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Prue Leith

Profession : Chef

Birth : February 18, 1940

Aged six, I sailed from South Africa to England by steam ship with my family. It was a three-week journey. I remember crying on my birthday when I didn't get the enormous teddy bear that was for sale in the ship's shop but, aside from that, I had a wonderful time.

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The most followed chef is Delia Smith. She is my age and doesn't try to be entertaining, she encourages people to learn the basics.

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The most important thing is to teach children to cook at schools. And not only to cook but to understand about where their food comes from.

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I get more questions about my necklaces and specs than I do about food.

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I believe passionately that the notion of having to work at a marriage is baloney. Making sacrifices and being a martyr makes one hell of a bad marriage.

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I adored the celebrity 'Bake Offs.' They have a more relaxed atmosphere. They all come on thinking they're not competitive so there's a lot of larking around, then of course they get the 'Bake Off' bug and want to win and it's funny.

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My husband John's and my breaks are often very culture heavy. He cannot pass a museum without venturing inside, so we tend to see a lot of architecture and so-called places of interest.

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I'm not saying I'm proud of the fact I had a long affair with a married man, but it did help my business. By the time I married and had children I had the business under my belt.

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I'm a good cook, I am not a great cook. I'm an absolute fraud.

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I opened Leith's in Notting Hill in 1969 and it eventually worked its way into being awarded a Michelin star. At the time, there were a few women running small bistros - but I was the first woman to have a 'serious,' expensive restaurant.

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All I need for a perfect holiday is sun and some peace and quiet. Those make for perfect book-writing conditions.

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I have strong hair, so if I've had a good haircut, I can wash my hair in the bath and not worry about it.

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My first taste memory is of our nanny in South Africa making white bread sandwiches with salad cream, which was potato mashed with a cheap mayonnaise thing with bits in it of - I suppose - pickled cucumber. I absolutely loved them.

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One summer I was made housekeeper to my own family, making menus and shopping lists. It was my mother's idea of teaching me to be a grown-up. The main thing I remember is my father being so delighted to get roast duck.

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People often ask what my favourite food is, but the answer depends on what I last ate. I love sausages and mash. But if I'd already eaten them for lunch, then you asked me at tea-time, I'd probably answer 'crab salad.'

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I probably eat yogurt more than anything else.

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Nobody thought a white girl should learn to cook in South Africa. I went to drama school. My mother was an actress, so I thought I'd be an actress.

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My worst habit is opening the fridge and thinking: 'I'd like to eat something.'

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Bake Off' has been a renaissance for me. I turn up, taste something and get paid rather well. What could be nicer?

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I'm an optimist - very glass half-full.

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