Prue Leith has disclosed the true reason why she quit Bake Off as she admitted that one scene could have proven "humiliating beyond belief". A culinary staple who has served as judge on The Great British Bake Off since 2017, Prue announced last month that she would be hanging up her apron and leaving the show after nine years.

At 86-years-old, Prue has enjoyed a career not only as a presenter, but also as a restaurateur, novelist, and cookery writer, and has said she wants "more time to do stuff", saying that she's "getting on a bit." In a fresh revelation about her age, Prue has confessed that she's "not very steady" on her "pins" any more. Indeed, she outlined a specific scene on the Channel 4 show that could have been "humiliating beyond belief" and how it might have ended in disaster.