Jeni Barnett
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Jeni Barnett (born 24 March 1949) is a British actress and TV presenter of Jewish extraction, who grew up in Borehamwood.[1] She is married to Yorkshire-born actor Jim Bywater and has 2 daughters.
Jeni shot to fame after presenting on British breakfast station TVam. She courted controversy by breast-feeding her new daughter, Bethany, live on air, and shortly afterwards left the show.
As an actress she has appeared many TV shows, including Doctors, and has also been a panelist on ITV's Loose Women and Five's The Wright Stuff.
Between 2002 and 2007, Jeni was host of UKTV Food's flagship food show, Great Food Live (previously known as Good Food Live) and its spinoffs Great Food Bites and Great Food Live Extra. In 2004/2005, Jeni also hosted the second series of the ITV1 cookery show, Too Many Cooks, which was filmed in Manchester and featured chefs made famous by Great Food Live, such as Gino D'Acampo.
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- Jeni Barnett (Personal website/blog)