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Beverley Knight: ‘When I’m on tour, my rider is kettle, water, teabags’

The singer and actor on why she’s teetotal, her mum’s Jamaican-style shepherd’s pie … and why Prince was the perfect dinner host

I remember I asked Mum to make a shepherd’s pie, which she did, but she made it much more interesting, because the seasoning was a bit more lively. Ideally, ackee, saltfish, a slice of breadfruit fried with plantain and even a cheeky little green banana and bammy, which is like a pancake made of cassava. Place to eat It’s gone now, but Pete Sanchez-Iglesias, along with his late brother Jonray, had a Michelin-starred restaurant in Bristol called Casamia, which was outstanding.

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