Famous baker and TV presenter Paul Hollywood will be awarded the title of MBE at a ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Hollywood, 57, has been a judge on The Great British Bake Off since its inception in 2010, first co-hosting it with Dame Mary Berry and then with Dame Prue Leith.
The hit show made him a household name and he joined the show when it switched from the BBC to Channel 4 in 2016.
Hollywood will be awarded an MBE for services to baking and broadcasting.
When the news was announced last year, he wrote on his Instagram page:
“I’m so excited… that’s amazing, Paul Hollywood MBE!!!” Congratulations to everyone named in the New Year Honors list. ”
Marcus Trescothick and Felicity Dahl are also among the celebrities scheduled to be honored on Wednesday.
Mr Trescothick, a former Somerset and England cricketer, will be made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to mental health. Currently an England cricket coach and pundit, he is also a mental health ambassador for the Professional Cricketers’ Association.
Dame Felicity, widow of author Roald Dahl and producer of films based on two of his books (1996’s Matilda and 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), has announced her charity work. , appointed Dame Commander for services to literature and young people.
She founded Roald Dahl’s Marvelous Children’s Charity, which provides specialist nurses for seriously ill children, and the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Center in Buckinghamshire.
