#TruePrue

#TruePrue is my soapbox. I haven’t got to 80 years old without seeing a good bit of life...

– the good, the bad and the damn right terrible and I don’t want to stand by and say nothing. I’ve always been a touch too opinionated and forceful, not to say indiscreet, and though I have tried to moderate my outbursts over the years, I’ve given up now.

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Whether it’s campaigning for Dignity in Dying, the organisation trying to legalise the right to die if you really want to, or advocating prisoners getting a second chance in Clink prison restaurants, or improving food in hospitals, or teaching Home Economics in schools and Universities, I’m happy to have a go. Sometimes it seems to me that old women, sometimes all women, are all expected to listen meekly while men hold forth on things they know nothing about.

But don’t worry, #TruePrue isn’t going to be all strident feminism and outrageous opinions. I’m as likely to celebrate the best chefs in the world (did you know that Clare Smyth of Core Notting Hill has been named Best Woman Chef in the World and Third Best Chef in the World) or chattering about romantic novels, or my struggles with the bloody bindweed choking my roses, or cooking with my grandchildren.

I do hope you will enjoy #TruePrue. Let me know, please.

Prue Leith: Teaching young people cooking skills will help to beat society’s ills
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Prue Leith: Teaching young people cooking skills will help to beat society’s ills

Article 1st published in The Scotman on 08.01.19 There are still a few home economics teachers who, like me, have spent a long working life struggling with what is meant...

Nothing in Moderation
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Nothing in Moderation

I must be mad! What am I doing going on tour with a One Woman Show?   It all started when I met director/producer Clive Tulloh. I knew he had masterminded...

Festive Feasting- Q&A
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Festive Feasting- Q&A

Festive feasting:   Your favourite part of festive dining : The fizz on arrival. I do love a party.  But if it turns out to be awful (which is rare...

Public Sector Catering Conference
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Public Sector Catering Conference

I’m really flattered to be asked to address you today, though  I suspect the invitation came, not so much for my knowledge of catering as for my cake-eating on telly....

Writing
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Writing

Writing a Quick Read When I finally finished the Angelotti Trilogy with the final book The Lost Son, I swore I’d give up writing fiction. Too much like hard work,...

Prue Leith: Journey with my daughter
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Prue Leith: Journey with my daughter

Prue Leith – Journey with my daughter. Of course I have written about Li-Da and my journey around Cambodia ……but to whet your appetite ahead of tonight’s film here is...