Interestingly I flicked channels tonight looking for something that wasn't football and it was an old episode of Escape to the Chateau DIY when Dick used to do the voiceover and Carole was starting work on her oriental bedroom and she said that she had done an interior decorating course, in my books that could be anything starting from a once a week night class in the local church hall.
Let’s not forget that Fanny is an Opera Singer on CDIY! Was Chateau de La Ferte on Escape to the Chateau DIY? I don’t remember them, but being in the US maybe those episodes aren’t available here.
I could be misremembering, but I thought Carole said she was self-taught and had her own business painting and wallpapering other peoples homes. Basically watched too many DIY shows, did her own home, got a job working for someone else (to stop tinkering with their home?), and then started her own business. They had a Q&A vlog or maybe she was explaining something else…
I have a friend who does a sport and was on national TV for a segment explaining the sport during the Olympics. The TV production said she was a professional athlete in said sport… she does get paid to teach people on the weekends, but it’s not how she earns her living. So technically she gets paid, but isn’t what most people think of when you hear “professional athlete”.