A Christmas ham is a thing of joy and smoky, sticky deliciousness. — Andi Oliver Christmas Copy Share Image
For some reason I didn't expect it to be so food centric in the south of Sweden. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
A great barbecue to me is all about abundance and gathering together! — Andi Oliver Abundance Copy Share Image
People have travelled through the Caribbean islands for all sorts of reasons and left their imprint in the DNA and the food. — Andi Oliver Caribbean Copy Share Image
I read a lot when I was a kid - I was very taken with these notions of feasting and people coming… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
I love the name: 'blackstrap molasses.' It sounds fabulous, like something I want to wear. — Andi Oliver Fabulous 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 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
I've always read voraciously since I was a kid and for me, there's no snobbery around books. — Andi Oliver 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
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
A lot of the time, it's a European man talking about a Caribbean experience, observing it from outside. We wanted to show… — Andi Oliver Experience Copy Share Image
Punk taught you to not wait. It gave me the most beautiful gift at the right time: I've found quantifiable, external success… — Andi Oliver Beautiful 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
Miquita and I get so frustrated going into beauty shops that are supposed to cater for Black women and being met by… — Andi Oliver Beauty Copy Share Image
Every single time I see Neneh on stage I just cry. I just get so proud it makes me sick. When she… — Andi Oliver Beautiful 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
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
There are some surprising stories behind the dishes that hold a special place in our hearts. — 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
The simple act of recalling a favourite food connects us to intensely personal memories. — 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 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 am a big fan of London markets - Ridley Road and Chatsworth Road are two of my favourites. — Andi Oliver 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
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 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 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
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
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
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
