Life's long enough for some class
Dame Prue Leith shares how she keeps most of her latest recipes simple
If you have any interest in food you probably know all about South African-born Prue Leith and her eponymous culinary institute in Pretoria, especially as she's become a regular feature for the last eight years or so of The Great British Baking Show, now in season 15, bingeable on Netflix. So when the opportunity arose to chat to the much-honoured recipient of British titles — she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1989, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to food, broadcasting and charity — I definitely wasn't going to turn it down...
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