
Acting
Prue Leith
Born 1940-02-18 · Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Dame Prudence Margaret Leith, DBE (born 18 February 1940) is a South African restaurateur, broadcaster, cookery writer and novelist.
Acting credits
NRSix celebrities, 3 holiday-themed challenges, with Baking Show judges and hosts in one iconic tent. Will these celebs do enough to impress… and avoid setting fire to the tent?
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday
2022
NRThe chef Prue Leith supports assistant dying, her son the Conservative Party MP Danny Kruger does not. Can a trip to North America, where assisted dying is legal, resolve their differences?
Prue and Danny's Death Road Trip
2023
2.0Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith welcome four celebrities to the iconic Baking Show tent for a spook-tacular Halloween special. Stand-up comedian Patton Oswalt, SNL legend Rachel Dratch, comedian Leslie Jones, and actor-comedian Adam Pally whisk, bake, and decorate their way through three hair-raising Halloween baking challenges. From creepy confections to ghoulishly creative desserts, these stars will put their baking skills to the test. Only one will scare up a win and claim the Star Baker title.
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Halloween
2025
2.0Guests are actors Janelle James and Oliver Hudson, along with basketball player Baron Davis and former Saturday Night Live cast member Cheri Oteri.
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2025
2025
Prue Leith and her adopted daughter Li-Da travel to Cambodia, as together they explore Li-Da's Cambodian roots and heritage, in this intimate and revealing documentary.
Prue Leith: Journey With My Daughter
2020
NRAnna Del Conte is The Cook Who Changed Our Lives and the instrumental force in leading Britain beyond the land of spaghetti bolognese and tinned ravioli. Featuring and narrated by Nigella Lawson, Anna’s most ardent advocate, and starring a cast of familiar faces including: Giorgio Locatelli, Antonio Carluccio, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Prue Leith and Tom Parker Bowles, this film reveals how a Milanese cook, now 91, changed Britain’s attitude to Italian food at a time when we could only buy olive oil in Soho or the chemist. Infused with cherished recipes, revealing archive and personal testimony, The Cook Who Changed Our Lives time travels through Britain’s social history to reveal how we experienced and enjoyed our first taste of Italian food.
The Cook Who Changed Our Lives
2016