We found James Harriott on the 1825 register, owning eight slaves. So we could confirm that Ebenezer's father, Ainsley's great-grandfather, had been a white slave owner. Much Jamaican genealogy ...

Ainsley met his paternal grandparents, Mina Love and Oscar Chesterfield Harriott, when he was young, but knew nothing about their family background. Oscar Chesterfield Harriott and Mina Love He ...

As the first black chef to make it on to the television, Ainsley Harriott is regarded within the industry as somewhat of a trailblazer. Now 30 years on, the 67-year-old has welcomed the increased ...

Ainsley Harriott became a household name back in the 1990s with shows such as BBC's Can't Cook, Won't Cook and Ready Steady Cook. He has topped the charts as a best-selling author and in 2020 was ...

Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott has received his MBE from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. The TV presenter said the honour, for services to broadcasting and to the culinary arts, was "very ...