Celebrity baker Paul Hollywood and his wife Melissa have poured over £80,000 of their own money into an effort to rescue her family’s historic Kent pub, The Chequers Inn in Smarden, near Ashford.
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At an Ashford Borough Council planning committee meeting, Melissa Hollywood, the long-serving landlady of The Chequers Inn, revealed the financial struggles facing the business. Joined by her husband Paul, famous for his role as a judge on “The Great British Bake Off,” Melissa addressed the committee as they considered plans to convert the pub into a house.