People say I'm a celebrity chef, and I am on telly a lot but that's because I judge contests. Perhaps I'm more… — Prue Leith Celebrity Copy Share Image
It sounds boring, but anything is easy to start-starting a novel, starting a business ... it's keeping the thing going that is difficult. — Prue Leith Books Copy Share Image
I went to the Sorbonne in Paris for two years and read all the classics by authors like Victor Hugo and Guy… — Prue Leith Books Copy Share Image
Hua Hin is Thailand's royal beach resort and home to the king's summer palace. The local food is fantastic, the weather is… — Prue Leith Beautiful Copy Share Image
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 Children Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think that allowing the nation to become so ignorant about food has been such a backward step - and to be… — Prue Leith Food Copy Share Image
One summer I was made housekeeper to my own family, making menus and shopping lists. It was my mother's idea of teaching… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
I vividly remember throwing a bowl of porridge at my husband Rayne once when he defended the children instead of me -… — Prue Leith Children Copy Share Image
The really nice thing about the town of Hua Hin - and Thailand generally - is that it's so safe. You can… — Prue Leith Confidence Copy Share Image
I am not saying celebrity chefs don't encourage children to cook. However, their programmes are so entertaining, you end up stuffing your… — Prue Leith Celebrity Copy Share Image
After opening my first restaurant in 1969, one of the regular customers suggested I write a cookbook, so I did. Then another.… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
It's surprising how you can behave like a 16-year-old in your 60s, or a 17-year-old in your 70s. You know, it's exactly… — Prue Leith Fall in love Copy Share Image
I'm completely addicted to Radio 4, even 100-year-old things like 'Just a Minute.' I even arrange my weekends around the Sunday edition… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
What makes me laugh is 'Masterchef,' with that ridiculous thing they always say, 'cooking doesn't get any tougher than this!.' — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
“[My guilty pleasure is a] deep, eco-unfriendly, hot bath. Preferably with a glass of champagne and someone sitting on the loo seat… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
The most important thing is to teach children to cook at schools. And not only to cook but to understand about where… — Prue Leith Children Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In my 40s: I had two children young enough to think their parents wonderful, my business was booming, I was happily married… — Prue Leith Business Copy Share Image
The way to get to like good food is by learning to cook, which is why I'm for ever banging on about… — Prue Leith Children Copy Share Image
I was elated when I found out my first novel, 'Leaving Patrick,' about a woman who walks out on her husband, was… — Prue Leith Books Copy Share Image
We had two children, who are still adored, they adore me and we're very close. Rayne was 20 years older than me.… — Prue Leith Children Copy Share Image
I used to always employ South Africans and Aussies and Kiwis - I can't admit this, well I can now, but I… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
Nobody thought a white girl should learn to cook in South Africa. I went to drama school. My mother was an actress,… — Prue Leith Copy Share Image