Our people

Prue Leith is a well-known restaurateur, caterer, television presenter and broadcaster, journalist, cookery writer and novelist.

She has published a number of books, including Leaving Patrick, Sisters, A Lovesome Thing, The Gardener, Choral Society, A Serving of Scandal, Memoir – Relish: My Life on a Plate, The Food of Love, Book 1, Laura’s Story, and 12 Cook books including Leith’s Cookery Bible with Caroline Waldegrave.

She has appeared on a number of television series including Best of British, Take 6 Cooks, Tricks of the Trade, Great British Menu, and Bake Off.

She has received a number of awards and honours, including being made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to food, broadcasting and charity (having been made a CBE in 2010 and an OBE in 1989), and the Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in 1998.

She was the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year in 1990, and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from a number of universities including Warwick, Thames Valley, City, Greenwich, Manchester, Oxford Brookes, North London, Salford, Queen Margaret College Edinburgh and The Open University.

Eleanor Lyons is the UK’s Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. Her role, established by the Modern Slavery Act 2015, is to encourage good practice sharing amongst all those with a role to play in tackling every aspect of modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK.

Prior to becoming the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Eleanor was Deputy Children’s Commissioner, advocating and championing for the rights of all children in England but particularly those that were vulnerable, in care or in contact with social services.

Eleanor Lyons began her three-year term as Commissioner in December 2023 with a mission to ensure tackling modern slavery remains at the top of the political agenda and a national priority.

At the heart of this, Eleanor is passionate about listening to, and incorporating the voices of those with lived experience of modern slavery into her work and policymakers’ thinking and improving knowledge and understanding of modern slavery and what measures are most effective at tackling it. 

Rick Stein is a British chef, restaurateur, cookbook author and TV presenter known for his simple, fresh seafood recipes. He has written over 25 cookery books, a memoir and made over 30 programmes including 12 cookery series.

He owns The Seafood Restaurant in Padstow and has expanded to 10 other establishments, 40 hotel rooms, four shops, and a cookery school. The Stein business employs over 650 staff and includes locations in Winchester, Sandbanks, Marlborough, and Barnes in London. Alongside his wife, Sarah, Rick also operates two restaurants in Australia. They launched a line of home and kitchenware, Coves of Cornwall, in 2017.

Stein is renowned for blending food and travel in TV shows like Secret France, Road to Mexico and Venice to Istanbul. Amid COVID, he created the popular Rick Stein's Cornwall series. In 2020, Rick and Sarah established Rick Stein Productions Ltd to co-produce his TV series for the BBC. Rick's most recent book, "Rick Stein at Home", was published in 2021.

Rick's contributions earned him a CBE in 2018 for Services to the Economy.

Lady Fellowes is a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order and former Lady-in-Waiting to HRH Princess Michael of Kent.

She is the niece of Lord Henry Kitchener, a former President and Trustee who was associated with us for over 20 years.

Lady Fellowes is a long-standing supporter of the charity.