| Rustie Lee | |
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Rustie in 2007. |
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| Born | Jamaica |
| Occupation | TV chef, actress, singer, television personality, and occasional political activist/candidate |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Political party | United Kingdom Independence Party |
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| http://www.rustieleeofficial.com | |
Rustie Lee is a television chef and actress in the United Kingdom, most famous for her appearances in the 1980s on morning station, TV-am.[1] She was born in Jamaica, but moved to Birmingham with her family as a child. Following her successful stint as a chef on TV-am in 1983, Lee took over from Sarah Kennedy on the second, less successful, incarnation of ITV gameshow Game for a Laugh. She also embarked on a brief singing career.
In 2004 Lee appeared on Living's I'm Famous and Frightened! 2, a reality show featuring a number of celebrities staying in a castle over a weekend, taking part in various challenges and looking for paranormal activity, guided by a medium. Viewers voted for their favourite and the celebrities were voted off one by one. Lee won the series showing a keen interest in the tasks and occasional emotional involvement, giving detailed and varied accounts of how she felt at certain points. Lee has written a cookbook called A Taste of the Caribbean.
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Rustie lives in north-west Worcestershire, in a village near Bewdley. She is married to a German, Andreas Hohmann, and has a son James who is 26 years old.
| Date of election | Constituency | Party | Votes | % |
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| 2005 | Wyre Forest | UKIP | 1,074 | 2.3 |
In 2008, Lee briefly joined the cast of EastEnders as Gus Smith's aunt Opal,[4] . She also appeared in Britain's Got the Pop Factor.
She currently makes occasional appearances on This Morning, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Daily Cooks/Saturday Cooks. She has also made appearances on That Antony Cotton Show, The Wright Stuff, and Loose Women.
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