#001 Talking food, health and hospitality | Prue Leith CBE

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In this episode Prue Leith, CBE, the patron of the Prue Leith Culinary Institute in South Africa, talks to Adele Stiehler-van der Westhuizen shortly before her 80th birthday.

Prue shares fond memories as she looks back at a lifetime in food, media and hospitality and gives some advice to those who consider a career in food.

The conversation starts with Prue's looking back at some of her fondest moments including some of her biggest cooking blunders, but extends to serious conversations about sustainability, the future of food, meat consumption, healthy eating and her latest book, The Vegetarian Kitchen.
13 Mar 2020 English South Africa Food · Careers

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