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In the second of three profiles of people who have influenced the the way we eat and helped shape the way we think about food, Simon Parkes meets Prue Leith.

Prue Leith has run a catering business, then Michelin-starred restaurant and cookery school. She’s a consultant, sits on various boards and, earlier this year, was appointed chair of the School Food Trust, a government body set up to improve pupils’ diets. She has also written her third novel, The Gardener, which came out in the summer.

Simon visits Prue Leith at her home in the Cotswolds and finds out about the forces that have shaped her career. He also talks to her about her own eating habits and what has influenced her approach to food and why she feels that chairing The School Food Trust is the most important job of her life.