When I was younger, my anger and my fury used to work against me quite a lot. — Andi Oliver Anger Copy Share Image
I broke both my legs in a hit-and run accident when I was 26. — Andi Oliver Accident Copy Share Image
My parents grew up on different ends of the same street in St John's in Antigua. — Andi Oliver Jamaica 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
People don't know barbecue is a Taino-Indian words. They think it's American! And jerk chicken is from the Maroon and Taino people,… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
Gemma Austin, Phelim O'Hagan and Chris McKlurg... Northern Ireland produces some amazing chefs. — Andi Oliver Amazing 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
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
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
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
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
Mum was a teacher and dad was in the RAF and they'd be working during the week but at weekends we'd all… — Andi Oliver Dad Copy Share Image
I learned a beautiful way of cooking lamb when I was in Morocco, which is a technique where I poach it first… — Andi Oliver Beautiful 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
It's so surreal to join 'Great British Menu,' because I'm a massive fan of the show. — Andi Oliver British 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
There's a Guyanese pepperpot that's a completely different dish to the Antiguan dish. And then they don't really make pepperpot in Jamaica. — Andi Oliver 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
You can eat cornmeal pudding with some cream as a sweet dish, or combine it with salty and savoury things such as… — Andi Oliver Bacon Copy Share Image
A chow is the most simple and delicious little thing, a bit like a super-fresh, zingy chutney. — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
Crisp on the outside, fluffy on the inside - in Caribbean cooking we love a fritter. It's a brilliant way for a… — Andi Oliver Caribbean 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
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 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 love the name: 'blackstrap molasses.' It sounds fabulous, like something I want to wear. — Andi Oliver Fabulous 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
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 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 Copy Share Image
