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Prue Leith has never been one to hold back. At 85, she’s not about to start.
The Great British Bake Off presenter, Great British Menu judge, restaurateur, cookery school founder and national treasure joins us for a chat about her Sunday Times bestselling memoir Being Old and Learning to Love It, a frank, funny and thoroughly entertaining reckoning with life in her eighties. From love and loss to assisted dying, fashion, fame and finding joy, nothing is off limits.
Warm, wise and wickedly honest, this is an afternoon in the company of a woman who has lived an extraordinary life and isn’t finished yet.
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About the Author
Dame Prue Leith
Dame Prue Leith is one of Britain’s best-loved culinary voices, renowned as a restaurateur, cookery writer, novelist and broadcaster. She made her name with her Michelin-starred restaurant Leith’s and Leith’s School of Food and Wine, and has since written sixteen cookery books, eight novels and a memoir. A familiar face on screen, Prue judged Great British Menu for 11 years, appeared on The Great British Bake Off, and continues to judge The Great American Baking Show. Ever adventurous, she currently fronts ITV1’s Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen, has appeared on The Masked Singer as Pegasus, and has walked at London Fashion Week for Vin and Omi.
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