Dame Mary Berry at 88: ‘I don’t want to retire at all’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mary Berry says she still has a “passion” for cookery and isn’t planning to hang up her apron any time soon. “I’ve always worked very hard, early on taking any work that came my way,” says Berry, who married Paul Hunnings in 1966. open image in gallery Mary Berry’s new book is all about keeping things simple “I like to think that television is the best way of teaching to a very large audience. “We all want something easy, don’t we?” says Berry, who admits even she still has the occasional slip-up in the kitchen.