Ainsley Harriott
Ainsley Denzil Dubriel Harriott[2] MBE (born 28 February 1957) is an English chef and television presenter.He formed the Calypso Twins with school friend Paul Boross, releasing a hit record in the early 1990s, "World Party".In Barbados, he confirmed that his great-grandfather had a distinguished military career, and learnt that he had fought on the side of the British in the Hut Tax War of 1898 – an increasingly violent series of protests against systems of taxation in Sierra Leone.[13] Harriott was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts.[14] Harriott was the President of the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) 2004–05[15] and presented their awards ceremony that year.In 2022 Harriot, along with others including the DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles, helped to save his sister Jacqueline from drowning after she fell into a water feature at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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