Channel 4 presenter Paul Hollywood has reportedly tied the knot with his girlfriend Melissa Spalding in Cyprus, less than two years after the pair went public with their relationship.

Paul Hollywood has reportedly married his girlfriend Melissa Spalding in a private ceremony in Cyprus in front of friends and family.

The 57-year-old tied the knot with his fiancee, who is 18 years younger than him, in a beautiful Ayia Athanasia chapel located on the northwest peninsula.

Among the guests was Paul’s fellow Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, according to MailOnline.

Melissa is a pub landlady at the Chequers Inn in Smarden, Ashford, and it is thought that Paul met her near his £1 million Grade II-listed home.

The romance was confirmed in late 2019, two years after the judge split from his ex-wife Alexandra Hollywood.

Melissa reportedly moved into Paul’s 18th-century four-bedroom farmhouse in April 2020.

The relationship came quickly after Paul broke up with his former lover Summer Monteys-Fullam in August 2019.

Summer was 24 years old when they were together - making her almost 30 years younger than Paul.

Alexandra and Paul were married for 20 years before they divorced. They first met in 1990 in Cyprus when she was a scuba instructor and they had a son, Josh, in 2001.