Ol' Bake-Off Blue Eyes.

To mark the return of the Great British Bake Off today, I thought I'd share a few of the tweets I've posted about the show's striking male judge over the past six years. 

I swear I'm not obsessed. 
Paul Hollywood is as nifty with an oven as he is with a Remington MB4045 Beard Trimmer. #GBBO

You don't want to know what Paul Hollywood keeps in his garage. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood's beard is backlit. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood's eyes can see through walls. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood's hair is the definition of precise. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood despises cufflinks. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood. Yellow shirt. No cufflinks. Cowboy stance. Yes. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood's hair comes off in one piece. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood has a room in his house that's devoted entirely to hair product. #GBBO

Look at Paul Hollywood's chunky watch. He's so manly. #gbbo

Paul Hollywood, rocking his line-dancing stance. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood's hair could cut glass. #GBBO

If Paul Hollywood goes out on a bike he doesn't need to wear a helmet. #SolidHair #GBBO

I bet when Paul Hollywood gets home, he switches on the television, kicks back his feet and puts ON a pair of cufflinks. #gbbo

The cross-hatch of Paul Hollywood's fringe alternates between 'forward'...'up'...'forward'...'up'. #GBBO

If you bought Paul Hollywood a pair of cuff-links for Christmas he'd punch you in the face. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood inspires long-dormant homoerotic urges that I never knew I had. #GBBO


The Mary Rose is constantly sprayed with water to prevent decay. Paul Hollywood's beard trimming regime is similarly relentless. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood's fringe is gently reminiscent of a salt-and-pepper sea smashing against the shore. #GBBO

NOTE TO SELF: must perfect Paul Hollywood's hands-in-pockets, cuffs-rolled-up, steely middle-distance stare. #GBBO

You'd think Paul Hollywood's budget would stretch to a pair of cufflinks. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood oozes liquid masculinity. Not that I've noticed. #GBBO

When Paul Hollywood adopts his hands-in-pockets stance he looks like he's about to do a line-dance. #GBBO

The solidity of Paul Hollywood's hair means he need never wear a hard hat on a building site. #GBBO

Nothing worse than having your nuts all crammed into one area, Paul. #GBBO

Paul's black shirt offsets the salt & pepper beard nicely. #GBBO

Paul Hollywood intimidates me sexually. #GBBO

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