Who is Molly Robbins? Paul Hollywood’s pal who bagged a Channel 4 baking show
Molly is on Channel 4 with a 30-part series called Extreme Cake Makers
MOLLY Robbins has landed her own Channel 4 baking show, Extreme Cake Makers - and it's hitting the airwaves this week.
But, what else do we know about Robbins, who's being mentored by Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood? Let's find out...
Who is Molly Robbins?
Molly, 27, is the daughter of actor Ted Robbins.
She met Hollywood at the BBC’s Good Food Show and were spotted in 2016 checking into the same Belfast hotel. But a spokesman for Paul insisted then that nothing was going on and that the pair had met once socially and a handful of times professionally.
Extreme Cake Makers - which is a 30-part series - follows Molly, who owns her own company Creative Cakes, and a group of elite bakers who try their hand at producing the most jaw-dropping treats.
Efforts on the show include a cake shaped like a ballgown and a 4ft replica of the Statue of Liberty. Paul announced the end of his 19-year marriage to wife Alex last November.
Extreme Cake Makers is on Channel 4 TONIGHT - Tue 16 Jan - at 5.30pm.
What type of cakes does Molly make?
Molly's sweet treats are designed to look like burgers, pies and pizza and are made from Madeira cake, jam and butter cream.
She has won two gold and two silver awards at the Cake International competition since she started baking and she plans to continue competing.
She said: "I did a degree in special effects make-up so I was always creative, but after making my friend a cake it’s just something I fell into - I never learnt the art of cake decoration, though; I just taught myself as I went along.
"I like doing cakes that are more outside of the box and quirky because they’re just more interesting and hopefully it makes me stand out from other companies too.
"I think the strangest cake I’ve had to make on an order so far is the cheese board cake because I was there trying to make the Stilton look all mouldy - which is obviously not something you’d actually want on a cake.
"I like to make them as realistic as possible which can take hours on end, I like to use different textures of icing and I airbrush most of the cakes to give them an extra realistic look."
Is Molly Robbins on social media?
Molly can be found on all the major social media platforms, where she posts pictures of her gorgeous cakes.
- She's on Facebook @
- She's on Twitter @
- She's on Instagram