More about Jeni Barnett
Jeni trained as an actress and spent the first 12 years of her professional life doing just that, working with the likes of Ken Campbell, Sylvester McCoy and Alan Plater.
Her TV career began on BBC 2's ground-breaking feminist comedy programme Revolting Women. One programme led to another and she was head-hunted for ITV’s breakfast programme TVam. Jeni spent four and a half years at TVam and was famously sacked for breast-feeding her three month old daughter live on air.
She spent nearly five years at London Weekend Television (which included presenting the first ever travelling gardening roadshow!) and nearly five years at the BBC. Jeni has appeared on numerous other programmes including Doctors (BBC), Loose Women (ITV1) and The Wright Stuff (Channel Five). Most recently, from 2002 – 2007, Jeni hosted the UKTV Food’s flagship show Great Food Live (formerly Good Food Live), plus Great Food Bites and Great Food Live Extra.