Rustie Lee

Rustie Lee
Rustie in 2007.
Occupation	TV chef, actress, singer, television personality
Years active	1984–present

Rustie Lee is a television chef, actress and musician in the United Kingdom. She is famous for her appearances in the 1980s on the morning television show TV-am.^[1] Following her successful stint as a chef on TV-am in 1983, Lee took over from Sarah Kennedy on the second incarnation of ITV show gameshow Game for a Laugh.^[2]

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 several cookbooks, including Rustie Lee's Caribbean Cookbook (1985)^[3] and A Taste of the Caribbean (2007).^[4]

She also narrated children's stories for BBC Radio in Birmingham. 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. She now makes regular appearances on Channel 5's Big Brother's Bit on the Side, a spin off chat show for Big Brother. She also appeared on the Channel 5 reality show Celebrity Super Spa.^[5]

Politics

In 2004, she joined the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP),^[1] and was adopted as their candidate for the Wyre Forest constituency in the 2005 general election. She also appeared in the party's election broadcast.^[6] On polling day she came fifth, with 1,074 votes (2.3% of the total).^[7]

Lee stood for UKIP for the 2009 European Elections in the West Midlands constituency in June 2009.^[8] Lee was not elected.

General Election contested

Acting career

In 2008, Lee briefly joined the cast of EastEnders as Gus Smith's aunt Opal.^[9] She also appeared briefly in Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice.

Musical career

Rustie has also had a singing career. In 1985 she released the album Invitation To Party,^[10] including her cover versions of Barbados^[11] and My Toot Toot. In 1994, she released a further single, You'd Better Phone.^[12] Rustie also sang on a number of her appearances on Big Brother's Bit on the Side.

Big Brother's Bit On The Side Appearances

External links

• Rustie Lee at the Internet Movie Database

References