The Hollywood handshake is making its way to Central America as Paul Hollywood ventures to Mexico in his latest eating endeavour.
The celebrity chef, best known for his judging skills on the Great British Bake Off, is on another adventure.
Paul Hollywood Eats Mexico is on Channel 4 with the next episode hitting screens on Sunday July 17, a follow up to his previous tasting trip of Japan which aired back in 2020.
But when Paul Hollywood isn’t shaking hands or eating food, who is he dating? We take a look at his love life.
Alex Hollywood
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Paul Hollywood met his now ex-wife, Alex Hollywood, in 1995 at a hotel in Cyprus. He worked as head baker and she was working as a scuba diving instructor.
Alex told the Daily Mail: “We fell in love very quickly. Two weeks was all it took — we both knew.”
“Paul was lovely, he made me the most wonderful pastries for breakfast. Show me a woman who doesn’t like chocolate!”
Two years later, the baker and the diver took the plunge and married before returning to the UK in 1999.
Affair with Marcela Valladolid
Paul Hollywoods’ rise to fame started on the program: Taste’s Use Your Loaf, alongside James Martin, who would go on to present Saturday Kitchen.
The silver fox then flew over to America to judge: The America baking competition.
In February 2013, Paul Hollywood was accused of having an affair with fellow judge and American TV chef, Marcela Valladolid.
After returning from the States, Hollywood moved out of their family home in Kent.
Paul admitted to the Mirror that it was his fault his marriage was ending, and my October he said: “I did have an affair in America with my co-judge and it was the biggest mistake of my life because actually I still love my wife.”
The pair attempted to reconcile, but it was short lived and the marriage ended in 2017, with their divorce being finalised in 2019.
Summer Moneys-Fullam fling
Shortly after Hollywood’s marriage ended, the celebrity chef whisked 23-year-old barmaid, Summer Monteys-Fullam, off her feet as the two entered a relationship.
Having met in 2017, two years down the line in 2019, Summer dumped Hollywood after he requested she sign a gagging order, the Mirror reported.
The gagging order would have prevented her from talking to anyone, including her own friends and family, about their relationship.
Hollywood took to social media after the allegations about a gagging order surfaced.
He said: “My silence on any matters is not a sign of weakness or agreement of what’s been said, merely I prefer a quiet life away from my day job!
“Take what’s read with a pinch of salt and read between the lines. I know the public can’t be duped into believing what’s out there from a person making money selling stories! and continuously courting the paps…
“There’s always two sides to a story you’ve only heard one… but alas I don’t play those games.”
Who is Paul Hollywood dating now?
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The 56-year-old is now dating his pub landlady, Melissa Spalding, who is 37. The couple made their first red-carpet event together in December 2021.
The Baker met his new partner at her pub, The Chequers Inn – in Kent, where Hollywood is a regular.
The pair apparently bubbled up and spent lockdown together in Hollywood’s 18th century farmhouse estate when Covid restrictions were in full force. But according to inside sources, the Daily Mail believe she now lives there permanently.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
