MARY Berry will share her top baking tips when she officially opens a new furniture store in Stockton.

Star of the Great British Bake Off and author of more than 80 cookery books, she will unveil the new £4.5m Barker & Stonehouse at Teesside Shopping Park on Saturday, March 28.

Visitors will have the chance to attend question and answer sessions win signed copies of her latest book and browse the new branch.

She said: “I’m so excited to open the new Barker and Stonehouse store on Teesside and share my top baking tips with the people of the North-East.

“I’ve always had such fantastic support from people in the region and am really looking forward to spending the day with customers.”

James Barker, Managing Director of Barker and Stonehouse, added: “Mary Berry is an icon of British cooking. She is hugely popular with such a wide range of people and I would think that many households up and down the country own at least one of her cook books.

“We’re thrilled to have her on board to open our store, it will make for a very special day indeed.”