Great British Bake Off's Paul Hollywood gets new BBC series about cars and motorbikes

TV baker Paul Hollywood, who shot to fame on the BBC cookery contest The Great British Bake Off, is thrilled that the BBC has expanded his contract to include a new series about his other loves: cars and motorbikes, reports a Sunday tabloid.

A source close to the star said: “This is just his perfect job.

“He loves cars and cooking - now he will present shows about both.

“The BBC have clearly shown how much they are committed to him by doing this.”

Paul, 48, owns a fleet of cars, including an Aston Martin DB9 and a new Aston Martin Vantage, worth a fortune, says the Sunday People.

Paul has made no secret of his passion for Aston Martins, famously driven by James Bond.

In a recent interview he said: “I’ve been into cars all my life. Aston Martin employs people here - they’re British, they’re Bond - so when I got my DB9 it was a very special day.

“I’ll be paying for it for the rest of my life but it was something I’d wanted since I had a DB5 poster on my wall.”

The Great British Bake Off returns to BBC1 later this summer.