Prue Leith

Dame
Prue Leith
DBE
Dame Prue Leith DBE
	Leith December 2018
Born	Prudence Margaret Leith; 18 February 1940 (age 84); Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Education	St Mary's School, Waverley; University of Cape Town;
Television	The Great British Menu (2006–2016); My Kitchen Rules (2016); The Great British Bake Off (2017–); Junior Bake Off (2019);
Spouses	Rayne Kruger (m. 1974; died 2002); John Playfair (m. 2016);
Children	2, including Danny Kruger
Relatives	Sam Leith (nephew)

Dame Prudence Margaret Leith, DBE (born 18 February 1940^[1]) is a South African^[2] restaurateur, broadcaster, cookery writer and novelist.

She was Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh from 2017 to 2024. 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, when the television programme moved to Channel 4.^[3]

Dame Prue Leith DBE
Leith December 2018
Born	Prudence Margaret Leith (1940-02-18) 18 February 1940 (age 84) Cape Town, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Education	St Mary's School, Waverley University of Cape Town
Television	The Great British Menu (2006–2016) My Kitchen Rules (2016) The Great British Bake Off (2017–) Junior Bake Off (2019)
Spouses	Rayne Kruger (m. 1974; died 2002) John Playfair (m. 2016)
Children	2, including Danny Kruger
Relatives	Sam Leith (nephew)