Prudence Margaret Leith, CBE is a British-South African restaurateur, chef, caterer, television presenterbroadcaster, businesswoman, journalist, cookery writer and novelist. She is Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She was a judge on BBC Two’s Great British Menu for eleven years, before joining The Great British Bake Off in March 2017.
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Prudence Margaret Leith, CBE is a British-South African restaurateur, chef, caterer, television presenterbroadcaster, businesswoman, journalist, cookery writer and novelist. She is Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She was a judge on BBC Two’s Great British Menu for eleven years, before joining The Great British Bake Off in March 2017, replacing Mary Berry. Leith was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Her father, Sam Leith worked for African Explosives, a subsidiary of ICI, producing dynamite for use in mines, and ultimately served as a director. Her mother, Margaret ‘Peggy’ Inglis, was an actress. From the age of 5 until she was 17, Leith attended St Mary’s School, Waverley, an English independent private boarding school for girls in Johannesburg run by Anglican nuns.
She left with a first class matriculation and studied at the University of Cape Town. In 1960, she moved to London to attend the Cordon Bleu Cookery School and then began a business supplying high-quality business lunches. In 1969, she opened Leith’s, her Michelin-starred restaurant in Notting Hill, eventually selling it in 1995. Her memoir, Relish, was published in 2012. Aside from writing 12 cookery books, she has written seven novels: Leaving Patrick, Sisters, A Lovesome Thing, Choral Society, A Serving of Scandal, The Food of Love: Laura’s Story and The Prodigal Daughter.
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