Prue Leith

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[1]
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^[2]) is a South African^[1] restaurateur, television presenter/broadcaster, cookery writer and novelist.

She is Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. 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]