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Who is Celebrity Best Home Cook narrator Tom Parry?

CELEBRITY Best Home Cook wouldn't be the same without narrator and comedian Tom Parr.

And he'll be providing his input on the cooking competition as the show reaches its climax tonight (Feb 17) with the final three famous faces battling it out for baking glory.

Best Home Cook narrator Tom Parry is a comedian
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Best Home Cook narrator Tom Parry is a comedian

Who is Celebrity Best Home Cook narrator Tom Parry?

Tom Parry, 40, is a comedian.

Originally from Wolverhampton, he is one member of a three-man sketch team called Pappy's.

Alongside Ben Clark and Matthew Crosby, Tom has performed sketch shows at Edinburgh Fringe festival.

The group were named best sketch, variety or character act in the 2008 Chortle awards and were also nominated for Best Show by the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2007 and 2012.

Tom Parry went solo for his debut show Yellow T-shirt at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

He joined Best Home Cook as narrator for the second series in 2020 and is also narrating the 2021 celebrity version.

Tom is narrating Celebrity Best Home Cooks
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Tom is narrating Celebrity Best Home CooksCredit: BBC

What else has Tom Parry starred in?

Tom Parry's Edinburgh show was picked up by the BBC, and as a result he was given his own show, Tom Parry's Fancy Dressed Life on BBC Radio 4.

The comedian also starred as a security guard on BBC Two’s Watson and Oliver.

He played Tom and Tom's father in Badults and was drunk storyteller in Drunk History: UK. 

In 2019 he was Nathan in Tourist Trap and Ray in 2020 TV series Ted Lasso.

Alongside his TV and sketch work, Tom co-hosts Pappy’s Flatshare Podcast with his troupe-mates.

The podcast is a gameshow style format, recorded in front of a live audience and each week Pappy's welcome guests on to the show.

Tom is one member of a three-man sketch team called Pappy's
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Tom is one member of a three-man sketch team called Pappy's

Nish Kumar,  Dara O Briain, Sophie Duker and Sara Pascoe have all featured on the hit podcast.

Parry has worked as a writer on ITV's sitcom The Job Lot and BBC 3's Great Movie Mistakes.

Is he married and does he have kids?

Tom Parry keeps his private life under wraps.

But in an interview in 2019, he revealed: "I just got flippin married!!!"

It is not known if he has any children.

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