Will you be as brilliant as Mary Berry when you're 81?

She's the Queen of Cakes, the refined, fair and – for five more precious episodes – gentle judge of BBC2's Great British Bake Off. She's sensible and elegant. She's rebellious, fearless, ambitious and hard-working – and she's found huge success later in life. Plus she's a fashion icon who is officially sexier than J-Lo.

Mary Berry is pretty awesome. And at 81 years old she has a zest for life that gives us something to aspire to – but do we have the potential to be as brilliant as her when we're octogenarians? Only one way to find out...