Neneh & Andi: 45 years of Friendship, Family and Food

Rising to fame in the 1980s with Neneh Cherry in their band Rip Rig and Panic, she moved into television and radio in the 1990s. In 2006 she presented The Truth About Food for the BBC and in 2007 she and Neneh Cherry hosted BBC2 cooking series, Neneh and Andi Dish It Up. Since then, Andi has been a regular on our screens, from shows such as Great British Menu and book programmes on Sky Arts to the two-part film The Caribbean with Andi and Miquita (2021), where she and her daughter embarked on a life changing journey to the islands of their heritage, Antigua & Barbuda, and then Barbados. Always in the kitchen and running restaurants alongside her media career, in 2023 Andi published her cookbook, The Pepperpot Diaries: Stories From My Caribbean Table.

She has released six critically acclaimed studio albums and won two Brit Awards, an MTV Europe Music Award and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. She has collaborated with artists including Gorillaz, Gang Starr, Michael Stipe, Cher and Four Tet. Neneh’s memoir, A Thousand Threads, was shortlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction.

Melissa is the author of two cookbooks: Fired Up celebrates barbecue with modern recipes and tips on the BBQ basics for beginners. Her debut cookbook, Motherland, charts the island’s history through food with accompanying recipes. Of Maltese and Jamaican descent and based in London, her heritage features heavily in her food. An ambassador for global BBQ brand Weber, Melissa has demonstrated the art of jerk and barbecue cooking to audiences across the UK and Europe, and is a regular chef at Meatopia. She is a panellist on Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet, and writes for national publications about food.