I am very in favour of children having a nap after lunch because then they’re not whiney and grizzly by six o’clock. Prue Leith Read Quote
I’m nicknamed the ‘food tsar’ by the press. I’m always giving my opinion on things like; ‘Don’t nanny children,’ although children sometimes do need a nanny. Being a judge on ‘Great British Menu’ reinforces this image of me. Prue Leith Read Quote
Very few parents give out healthy lunchboxes due to pressure from their children. Prue Leith Read Quote
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. Prue Leith Read Quote
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.’ Prue Leith Read Quote
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. Prue Leith Read Quote
The obesity problem among children is very serious. When advertising budgets are big and business can corrupt the way we live so that it becomes the norm to snack all day – and if you are never hungry you are never going to feel like eating a healthy meal – that can’t be right. Prue Leith Read Quote
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. Prue Leith Read Quote
At barbecues, people just like to eat a lot of meat; it’s extraordinary. They eat far more than they normally would at a dinner party. Prue Leith Read Quote
I went to the Sorbonne in Paris for two years and read all the classics by authors like Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant. I was supposed to read them in French but I cheated and used the English versions instead. Prue Leith Read Quote
