At 84 years old, Dame Prue Leith fears retirement is closer than ever. But the Bake-Off presenter has admitted she wants to walk away on her own terms before producers give her the axe. Ms Leith has urged her friends and husband to advise her when it is time to hang up her telly cooking apron.
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She revealed her retirement expectations before fans see her back at her best on The Great Christmas Bake Off, which airs on Christmas Eve on Channel 4. Ms Leith said: 'The only thing I'd say is that obviously I'm going to have to retire sometime soon because I wouldn't be able to do it forever, but I want to get out before I'm pushed.
'So I don't want to get to the stage that suddenly politely says, 'you know, Prue, it's been ten years now, I really think perhaps we should think about a change'. 'I don't want that conversation. 'I want to be gone by before that conversation, but it is going to be up to my husband and my best friends to tell me when it's enough. We can't have you hobbling on to the stage.
'If you're asking me, am I planning to retire? No, I'm not. I love doing it, and as long as they'll have me, I will want to do it.'. The Bake-Off presenter has admitted she wants to walk away on her own terms before producers give her the axe. Prue joined the cast of Bake Off in 2017, replacing Mary Berry as one of the judges.
