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Prue Leith: A Life Through Food

Sheila Dillon meets a woman perhaps best known as a host of the Great British Bake Off, but whose accomplishments over six decades in the food industry are vast and varied.

She might be best known as the colourfully clad host of the Great British Bake Off, but Dame Prue Leith's accomplishments during her six decades in the food industry are vast and varied.

She's enjoyed success as a cook, restaurateur, businesswoman, broadcaster, campaigner, food writer and novelist; and in conversation with Sheila Dillon, on a balmy summer afternoon on the terrace of her Cotswolds home, Prue shares the lessons she's learned from her career so far.

We also hear from Prue's niece Peta Leith, a pastry chef and food writer with whom she recently collaborated on the book 'The Vegetarian Kitchen' - and from Dr Rupy Aujla, the NHS GP who started the Culinary Medicine UK programme teaching doctors to cook, and creator of the podcast 'The Doctor's Kitchen' linking better health to good cooking and eating, who is Prue's co-host on the television series β€˜Cook Clever, Waste Less’.

Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced by Lucy Taylor in Bristol

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28 minutes

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Mon 27 Sep 2021 15:30

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