I'd visited Antigua when I was 16 - I grew up in Suffolk around white people, I didn't have a black community,… — Andi Oliver Black community Copy Share Image
Cornmeal pudding is a Caribbean staple. What Italians call polenta, we call cornmeal, and you can get it in any supermarket. — Andi Oliver Caribbean 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 Finish 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 Empty Copy Share Image
My mum was a teacher and my dad was off working and having philandering affairs, so when I came home from school… — Andi Oliver Brother 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
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
I am a big fan of London markets - Ridley Road and Chatsworth Road are two of my favourites. — Andi Oliver Big 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
We need to bring our stories out into the light. Share the pain, give the pain voice and you can move towards… — Andi Oliver Joy 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 Always Copy Share Image
My parents grew up on different ends of the same street in St John's in Antigua. — Andi Oliver John Copy Share Image
My GP sent me for an ultrasound and a gynaecologist found 10 fibroids in my womb. They were so large it was… — Andi Oliver Five 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
A great barbecue to me is all about abundance and gathering together! — Andi Oliver Abundance 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
For some reason I didn't expect it to be so food centric in the south of Sweden. — Andi Oliver Expect Copy Share Image
Meeting Shirley Bassey at Wimbledon was a dream. As a child, she'd made me believe a little black girl could do anything,… — Andi Oliver Anything Copy Share Image
