Sandi Toksvig OBE, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and brought up around the world in Europe, Africa and the United States. She is well known to UK audiences as a broadcaster and is currently the host of BBC2's hugely popular quiz show QI.

Sandi worked on three delightful series of GBBO before stepping down to make more time for her other projects, such as the BAFTA-nominated The Write Offs, and Extraordinary Escapes. Much of Sandi's time is devoted to writing and in 2019 she became president of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. Sandi has written more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults.

Sandi is an activist for gender equality. In 2015 she co-founded the Women's Equality Party.