Dame Prue Leith says being older makes her take more risks and to be "more reckless" in life The Great British Bake Off judge says hitting her Eighties has given her a new sense of freedom. In September she was on the catwalk in London Fashion Week in a new look. The 84-year-old said: "Because I'm so near the end, I'm a bit more reckless.
Now, what's the worst thing that can happen? If I was about to try and get a job on Bake Off, I probably wouldn't walk down a catwalk in latex with goth makeup on, but now it's too late. If I want to do it, and it sounds like good fun. I just think, why not?" On her famously bright wardrobe on Channel 4 , she added: "I don't ever wear anything I don't want to.
My husband is a retired fashion designer, and he's very keen on colour, so I listen to him a bit. "I have Jane Galpin, who does my wardrobe. Jane was the first person who really understood what I wanted to wear, so I've stuck with her ever since.
Jane turns up here with a whole rail full of clothes, and the three of us go through it all and choose what we like. I often say, 'Oh, I'll never wear that', but John and Jane make me try it on, and often it makes the cut." Prue married second husband John Playfair in 2016 and has two children and a growing family now she has grandchildren.
Giving tips for a family Christmas , she says old Christmas pud and mince pies can be added to scoops on vanilla ice cream and then refrozen in a bowl. She explains: "When we turn it out, it looks like a Ch.