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Autobiography: general, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Prose: non-fiction, Cooking
Originally published as Relish, a revised and updated edition of the eye-opening story of one woman's appetite for life: Prue Leith, judge of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, tells all.
Originally published as Relish, a fully revised and updated edition of the eye-opening story of one woman's incredible appetite for life: Dame Prue Leith, judge of hit show GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF, tells all from childhood in South Africa to becoming a DBE.
'What a terrific tale it is - of a South African girl who could stand the heat and made the kitchen into a remarkable career' Telegraph
Prue Leith describes herself as greedy in all senses of the word. Cook, caterer, restaurateur, food writer, journalist, novelist, businesswoman, teacher, television presenter, charity worker, lover, wife and mother, she has certainly lived life to the full. Prue came to London in the early 1960s and, not long afterwards, opened Leith's Restaurant. By the mid-seventies she was a food columnist on the Daily Mail, had published several cookbooks and opened Leith's School of Food and Wine.
But it wasn't all work. Prue writes with honesty of her love life, her longing for children, the birth of her son, the adoption of her daughter and much else besides. In this fully revised and updated edition she tells of how she met, fell in love with and married John Playfair as well as her exciting role as a judge on Great British Bake Off, now a hit show in the United States as well as the UK. Prue's down-to-earth attitude to life and her remarkable energy are an inspiration to women readers everywhere.
Praise for I'll Try Anything Once: My Autobiography
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Writing honestly about her career as well as her upbringing in apartheid South Africa and her longing for a family, Prue shows that life is what you make it - Daily Express
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Honest and well-written . . . a revelation . . . A perfectly blended mix of humour, emotion, love and reflection, Leith has served up a tasty dish - Daily Mail
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A searingly honest memoir . . . much to entertain - Independent on Sunday
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Whether Leith is talking about business, personal tragedy or her accidental attendance at an orgy, her tone is no nonsense . . . contains some hilarious vignettes - Observer
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Her racy memoir pulls no punches - Sunday Telegraph
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This book is like a jolly montage from a wholesome family movie . . . a joyful story rather than a self-pitying one - Mail on Sunday
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What a terrific tale it is - of a South African girl who could stand the heat and made the kitchen into a remarkable career - Telegraph
Prue Leith
As a cook, restaurateur, food writer and business woman, Prue Leith has played a key role in the revolution of Britain's eating habits since the 1960s. She is a judge on Channel 4's Great British Bake Off. She is the author of many cookery books as well as several novels and an autobiography, recently updated and reissued under the title Let Me Eat Cake. All Prue's fiction and her memoir are in print with Quercus. She is married to John Playfair and lives in Oxfordshre. Follow her on on Twitter @PrueLeith
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