Bake Off judge Prue Leith has revealed she was “shouted at” by a head chef when she began her career.
Speaking ahead of the launch of the second season of Prue Leith’s Cotswold Kitchen, the 85-year-old restaurateur opened up about the “horrible” kitchen atmosphere she endured in the 1970s and 1980s.
The ITV cooking series follows the South African-born presenter as she welcomes guests to her home and shares recipes, tips and culinary hacks.
She said: “When I first started in the 70s and 80s, the atmosphere was just horrible and the head chef shouted at everybody.
“I spent a lot of time giving talks and trying to influence people to realise that this macho idea that you have to be horrible is just self-defeating, because it’s very difficult to…