Dame Mary Berry has revealed the pub in Buckinghamshire that keeps her coming back to the area for 'girls' lunches' despite moving away six years ago.

The ex-Bake Off judge lived with husband Paul Hunnings in Penn for over 40 years before moving to Henley to be closer to their children Tom and Annabel in 2018.

Bucks will always have a place in her heart, however, as the resting place of third child William, who tragically died in a car crash when he was just 19 and is buried at Penn Church.

And, speaking to the Daily Mail this week, Dame Mary revealed another reason she frequently hops back over the Oxfordshire border – for a 'girls' lunch' at The Ivy in Marlow, her go-to spot when the English weather rules out a match of tennis on her Henley courts.

The 89-year-old credited staying active with staying in shape at nearly 90-years-old – and, thanks in part to tennis as well as to her strong sense of drive, her new cookbook Mary's Foolproof Dinners was published last month, with an accompanying BBC Two series airing its first episode last night.

"If there's any sign of drizzle, we'll just go down to the pub for a girls' lunch," Berry said.

"We very often to go The Ivy in Marlow where we'll have a first course and then share a pudding because Margaret, one of our girls, loves puddings.

"I don't have wine because I'm the one who always drives."

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She judged the Great British Bake Off alongside Paul Hollywood for seven years after it began on the BBC in 2010 and was replaced by Dame Prue Lieth when the show moved to Channel 4.

But that's not to say Berry hasn't stayed busy – the first episode of her new series saw her teach comedian Alan Carr how to make a beef chow mein and dishes still-to-come include a pastry-free quiche for Claudia Winkleman and a rhubarb plate pie for former Bake Off co-star Sue Perkins.

The new book is packed with easy-to-follow recipes designed to fit around busy lives, and the series will see the chef teach them to her celebrity friends.

She told the PA News Agency back in July: "Dinner is often the meal where we need the most inspiration at the end of a long day or to step out of the same old recipes that we can get stuck in a rut cooking.

"And what's more – these really are foolproof – I can't wait to share them with you."

Mary's Foolproof Dinners airs every Tuesday at 7:30pm on BBC Two. The first episode is available to watch on iPlayer now.