Nice British Menu host Andi Oliver shares Superstar Gogglebox fame with daughter Miquita Oliver, a profitable TV presenter in her personal proper
Andi Oliver is the mum of Miquita Oliver (Picture: Channel 4)
BBC’s Nice British Menu is about to grace our screens as soon as once more.
The twenty first sequence of the BBC Two programme launches tonight (Tuesday, February 24), that includes 32 cooks from throughout the UK battling it out in eight regional heats. The theme for 2026 is a tribute to British cinema, with dishes impressed by legendary movies, administrators, and actors.
Host Andi Oliver is again, joined by judges Tom Kerridge, Lorna McNee and newcomer Phil Wang. Some viewers could not realise that the presenter has a well-known offspring.
Miquita Oliver, born on April 25 1984, is the kid of chef, broadcaster and Rip Rig and Panic vocalist Andi and historical past instructor Robin Baillie.
Rising up within the limelight as a consequence of her mom’s success and having Casualty actress Amanda Mealing as her godmother, Miquita had an eventful childhood.
The mom and daughter duo labored collectively on The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita (Picture: BBC/Somethin’ Else/Errol Ettienne)
Discussing elevating her daughter while sustaining her profession, Andi beforehand instructed Good Housekeeping: “I simply obtained on with it!”.
“I did not have a nine-to-five job, ever, so she got here with me and after we did a gig, somebody would stand along side the stage holding her.”
Throughout an look on the Good Meals podcast together with her mom, Miquita mirrored on her upbringing, saying: “It is an attractive factor as a result of I had a childhood filled with abundance despite the fact that we did not have any cash.
“It isn’t nearly feeding your youngsters, it is about making a world the place you do not really feel such as you’re missing.”
The duo have an “unshakeable bond” (Picture: CREDIT LINE:BBC/Rogan Productions)
Miquita landed a task as a presenter on Popworld alongside Simon Amstell from 2001 to 2006, and in addition hosted Channel 4’s T4 from 2006 to 2010.
Following her mom’s lead, she has additionally ventured into radio presenting, that includes on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra as a stand-in host.
Miquita has fronted her personal programmes, together with Younger, British and Broke: The Fact about Payday Loans, the place she shared her private experiences with chapter.
Andi has been a pillar of assist for her daughter’s pursuits, as soon as stating: “I simply wished Miquita to do issues that made her completely happy and I’ve mentioned that to her all her life. She was on TV by the point she was 15, and that was actually laborious for her.”
Andi is again as host of Nice British Menu (Picture: BBC/Optomen Tv Ltd/Ashleigh Brown)
The pair have ceaselessly appeared collectively on display screen, changing into acquainted faces on Superstar Gogglebox. In 2007, Miquita made a visitor look on her mum’s present, Neneh and Andi Dish It Up.
The mother-daughter staff additionally introduced their very own journey sequence, The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita, during which Andi delved into her Antiguan roots. Additionally they collaborated on the podcast Stirring It Up.
In an interview with Vogue discussing their shut relationship, Andi revealed: “I used to be by myself with Miquita for the primary 10 years of her life, which creates an unshakeable bond. We have been a poor, single-parent household who relied on one another every single day.
“Even when she was little, we had an emotional infrastructure or framework we offered one another with to make sure we obtained via it collectively.”
Andi encountered her companion Garfield Hacknett throughout her tenure at a Shoreditch, London bar. He was a music supervisor and their mutual ardour for delicacies introduced them collectively.
In her ebook The Pepperpot Diaries, Andi portrays him as “the kindest man I do know and my companion in life and all issues”.
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