“I used to always employ South Africans and Aussies and Kiwis - I can't...” — Prue Leith Quote

I used to always employ South Africans and Aussies and Kiwis - I can't admit this, well I can now, but I couldn't admit it at the time - but I didn't want wet English lads who didn't want to work in the catering trade anyway.

I came through the Sixties so I was perfectly aware of drug-taking but I came from South Africa and we were brought up in quite an old-fashioned way. If I went to a rave or a party, I'd be behind the barbecue flipping the burgers. I wasn't out there partying.

Children aren't being taught to cook or encouraged to try things or told why food is important.

I am very in favour of children having a nap after lunch because then they're not whiney and grizzly by six o'clock.

In 1990, there were no services catering for eyebrows in Hollywood.

It sounds really cheesy, but I've just really been so focused on making sure that I am nice to everyone that I work with and making the effort to get to know the people on set, whether it's the catering crew or the famous photographer.

There's a thin line between catering to the masses and making a fool of yourself; I try to walk that line.

I pile on the weight when I work. All that location catering's not good for the love handles. I lose a bit when I'm not working, but I love my food and the occasional snifter.