DID YOU KNOW? Andi Oliver

Switching from judging to hosting for Great British Christmas Menu (8pm, BBC2), Andrea ‘Andi’ Oliver has been sharing her love of food – and music – with us since the 1980s…

● Born in London, Andi lived in Bury St Edmunds, Stance, but would cook again with Andi on the Suffolk from the age of ten, but the family also BBC2 show Neneh And Andi Dish It Up in 2007. spent time in Cyprus, where her father served

● Sean, Andi’s brother, was also in Rip Rig + with the RAF. Her love of food comes from Panic, and co-wrote Terence Trent D’arby’s both parents, who are from Antigua, as well

1987 hit Wishing Well. He died of sickle as from happy memories of the sunshine and cell anaemia in 1990, when he was 27. vibrant flavours of Cyprus – and Sweden, where she stayed in her late teens. ● Having hosted her first dinner parties ‘when I was about 12’, it was inevitable

● When she was 17, Andi met Neneh that Andi would go into the restaurant Cherry in London, and they became trade. Her most recent venture was the firm friends. As well as cooking pop-up restaurant and bar One Love, together, they sang in post-punk which she opened in East London with band Rip Rig + Panic – in 1982,

First Dates maitre d’ Fred Sirieix. the band were featured in an episode of The Young Ones. ● Andi’s daughter, Miquita, made her Neneh went on to have a worldwide TV presenting debut in 2001, aged hit single in 1988 with Buffalo 16, in the music show Popworld.