GBBO's Prue Leith addresses 'mistake' during marriage as she admits 'I should've listened'

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GBBO's Prue Leith addresses 'mistake' during marriage as she admits 'I should've listened'
Great British Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith opened up about a piece of advice she wished she had listened to in her first marriage with Rayne Kruger, as she reflected on a financial error
Dame Prue admits she "lost money" as she opens up on a "mistake"
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The Great British Bake Off star Dame Prue Leith has opened up about a "mistake" she made in her first marriage, as she admits, "I should have listened".
In recent years, Prue has become known as a judge on the popular baking show, but it was long before she made her debut on the Channel 4 show that she began to lay the foundations, for what has been a hugely impressive career in the culinary world to date.
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Rewinding back to the early 1960s when the 85-year-old was in her early 20s, she recalled swapping England for France, where she took big steps into the world of cooking.
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At the highly-prestigious Cordon Bleu Cookery School in Paris, she learned the skills of the trade and since then, her career has mostly been on a high.
Dame Prue opened her first restaurant in the 1960s
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Opening up her first restaurant, Leith's, in 1969 led to great success as proven by her Michelin star status. She went on to land an agreement to head up the catering branch of the Serpentine Gallery, located in Kensington Gardens, London.
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Recently commenting on her finances, she told the Observer magazine how her decisions about money haven't always worked in her favour.
During her first marriage to Rayne Kruger, Prue claimed he warned her that starting the venture was a "mistake".
Looking back, she said: "Neither of my husbands have been intimidated by my success. My first would say when he thought I was making a mistake, like taking on the Serpentine restaurant in the middle of Kensington Gardens.
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She has since re-married after the passing of her first husband in 2002
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"I had visions of Chablis and smoked salmon, but what customers wanted was a burger. We lost money hand over fist. I should have listened."
Prue's first marriage, which produced her son, Danny Kruger, lasted 28 years after Rayne passed away in 2002. Since then, the baker has gone on to marry her second spouse, former fashion designer, John Playfair, who has recently been starring alongside her in Prue Leith's Cotswold Kitchen.
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While her time at the Serpentine didn't turn out as planned, no one can doubt her huge career success since then. Having appeared in a few TV shows previously, it was in 2017 that she took over the reins from Dame Mary Berry, to join Paul Hollywood in hosting the Great British Bake Off.
She recently stepped back from the celebrity version of GBBO
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Having remained on the show ever since, fans of the programme were left surprised earlier this year to see that she was absent from the celebrity edition of the show, which saw Good Morning Britain presenter, Kate Garraway crowned the winner.
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However, she later clarified that the decision to step back had come as a result of wanting more time off due to the busy filming schedule. Prue also confirmed that she will remain as a judge on the non-celebrity version of the show.