Adil Ray (Contributor)
Myleene Klass (Contributor)
David Crerar (Director)
Tom Savage (Editor)
Karen Ross (Executive producer)

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Mary Berry (Presenter)
Born: March 24, 1935 in Bath
Best Known For: The Great British Bake Off.
Early-life: Born Mary-Rosa Alleyne Berry in Bath on March 24, 1935. She has two brothers - one older, one younger. They are the offspring of Alleyne WS Berry, a surveyor who was Mayor of Bath in 1952; their mother was a housewife. At 13, Mary spent three months in hospital with polio, which affected the left side of her body. She hated school, but enjoyed domestic science lessons. She took a course at Bath College of Domestic Science which led to a job demonstrating electric cookers.
Career: Berry moved to London aged 21 and landed a job at the Dutch Dairy Bureau; she later persuaded her boss to pay for her course at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She went on to work for various companies, including a PR firm and magazines such as Housewife and Ideal Home. She published her first cookbook in 1970; she's since written more than 70 titles. In 1994, Berry launched her own product range with her daughter Annabel. Among the programmes she's appeared on are Good Afternoon! (1973), Cooking the Books (2007) and, of course, The Great British Bake off (2007 onwards), which introduced her to a new generation of food-lovers.
Quote: "Follow a good recipe, weigh accurately and keep it simple if you are new to baking. Remember all ovens vary, and most of all enjoy it."
Trivia: Berry published her autobiography, Recipe for Life, in 2013.
Alex Jones (Contributor)
Born: March 18, 1977 in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Best Known For: The One Show.
Early-life: Born Charlotte Alexandra Jones in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, on March 18, 1977. After training as a ballet dancer as a child, Alex went on to study theatre, film and TV at the University of Aberystwyth.
Career: After graduating, Jones worked as a TV researcher before stepping in front of a camera. She went on to present a number of programmes on S4C, including Can i Gymru, Salon, and Tocyn. Her big break came in 2010 when she became the co-host of The One Show. Since then, she has co-presented Let's Dance for Comic Relief, and in 2011, she partnered with professional dancer James Jordan on Strictly Come Dancing - they were eliminated a week before the final. In August 2014, she began presenting BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble. Jones began presenting daytime BBC One series Close Calls: On Camera in 2015 and she started co-hosting BBC series Shop Well for Less? in 2016.
Quote: "I grew up on S4C and it doesn't matter whether there are 100 people watching or listening or five million, every single person in that audience is really important."
Trivia: Alex is fluent in English and Welsh.
Darcey Bussell (Contributor)
Born: April 27, 1969 in London
Best Known For: Being Britain's most famous ballet star.
Early-life: Born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle in west London, on April 27, 1969. Her mother, Andrea, was a former model and dancer, and her father, John Crittle, ran a boutique on Carnaby Street. When she was six, her parents separated and her dad returned to his native Australia, while her mum married dentist Phillip Bussell. At the age of 13, Darcey asked to join the Royal Ballet Junior School and, despite her mother's misgivings, the teenager blossomed. During her tenure, choreographer Kenneth Macmillan plucked her from obscurity to dance the lead in The Prince of the Pagodas.
Career: Bussell coped so well with the complex choreography that in December 1989, when she was just 20 years old, Royal Ballet Director Anthony Dowell awarded her the title of Principal Dancer. She went on to international fame in roles such as Odette, Cinderella, Giselle, Juliet, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Black Queen. Since retiring from professional ballet in 2007, she has performed with Katherine Jenkins in the show Viva La Diva, and written a series of dance books for children. Among her many awards is a CBE, which she received in 2006. Away from the stage, she has featured in TV series French and Saunders and The Vicar of Dibley, and had a small role in the 1996 movie True Blue. In 2012, she replaced Alesha Dixon on Strictly Come Dancing's judging panel.
Quote: On hanging up her ballet shoes: "Being on stage and being the focus of attention is a drug and it will be difficult to give up, but I honestly don't think I'll retire into maternal obscurity."
Trivia: She performed at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, leading a troupe of 200 ballerinas.
Fearne Cotton (Contributor)
Born: September 03, 1981 in Northwood, London
Best Known For: Co-hosting Top of The Pops.
Early-life: Born September 3, 1982, in Northwood, London. She developed a passion for painting from an early age, thanks to her signwriter dad Mick. She originally wanted to be an actress, but put that dream on hold at 15 when she won a national competition to present CiTV's Disney Club. She honed her presenting skills on GMTV's live weekend show Diggit and BBC's Record Breakers. By 2001, she was hired for the show Eureka TV, and also worked on Sunday kids' series Smile.
Career: Fearne has been much in demand since then, working on projects including The Saturday Show, Finger Tips, Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, Children in Need and Only in America. In 2004, she landed a regular job as co-host on Top of the Pops, and also won The Caron Keating Award at the Variety Club Showbusiness Awards in 2004. Other projects include co-hosting Love Island with Patrick Kielty, The Xtra Factor and Eurovision series Making Your Mind Up. Fearne was also backstage at the 2007 Brit Awards. More recently, she fronted Sky1 show Guinness World Records Smashed with Ben Shephard, and is said to be presenting the US version. Fearne also co-hosts a Sunday morning Radio 1 show with Reggie Yates.
Quote: "CDs are functional but essentially unlovable and there's no magic involved in downloading a song. But playing vinyl is a beautiful ritual."
Trivia: Cotton has her own fashion and homeware range with online retailer Very.co.uk.
Adil Ray (Contributor)
Born: April 26, 1974 in Birmingham
Best Known For: Citizen Khan and being a radio host.
Early-life: Adil was born in Birmingham on April 26, 1974 to a Pakistani father and Kenyan mother. His father worked as a bus driver for almost 40 years, his mother worked for the Civil Service. His parents divorced when he was in his mid teens. Adil went on to study marketing at the University of Huddersfield. During his time at university, he worked as a host on a small Asian radio station in Birmingham before moving on to Choice FM. Other radio work followed at Galaxy 105, Century Radio, Aire FM Leeds and Ministry of Sound Radio.
Career: In 2002, Ray joined the BBC Asian Network to present the late night Adil Ray Show. He presented other slots on the station before leaving in June 2010. He has since been a regular on BBC Radio 5 Live. Since 2012, he has co-written and starred in the BBC sitcom Citizen Khan. He has also presented Desi DNA and Inside Out. In 2015, he guest presented three episodes of The One Show.
Quote: "It doesn't matter what religion you are or what background, we all have the same problems, highs and lows."
Trivia: As a keen cricketer, Ray represented West Bromwich Dartmouth during the late 1980s and early 1990s. He supports Aston Villa FC.
Myleene Klass (Contributor)
David Crerar (Director)
Tom Savage (Editor)
Karen Ross (Executive producer)