I broke both my legs in a hit-and run accident when I was 26. — Andi Oliver Accident Copy Share Image
I call people darling, because I can't remember anybody's name. — Andi Oliver Because 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
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
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
There are not many people who can discern between fenugreek, green cardamom, black cardamom, caraway and turmeric at the drop of a… — Andi Oliver Black 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 used to do a supper club and they oversold tickets. I literally didn't have enough food. I had to make a… — Andi Oliver Club 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 Empathic 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 Big 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 Bad 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
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
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
I love so many of the Turkish and Kurdish shops all over which all sell brilliant fresh produce, my favourite is Palms2… — Andi Oliver Brilliant Copy Share Image
The way people view Caribbean cuisine is through a very, very narrow lens. It's not all Bob Marley and 1975 and reggae.… — Andi Oliver Caribbean Copy Share Image
I was the landlady of the Birdcage pub on Columbia Road flower market for four years and that was intensely London. — Andi Oliver Flower Copy Share Image
I think of books as like a life raft. They save us from mundanity, they draw us to a poetic, multi-faceted world.… — Andi Oliver Books 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 grew up in Suffolk and was constantly yearning to find a place where I felt at home. Somewhere I could live… — Andi Oliver Find Copy Share Image
Londoners are really good at dealing with any crap that's thrown at them. We hunker down, we grit our teeth and we… — Andi Oliver Good 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
There's something about garnering success as you get older that means you're ready for it. I feel a lot of things would… — Andi Oliver Feel 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
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
Cooking is a meditative, soul-soothing, gorgeous thing. When people say it stresses them out, I think, oh dear, what's gone wrong? — Andi Oliver Cooking 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
A Christmas ham is a thing of joy and smoky, sticky deliciousness. — Andi Oliver Christmas 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
If I was rating my life in gratitude, eight or nine. But I'm very rarely satisfied, I'm always looking to the next… — Andi Oliver Gratitude Copy Share Image
Gemma Austin, Phelim O'Hagan and Chris McKlurg... Northern Ireland produces some amazing chefs. — Andi Oliver Amazing Copy Share Image
