The Latest Breaking News from Dame Prue Leith

Dame Prue Leith reveals why she quit The Great British Bake Off

It was announced last week that Dame Prue was stepping down as a judge on the popular Channel 4 baking show after nine series.

Evening Standard · Jan 29

Nigella Lawson, Queen of the Innuendo, will save Bake Off

COMMENT: If anyone can restore ‘Bake Off’ as event television, it's Nigella, writes Rachel McGrath. What an ingenious bit of casting for a show that’s gone a bit stale

The Independent UK · Jan 26

Nigella Lawson to replace Prue Leith on Great British Bake Off

‘I’m uncharacteristically rather lost for words,’ celebrity chef said of Channel 4 series appointment

The Independent UK · Jan 26

Prue Leith quits Great British Bake Off

The 86-year-old said she will now spend summers ‘enjoying my garden’ after nearly a decade in the tent

The Independent UK · Jan 21

Prue Leith quits Great British Bake Off after nine years and shares reason why

The 85-year-old chef previously revealed she was ‘keen’ to leave the BBC show for a ‘worrying’ reason

Evening Standard · Jan 21

Great British Bake Off to introduce new audience choice week

The challenges will be suggested by the viewers.

Evening Standard · Jan 1

‘It wasn’t on my bingo card’ – Dame Prue Leith surprises Edinburgh hairdresser

The Great British Bake Off judge popped into a salon in the city to have her hair done before a charity event on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025

Fourth contestant leaves The Great British Bake Off after ‘disaster’ week

Self-styled drag king Jessika failed to make the grade during a school-themed week

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025

Fourth contestant leaves The Great British Bake Off tent in school-themed week

The nine remaining bakers were tasked with making canteen favourite flapjacks before being tested with a school cake technical.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

Campaigners for and against assisted dying make feelings known at Westminster

Protesters on both sides of the debate gathered outside Parliament ahead of Friday’s crucial vote.

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2025