Cookery writer Prue Leith says menopausal women miss wolf whistles Cookery writer, 74, said older women don't get whistled at by opposite sexÂ Said post-menopausal women see a decline in invitations to parties Also accused television makers of ageism by avoiding â€˜coffin dodgersâ€™ Some women would celebrate an end to men whistling at them in the street. But not Prue Leith - for according to the celebrity cook and food school owner, it marks a prejudice against menopausal women. Yesterday the cookery writer, 74, claimed women no longer get whistled at by the opposite sex after they have gone through the menopause. Cookery writer Prue Leith, 74, has claimed menopausal women no longer get whistled at by the opposite sex They also see a decline in invitations to parties, Miss Leith said, because the hosts donâ€™t want older people there. In a wide-ranging interview the restaurateur also admitted she does not consider herself to be a great cook, and accused television makers of ageism by avoiding â€˜coffin dodgersâ€™. Speaking to London Live, Miss Leith said: â€˜Any woman will tell you after the menopause, nobody whistle at her well - thatâ€™s just the beginning. As you get older people donâ€™t want you at their parties, we all are prejudiced about old people.â€™ In the past female stars have complained they are discriminated against in television. And Miss Leith added: â€˜Look at Mary Berry [from the Great British Bake Off], sheâ€™s even slightly older than me and she is having such a revival, so at last â€˜television-ersâ€™ thinks that there is something in these old coffin dodgers yet.â€™ Miss Leithâ€™s comments also come just days after Mariella Frostrup revealed her medical insurance company was refusing to pay for her menopause treatment. The presenter, 52, accused AXA PPP of ageism and sexism after it declined to fund her treatment for anxiety brought on by the menopause. Miss Leith began her career supplying high quality business lunches with her business Leithâ€™s Good Food, before opening Michelin starred restaurant Leithâ€™s.Â She has since founded Leithâ€™s School of Food and Wine. She is also a judge on the BBC programme Great British Menu, which sees top chefs compete against each other. Some women would celebrate an end to men whistling at them in the street - but not Prue Leith But despite having being a cookery legend in her own right and having written a library of books teaching people how to cook, including Meat Bible and Vegetables Bible, Miss Leith admitted she cannot cook. She said: â€˜Iâ€™m not a very good cook is the long and the short of it. Iâ€™m a good cook, I am not a great cook. Iâ€™m an absolute fraud. I sit there judging all these Michelin star chefs...could I do it? No, Iâ€™m not that good.â€™ Miss Leith added that she doesnâ€™t like watching programmes about cooking on television. She said: â€˜I hate to tell you, but I kick on because I donâ€™t want to see.. I really donâ€™t like food on telly. Itâ€™s ridiculous because I am in a programme which hundreds and millions of people love.â€™ Miss Leith, who was born in South Africa, is in a relationship with her long-time friend, the businessman and pianist Sir Ernest Hall. She was previously married to South African writer Rayne Kruger, with whom she had two children. In the past Miss Leith has spoken openly about supporting the need for doctors to help terminally ill patients, after watching her brother dying from cancer.