{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64913e28-7031-4ea6-9bef-fddf46dfed87/501d6498-d7d4-4d6e-a77c-7e0ef6379ab9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#103 Prue Leith CBE on NHS Food, Apartheid and Living Life with Purpose","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/613910d92449a85aeebc9e4c/1637604418390-fc777887fbc70e730451a0905375855c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On the show today we have probably one of the best known faces in the culinary industry in the UK today -&nbsp;<strong>Prue Leith CBE.</strong>&nbsp;</p><p>Prue is probably best known for her role as a judge on&nbsp;<strong>The Great British Bake Off</strong>, but she has such a varied and interesting life.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>She grew up in apartheid South Africa and witnessed her mother struggle in her campaign against the injustice.&nbsp;</li><li>She found her love of food and fashion in Paris</li><li>She’s started a successful restaurant and cookery school business</li><li>She’s led a campaign for contemporary sculpture to be exhibited on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square</li><li>She’s an author with 8 novels as well as 14 cookery books to her name</li><li>She adopted a child from war torn Cambodia in the 70s</li></ul><p><br></p><p>And more&nbsp;more recently has&nbsp;<strong>championed better nutrition in schools and become an advisor for the Government’s Hospital Food Review.&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p>A wealth of experience and at 81, there is no stopping her.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.co.uk/Relish-Life-Plate-Prue-Leith/dp/0857384058\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Her autobiography “Relish”</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;must- read&nbsp;and you must watch&nbsp;her&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://www.channel4.com/programmes/prue-leith-journey-with-my-daughter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>documentary with her daughter Li-Da</strong></a>. It’s&nbsp;one of the most&nbsp;touching documentaries I have ever seen.</p><p><br></p><p>Please enjoy my conversation with Prue, somebody&nbsp;I’m privileged to call a supporter of my mission to help people eat and live better through food and also a good friend.</p>","author_name":"Dr Rupy Aujla"}