The Repair Shops Jay Blades towers above the other experts

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Furniture restorer and TV presenter Jay Blades is back with the rest of the gang at the iconic barn workshop for season 10. He and the experts are on hand to help visitors resurrect their treasured items, who are often left teary-eyed following the big reveal. The BBC series wouldn’t be the same without Jay, 52, who is there to give encouragement, advice, and a funny quip or two.

How tall is The Repair Shop star Jay Blades?

The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades stands tall at 6ft 3in, which is the equivalent to 190.5 cm.

Jay towers above many of his co-stars on The Repair Shop with art restorer Lucia Scalisi at 5ft 5in, and carpentry and cabinets experts Will Kirk who is 5ft 9in.

Elsewhere, ceramics pro-Kirsten Ramsay is 5ft 7in and metal work expert Dominic Chinea is 5ft 10in.

Jay revealed his exact height a couple of years ago while discussing the importance of keeping upbeat. 

Jay told the Daily Telegraph in November 2020: “When you do something positive, what tends to happen is you get negativity coming at you.

“And when you get negativity, you have to stay positive in response.

“Listen, I’m a 6ft 3in black geezer from Hackney, I have had a lot negative stuff to deal with in my life. I mean a lot of stuff.”

When he isn’t repairing furniture on the BBC series, Jay is helping transform people’s lives.

Jay is the co-founder of Jay & Co, a social enterprise that acts as a second family to disadvantaged, disengaged and disruptive young people to help them achieve a sustainable positive life.

The enterprise is run by those who have experienced difficulties in their own lives and were able to get back on their feet with support from Jay & Co.

Its aim is to motivate young people so communities become better places to live in.

Jay said: “Even though you cannot control everything that happens, you can control your attitude toward what happens.

“And in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

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Jay was previously married to a woman called Jade who he met at university but their relationship broke down six years ago.

He shares daughter Zola with Jade and has a step-daughter with his current partner Christine.

She works as a marketing specialist for consumer goods and retailers and has been with Jay for four years.

The couple currently reside in Wolverhampton but little else is known about their lives which they prefer to keep quiet.

The description for the next episode reads: “Jay Blades and the team lovingly resuscitate four treasured family heirlooms and the memories they hold.

“First into the barn are siblings Marc Maderson and Melanie Henry, with a 50-year-old childhood toy. They’re hoping bookbinder Chris Shaw will be able to make their tattered and torn paper kite flight-worthy once again.

“Meanwhile, metal expert Dominic Chinea has an equally tricky restoration project to keep on track.

“On arrival at the barn, the 1960s child’s ride-on train is a complete wreck, with components crumbling and flaking off.

“The train belongs to Kate Humphries, whose father recently suffered a stroke.

“Now she’s determined to get the toy he bought for his own children revived so that he can enjoy seeing his grandchildren gather their own happy memories.”

The Repair Shop continues every Wednesday at 8pm on BBC One.

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