Prue Leith

People often ask what my favourite food is, but the answer depends on what I last ate. I love sausages and mash.…

— Prue Leith

I'm not clever. But I am level-headed, hard-working, dogged.

— Prue Leith

At barbecues, people just like to eat a lot of meat; it's extraordinary. They eat far more than they normally would at…

— Prue Leith

People don't always behave the same way on different programmes. If you go to church you don't behave the same way you…

— Prue Leith

I have strong hair, so if I've had a good haircut, I can wash my hair in the bath and not worry…

— Prue Leith

Very few parents give out healthy lunchboxes due to pressure from their children.

— Prue Leith

I'm not saying I'm proud of the fact I had a long affair with a married man, but it did help my…

— Prue Leith

I came through the Sixties so I was perfectly aware of drug-taking but I came from South Africa and we were brought…

— Prue Leith

An awful lot of older women do have love affairs or wish they were having love affairs.

— Prue Leith

Before 'Bake Off,' frankly, if you'd asked most people on the bus if they'd ever heard of me, it would probably only…

— Prue Leith

Nobody thought a white girl should learn to cook in South Africa. I went to drama school. My mother was an actress,…

— Prue Leith

It's so nice to slip into the lap of luxury.

— Prue Leith

I've never been much of a cake-maker.

— Prue Leith

For me the best food in the world is New British. It's quite classical cooking with really simple but good-quality ingredients. I…

— Prue Leith

I vividly remember throwing a bowl of porridge at my husband Rayne once when he defended the children instead of me -…

— Prue Leith

I won't eat something which is high in calories and not particularly wonderful, because that's just not worth it, you feel guilty…

— Prue Leith

If you eat good ingredients, and moderately, it should not be a problem. If you look at the bakers over the years,…

— Prue Leith

If I'm going to do something, I'll do it properly or not at all.

— Prue Leith

It was hugely helpful to me, being South African. I have never felt uncomfortable in posh society because I don't see what…

— Prue Leith

It's tough to eat well if you don't know how to cook.

— Prue Leith

I couldn't live without my faithful companion, Megs the dog.

— Prue Leith

I think Paul Hollywood was quite perfectly within his rights to stay with Love Productions. They'd made him famous, he was getting…

— Prue Leith

I probably eat yogurt more than anything else.

— Prue Leith

I get more questions about my necklaces and specs than I do about food.

— Prue Leith

I'm nicknamed the 'food tsar' by the press. I'm always giving my opinion on things like; 'Don't nanny children,' although children sometimes…

— Prue Leith