My parents grew up on different ends of the same street in St John's in Antigua. — Andi Oliver Jamaica Copy Share Image
It's so surreal to join 'Great British Menu,' because I'm a massive fan of the show. — Andi Oliver British Copy Share Image
I didn't know I had an eating disorder, I just thought I was disgusting. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
British multiculturalism is the jewel in our crown. We should be celebrating it in every environment. People of colour should not just… — Andi Oliver British Copy Share Image
The excellence, the beauty, the poetry, the magic is what food is about and that comes from all parts of the world. — Andi Oliver Beauty Copy Share Image
On many occasions I have had to approach salary and bonus in a different way to white men. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
I have sat on the boards for businesses and I am always the only person that looks like me in those rooms. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
How can knowing more be a bad thing? You can only look each other in the eye when you know the history… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
I've been told by people in England my whole life to 'go home,' even though I was born here. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
So much shame goes hand-in-hand with an eating disorder, with addiction of any kind. It's very lonely because you don't know how… — Andi Oliver Addiction Copy Share Image
The world we live in is a multicultural one, but food is a great leveller, a universal symbol for friendship, a simple… — Andi Oliver Coming together Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I ran away from home to see the Clash perform. After school one day, my mate and I hitchhiked… — Andi Oliver Age Copy Share Image
All the things that served me as a musician serve me as a cook. Being an artist is about communicating something deep… — Andi Oliver Art Copy Share Image
Saltfish reminds me of every Christmas we ever had as kids. Mum used to make it the traditional Antiguan way, cooked up… — Andi Oliver Christmas Copy Share Image
Loads of people in my family don't eat meat or fish. And in Caribbean cooking it's not a new idea, veganism. They… — Andi Oliver Cooking Copy Share Image
We talk in code sometimes, we finish each other's sentences. The first interview I ever did on the radio was with Neneh.… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
I broke both my legs in a hit-and run accident when I was 26. — Andi Oliver Accident Copy Share Image
When I was younger, my anger and my fury used to work against me quite a lot. — Andi Oliver Anger Copy Share Image
We all need to listen to our empathy and step towards kindness and I think books help you to remember that you're… — Andi Oliver Books Copy Share Image
There's a honey-baked chicken dish I've done for 45 years at least. Our kids crave it, whether happy or sad. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
There are not many people who can discern between fenugreek, green cardamom, black cardamom, caraway and turmeric at the drop of a… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
I remember standing on the stool next to Mum and making white sauce for a cauliflower cheese for the Sunday meal when… — Andi Oliver Food Copy Share Image
You know when you're tasting things and there's a sort of empty hole? Molasses will fill that gap. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
There's a heartiness, an enveloping and velvet nature to Swedish home cooking that I love. — Andi Oliver Cooking Copy Share Image
I used to do a supper club and they oversold tickets. I literally didn't have enough food. I had to make a… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
Racism made me resilient. It taught me to be empathic. There is no upside to it, but I gained a sense of… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
My dad always cooked with molasses, he would put it in cakes and curries, mutton stew or beef casserole. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
It's frustrating when people talk about Jamaican food as a general word for Caribbean food - there's nothing wrong with Jamaica, but… — Andi Oliver Food Copy Share Image
The simple act of recalling a favourite food connects us to intensely personal memories. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
My mum was more of an everyday kind of come-home-from school-cook and my dad, more of an event cook - he would… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
There are some surprising stories behind the dishes that hold a special place in our hearts. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
When my partner Garfield turned 40, I spent a year organising his surprise birthday party in Norfolk at a stately home called… — Andi Oliver Birthday Copy Share Image
Everything should feel special at Christmas. Everything that goes on the table should feel like it's got a little party hat on. — Andi Oliver Christmas Copy Share Image
Impatience is a bad habit of mine, although I'm working to improve it with lots of therapy. My head moves faster than… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
