Dame Mary Berry is proving food is the way to the nation’s heart – topping the Christmas cookbook chart with her 82nd title.
The former Bake Off judge’s Simple Comforts has raced to No1 as lockdown fever fuels a huge demand for home-cooking skills. Almost a third of the £20million annual cookbook sales come in the run-up to Christmas – but this year interest has soared with eating out options firmly off the table.
Half a billion more meals were made at home during the first lockdown than in the same period last year, says analyst Kantar.
And Mary, 85, has not only outsold Jamie Oliver – last year’s bestseller – and his 7 Ways cookbook, she has also made mincemeat of Nigella Lawson’s newest title Cook, Eat, Repeat, which is No11 in the list
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