What's your nickname? Slinny 

Who was your first teenage crush and why? Tom Cruise in Cocktail - what a mistake. I was already taller than him then. 

When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? Cannot remember the first time but used to drink Newcastle Brown Ale & smoke Winston's - wow, what a young body can cope with! 

What was the first music single you bought? Wham! 

What did you want to be when you were a kid? Anything in an office. I grew up on a farm and hated being cold so thought I had better not have a job working outside! 

What's your favourite book? Too many to single out - but I love autobiographies and true stories, I cannot read fiction. 

What's your favourite movie and why? The Shawshank Redemption - just incredible. 

What was your worst holiday? I've never had a bad holiday - I love being in new places. 

Do you have any phobias? Heights - horrific when I had to lead a team-building event doing a Pyramid exercise 100 feet up. 

If you could pick a celebrity to join your staff who would it be and why? Hugh Grant. He would chat up all the ladies and get them to buy my cakes! 

Who would you most like to sit next to on a plane? Richard Branson. I would say: "So Richard, how would you sell my cake?" 

What would be your final meal? The whole menu 

What's your favourite junk food? Kids' jelly sweets 

What's the weirdest thing you've eaten? At 3am after a big night out I cooked stuffed squid - the kitchen the next morning was not a pretty sight! 

What's your favourite chat up line? I fancy you! 

What luxury would you have on your desert island? My aloe cream - a miracle product 

What's your biggest regret? Life is far too short for regrets 

If you could star in a TV programme, what would it be? Pop Idol. Asia has created a karaoke addict in me; just a drink and microphone or wooden spoon, and I am away! 

If you could be invisible, what would you do? Spend a day in the White House and hear Bushisms for myself.

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