Gavin Esler In Conversation: Prue Leith
The In Conversation series continues with Dame Prue Leith, DBE., DL who will be joining Gavin Esler live in the Gulbenkian Theatre at 18.30 with doors opening at 18.00.
Prue Leith’s career has included her own restaurants, catering and cookery school businesses; she’s been a board director of companies such as British Rail, Halifax, Safeway, Whitbread, Woolworths, and Belmond (ex-Orient Express) Hotels.
She has published eight novels, a memoir, Relish and 14 cookbooks. Her latest cookbook, The Vegetarian Kitchen, which she co-wrote with her niece Peta Leith, was published in 2020.
Prue is probably best known for her role as a judge on The Great British Bake Off, but she has also been a judge on The Great British Menu and My Kitchen Rules.
Prue has had a deep involvement with education and the arts: she chaired the first of the companies charged with turning round failing state schools and was Chair of the School Food Trust, responsible for the improvement of school food and food education. She started and led the campaign for contemporary sculpture to be exhibited on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. She has been active in many charities and is the Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She was an advisor for the Government’s Hospital Food Review.
Among her awards she has a DBE, 12 honorary degrees or fellowships from UK universities, the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the year, and her restaurant, Leith’s, won a Michelin star.
The Conversation will conclude with an audience Q&A. You can join the conversation on Twitter beforehand using #GavinAsks, or email a question to events@kent.ac.uk
You can extend your evening by joining us for a three-course dinner to be held in Darwin Conference Suite, joined by Dame Prue Leith and Gavin Esler . You will be offered this option when booking a ticket to the evening’s talk.
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Dinner:
Extend your evening after In Conversation with Dame Prue Leith and Gavin Esler by joining us for a post-show dinner in Darwin Conference Suite. The dinner is a perfect opportunity for you to continue the conversation. Tickets for the dinner can be purchased after selecting your ticket to the event or separately by clicking here.
Our award winning in-house caterers, Kent Hospitality, will be serving a pre-dinner drinks reception followed by a three course meal with wine and coffee for a package price of £35.00 per person.
The menu will be announced shortly. We can accommodate your dietary requirements, but please email events@kent.ac.uk if you are unsure about the options.