Paul Hollywood: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

The question

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Paul Hollywood

English baker and chef

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My mum, for bringing up three lads.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2014 source ↗

Others on this question

Anne-Marie Duff British actress

All the Paralympic athletes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2012 source ↗

Jane Asher English actress and author

The amazing women standing up against the Taliban.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 May 2023 source ↗

Robbie Williams English singer

My wife. As someone who is forever bored, I’m never bored with or of her.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 May 2017 source ↗

My mom, for her unflappable ability to be sanguine (though she sometimes dips into Pollyanna territory).

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2021 source ↗

That I stopped martial arts 20 years ago.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2014 source ↗

In Cyprus between 1994 and 1999. I was baking out there, the weather was fantastic, it was a great place to be and I met my wife Alex.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 April 2014 source ↗

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