Andy was born in the suburbs of Northampton in 1978 and has been drawing ever since he can remember. He studied art and design at Northampton College but his first job, in 1996, was washing up at a restaurant to support his art studies. He became extremely good at cooking and within five years, he was head chef in an Italian restaurant in Northampton. Because art has always been his passion, he began to combine his love for food with his love for art and started creating 'food art'. His Instagram site has nearly 50,000 followers and he is featured regularly in the popular press from Vogue to the Daily Mail.