She may have announced her departure from Bake Off, but Dame Prue Leith showed no signs of slowing down as she took to the runway for the Vin+Omi show during London Fashion Week on Tuesday.
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The television personality, 85, was back again modelling for the designer and was seen practicing her catwalk at The Art'otel in Hoxton ahead of the presentation.
Bake Off's Alison Hammond, 51, and former host Matt Lucas, 51, joined Prue's husband John Playfair on the front row, ready to cheer her on.
Prue rocked a statement newspaper shirt alongside a red blazer, matching trainers and her signature quirky glasses.
The baker put on an animated display during the dress rehearsal, before changing into her look for the evening - an orange patterned suit with a dramatic pink ruffled shirt.
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Her hair, meanwhile, was styled into a quiff with flowers sticking out of it.
She may have announced her departure from Bake Off, but Dame Prue Leith showed no signs of slowing down as she took to the runway for the Vin+Omi show on Tuesday
The television personality, 85, was back again modelling for the designer
Prue announced she was stepping back from Bake Off in January and it has since been confirmed Nigella Lawson will take her place, and will join co-judge Paul Hollywood when the new series begins filming in April.
The TV chef, who replaced former show judge Mary Berry in 2017, explained her departure in an interview with The Spectator. She said: 'I have been dithering for years about when to stop judging The Great British Bake Off.
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'When I joined nine years ago, I thought, since I was in my mid-seventies, that I'd be lucky to manage two years.
'At that age, my mother was deaf as a post and away with the fairies, believing her son was her father and that her cat was the one she'd had 40 years before.
'But my marbles stayed more or less in place and there seemed no good reason to give up a job I loved.
'Finally, though, the desire to work less and play more got to me. Bake Off and its offshoots such as The Great American Baking Show and even the Christmas specials are all filmed in the summer, which has meant I could never have a summer holiday.'
Prue explained that a recent getaway to Madagascar was what finally convinced her that it was time to move on.
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'I suddenly realised that if I don't give up Bake Off, I'll never again have a holiday in the south of France, in Italy, in Spain, or even in Cornwall or Scotland,' she said.
Bake Off's Alison Hammond and former host Matt Lucas and Charlene White joined Prue's husband John Playfair on the front row, ready to cheer her on
Alison rocked a green dress and coat for the presentation
Prue announced she was stepping back from Bake Off in January
The television personality practiced her catwalk at The Art'otel in Hoxton ahead of the presentation
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Prue rocked a statement newspaper shirt alongside a red blazer, matching trainers and her signature quirky glasses
Designer Omi watched Dame Prue during a rehearsal on the catwalk
He appeared to give her some directions as to what he wanted for the show
The baker put on an animated display during the dress rehearsal, before changing into her look for the evening - an orange patterned suit with a dramatic pink ruffled shirt
Prue posed for a snap with the designers
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Prue waves at her husband and Matt and Alison, who watched on proudly
Dame Prue took to the catwalk this time last year and wowed in a pink satin paint splattered coat
Meanwhile, in September 2024, Dame Prue rocked a very edgy leather look
Prue announced she was stepping back from Bake Off in January and it has since been confirmed Nigella Lawson will take her place
Expressing her desire to 'reorganise my life a bit', she went on: 'I've made truly great friends. It has been a joy to work in such great company.
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'I find it irritating when businesses insist their staff are all just one happy family. But that tent does seem to create an atmosphere of enjoyment, friendship and mutual support.
'But in the end, I persuaded myself that at 86, it was time I jumped before I was pushed.
'In all my conversations over the past two years with the bosses of Love Productions, which makes the programme, they've always insisted I was doing a great job and could stay as long as I like.
'And I know I'd enjoy it if I stayed. But I do want to reorganise my life a bit. Ideally, I'd like to work in winter and play in summer.'
Nigella previously admitted being daunted by the big shoes she had to fill, following two 'great dames' in Prue and Mary.
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She said in a statement: 'I'm uncharacteristically rather lost for words right now. Of course it's daunting to be following in the footsteps of Prue Leith and Mary Berry before her, great dames both, but I'm also bubbling with excitement.
'The Great British Bake Off is more than a television programme, it's a National Treasure – and it's a huge honour to be entrusted with it.'