#103 Prue Leith CBE on NHS Food, Apartheid and Living Life with Purpose
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
On the show today we have probably one of the best known faces in the culinary industry in the UK today - Prue Leith CBE.
Prue is probably best known for her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, but she has such a varied and interesting life.
- She grew up in apartheid South Africa and witnessed her mother struggle in her campaign against the injustice.
- She found her love of food and fashion in Paris
- She’s started a successful restaurant and cookery school business
- She’s led a campaign for contemporary sculpture to be exhibited on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
- She’s an author with 8 novels as well as 14 cookery books to her name
- She adopted a child from war torn Cambodia in the 70s
And more more recently has championed better nutrition in schools and become an advisor for the Government’s Hospital Food Review.
A wealth of experience and at 81, there is no stopping her. Her autobiography “Relish” is a must- read and you must watch her documentary with her daughter Li-Da. It’s one of the most touching documentaries I have ever seen.
Please enjoy my conversation with Prue, somebody I’m privileged to call a supporter of my mission to help people eat and live better through food and also a good friend.
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| 0:00.0 | Dr. Skitching. |
| 0:02.0 | Restorpees, health, lifestyle. |
| 0:05.0 | Because obviously parents instinct is to say, |
| 0:07.0 | that's my job. |
| 0:10.0 | I will decide what my children need. |
| 0:12.0 | But I think it's part of education. |
| 0:14.0 | I think you don't have any say in the maths curriculum. |
| 0:18.0 | And you shouldn't have any say in the eating curriculum. |
| 0:24.0 | Welcome to the Dr. Skitching podcast. |
| 0:26.0 | To show about food, lifestyle, medicine, |
| 0:31.0 | and how to improve your health today. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition. |
| 0:40.0 | And I'm a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. |
| 0:47.0 | Join me and my expert guests |
| 0:49.0 | where we discuss the multiple determinants |
| 0:51.0 | of what allows you to lead your best life. |
| 1:00.0 | On the show, we have probably one of the best known faces |
| 1:04.0 | in the culinary industry in the UK today. |
| 1:07.0 | Pro-leath CBE, |
| 1:09.0 | I had the absolute pleasure of working alongside her |
| 1:13.0 | on our new channel for program that's out. |
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