Rolling in it! Bake Off’s Paul Hollywood earns more than some top footballers as his incredible fortune is revealed – and he overtakes Lorraine Kelly and Holly Willoughby in earnings
Paul Hollywood reportedly earns more than some top footballers as his incredible fortune has been revealed.
The Great British Bake Off judge, 57, is said to have made £3.2million in earnings last year, boosting his fortune to £7.8million.
Latest figures show that Paul has even overtaken TV big hitters such as Lorraine Kelly and Holly Willoughby in the money stakes, who’s earnings were recently revealed.
According to accounts filed at Companies House, the baking aficionado’s income is boosted by his TV work as well as his range of kitchen wear and cookbooks.
His company HJP Media is worth an eye-watering £4.3million, with the Channel 4 star making £1.7 million through it, reports The Sun.
Money talks: Paul Hollywood reportedly earns more than some top footballers as his incredible fortune has been revealed
Rolling in it: The Great British Bake Off judge, 57, is said to have made £3.2million in earnings last year, boosting his fortune to £7.8million
Meanwhile his other Paul Hollywood Ltd, is said to be worth £3.6million and had raked in profits of £1.5million.
This means that Paul’s net worth across all his assets is now estimated to be a cool £15million.
As one of the judges on GBBO alongside Prue Leith, 83, Paul reportedly earns £400,000 a year on the programme – more than the £100,000 he was said to have made when the show was on BBC.
As well as making profits from his own company HJP Media LLP and his line of seven cookbooks, Paul also has a range baked goods which are available at Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and Ocado.
Paul split from wife of 20 years Alexandra in 2017. He now lives with landlady girlfriend Melissa Spalding at his Grade-II listed farmhouse near Ashford, Kent.
It is said that the average weekly wage of a Premier League footballer is £60,000 which equates to more than 3 million a year.
And with £3.2million in earnings in the last year, Paul’s wage success is certainly more than some top football stars.
These include West Ham’s Declan Rice who was on £60,000-a-week (£2.8M a year), Liverpool’s Luis Diaz on £56,000-a-week (£2.6M a year), Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes on £50,000-a-week (£2.4M a year) and Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher who also bagged £50,000-a-week (£2.4M a year).
Raking it in: With £3.2million in earnings in the last year, Paul’s wage success is certainly more than some top football stars
Making more: In the past year, Paul has earned more than West Ham’s Declan Rice who was on £60,000-a-week (£2.8M a year)
Cash: While the likes of Arsenal’s Gabriel Magalhaes was on £50,000-a-week (£2.4M a year)
Kerching: It was recently reported that Scottish chat show host Lorraine, 63, has assets worth almost £4million while This Morning’s Holly, 42, has logged just £1.5million, according to their companies’ respective accounts
It was recently reported that Scottish chat show host Lorraine, 63, has assets worth almost £4million while This Morning’s Holly, 42, has logged just £1.5million, according to their companies’ respective accounts.
Lorraine’s firm Albatel has total assets worth £4.2million and net assets of £3.9million after paying off creditors, according to accounts filed on June 22.
The assets include £2.7million in a bank account, more than £1million owed by debtors, and an investment portfolio worth around £350,000, The Sun reported.
Dough: According to accounts filed at Companies House, the baking aficionado’s income is boosted by his TV work as well as his range of kitchen wear and cookbooks
Money man: His company HJP Media is worth an eye-watering £4.3million, with the Channel 4 star making £1.7 million through it, reports The Sun
Judge: As one of the judges on GBBO alongside Prue Leith, 83, (R) Paul reportedly earns £400,000 a year on the programme – more than the £100,000 he was said to have made when the show was on BBC
Her thriving company also made a profit of around £500,000, according to the accounts filed on Companies House.
She proved herself to have out-earned many of her ITV co-stars, including This Morning host Holly, 42.
The most recent accounts for Holly’s company Roxy Media Ltd on Companies House, filed in November 2021, showed the star logged assets of £1.5million.
Holly was also out-earned by Ruth Langsford, who filed assets of £3.3million with her company Hey Ho, while her former co-star Phillip Schofield logged £2.5million with Fistral Productions.
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