Prue Leith

Dame
Prue Leith
DBE
Dame Prue Leith DBE
	Leith in December 2018
Born	Prudence Margaret Leith; 18 February 1940; Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Citizenship	South Africa; United Kingdom;
Education	St Mary's School, Waverley; University of Cape Town;
Occupations	Restaurateur; broadcaster; cookery writer; novelist;
Television	The Great British Menu (2006–2016); My Kitchen Rules (2016); The Great British Bake Off (2017–2025); 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) is a South African and British restaurateur, broadcaster, cookery writer, novelist, and former university administrator.

Leith was a judge on BBC Two's Great British Menu for eleven years, from 2005-16. She left it to join The Great British Bake Off in March 2017, replacing Mary Berry as a judge, when the television programme moved to Channel 4. She remained a judge until 2025. She was Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh from 2016 to 2024.