Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood’s eye-watering earnings revealed as he banks more than Premier League footballers
BAKE Off judge Paul Hollywood cooked up £3.2million in earnings last year as his fortune rose to £7.8million.
It means the bread and buns expert, 57, now has more dough than daytime TV queens Lorraine Kelly and Holly Willoughby.
His TV work, his cookbooks and a range of kitchen gear are behind the blooming figures, according to accounts filed at Companies House.
His entertainment business, HJP Media, is worth £4.3million and he made £1.7million through it.
It has £1.15million cash in the bank.
And his other company, Paul Hollywood Ltd, is worth £3.6million after raking in profits of £1.5million.
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His net worth across all his assets is now estimated to be £15million.
Yesterday, The Sun told how Lorraine Kelly, 63, had become the cash queen of daytime TV.
Her worth rose to almost £4million, even outperforming Holly Willoughby whose Roxy Media pulled in £1.5million.
But Lorraine’s profits for 2022 sat at £500,000 — dwarfed by Paul’s bumper earnings.
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When the Great British Bake Off was on the BBC, Paul received a £100,000 fee per series but that jumped to £400,000 when it moved to Channel 4.
He has released seven cookbooks and has a line of cookware and ready-to-bake goods which are stocked at Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Ocado.
The personality split from his wife Alexandra in 2017 after 20 years.
She was entitled to a huge chunk of his cash after supporting him as he transformed himself from a hotel baker into one of the highest-paid stars on TV.
Paul now lives in a Grade II-listed farmhouse in Ashford, Kent.
The dad-of-one sold his previous timber-clad period home in Canterbury for £795,000.