Rustie Lee
About Rustie
Born in Jamaica Rustie came to England when she was 5 years old to be reunited with her parents. Rustie’s parents had their own business in Birmingham. Rustie was educated at Handsworth All Girl School and after finishing school joined the Birmingham College of food from where she later graduated with distinction as a master baker.
Rustie continued her career in food by working for a number of catering companies in the UK and in the early eighties she opened her own Restaurant amply named‘’Rustie’s’’ in Birmingham. ‘’Rustie’s’’ was the first Silver Service Caribbean Restaurant in the country and drew clients from all over the UK and became a regular hang out for UK and visiting
celebrities.
Rustie’s second love had always been singing and she made a name for herself touring the clubs all over the UK culminating in being elected singer of the year on a number of occasions. Over the years she released a number of records ‘’Invitation to Party’’ (album), ‘’No Man You Mout’’, You Betta Phone (singles) and performed in musicals like ‘’Ain’t Misbehavin, South Pacific and Smokey Joe’s Café to name but a few. In the early eighties Rustie made her first TV appearance on Pebble Mill at One with the late Eric Morcambe and her TV career took off from there. Rustie became a resident chef on TVam, Britain’s then Top morning show making around 400 live appearances during her stay. Bringing Caribbean cuisine to the nations viewers, Rustie was largely responsible for bringing foods like Plantain and Yam into the British Multiples.