Prue Leith
(1940-), Chef and restaurateurPrudence Margaret ('Prue') Leith
Sitter in 3 portraits
Prue Leith was born in South Africa, but has lived most of her working life in London, where she has held Cookery Editor or Food Columnist jobs for the Daily Mail, the Sunday Express, the Guardian and the Mirror. She has also been a restaurateur, caterer, telly-cook and broadcaster, and has written many cookbooks.
Watch a film clip on the sitter from the BBC Archive in the Media section below
by Barry Marsden
colour transparency, 1998
NPG P718(18)
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