I vividly remember throwing a bowl of porridge at my husband Rayne once when he defended the children instead of me – the patch on the ceiling stayed for years. Prue Leith Read Quote
I don’t like Johannesburg, where I grew up. Everybody lives in ‘gated’ buildings, is paranoid about crime and is always talking about being mugged. It’s not a very joyful place. Prue Leith Read Quote
The really nice thing about the town of Hua Hin – and Thailand generally – is that it’s so safe. You can walk around the night market, for example, with complete confidence. Prue Leith Read Quote
With great difficulty, I persuaded my dentist to saw one of my teeth level with the others. He thought it might kill the tooth, but it didn’t. I wanted it done because I was doing a lot of television with food and I saw myself eating with these horrible crooked teeth. Prue Leith Read Quote
I’d love to look incredibly glamorous, but I am a wholesome, comforting nanny type: I think I look like an advertisement for wholemeal flour or something. Prue Leith Read Quote
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. Prue Leith Read Quote
In my 40s: I had two children young enough to think their parents wonderful, my business was booming, I was happily married and living in the Cotswolds with a veg garden and ponies in the paddock. Who could not be happy? Prue Leith Read Quote
I think Paul Hollywood was quite perfectly within his rights to stay with Love Productions. They’d made him famous, he was getting a decent salary and he was enjoying it. Why shouldn’t he stay with them? Prue Leith Read Quote
