First Date’s Fred Sirieix reveals his daughter Andrea, 16, is training for the Tokyo Olympics

First Date star Fred Sirieix reveals his daughter Andrea, 16, is training for the Tokyo Olympics with the GB diving team


First Dates star Fred Sirieix has revealed his 16-year-old daughter, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, is training for the Olympics

Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of Lorraine, The TV personality, 49, gushed: ‘She is a diver, she won BBC Sports Personality of the Year, she’s a British champion.’ 

Fred – who is known for being the maître d’ at the matchmaking First Dates restaurant – revealed that although big sporting events have been thrown into turmoil with the pandemic, his daughter is still training hard.  

Talented: Fred Sirieix revealed on Tuesday’s episode of Lorraine that his 16-year-old daughter, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, is training for the Olympics 

The proud dad explained: ‘She was training for the World Cup which was supposed to happen in Japan in April, just a few days time, but it’s just been cancelled.  

‘She is a diver, she won BBC Sports Personality of the Year, she’s a British champion, but just like all the other athletes in Team GB, the World Cup has been cancelled last minute because of Covid.

‘So it just goes to show how big a problem Covid is internationally, I have no idea what will happen going forward for the Olympics and other competitions, it is very frustrating for them.’ 

The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics are now scheduled to get underway on July 23 with the International Olympic Committee urging countries to vaccinate their competitors before the games.  

'She's a British Champion': The proud dad gushed about his daughter who was due to head to the World Cup in Japan in just a few days time before it was cancelled because of Covid

‘She’s a British Champion’: The proud dad gushed about his daughter who was due to head to the World Cup in Japan in just a few days time before it was cancelled because of Covid 

Fred’s Team GB diver daughter Andrea was presented with the Young Sports Personality of the Year award on Blue Peter last December. 

Speaking at the ceremony, the accomplished teenager said: ‘‘It’s so wonderful to think such amazing sporting legends have won it and I’m following in their footsteps.’ 

Fred shares daughter Alex and son Lucien, 10, with his ex Alex, who he dated for 12 years. 

Champion: Fred's Team GB diver daughter Andrea was presented with the Young Sports Personality of the Year award on Blue Peter last December

Champion: Fred’s Team GB diver daughter Andrea was presented with the Young Sports Personality of the Year award on Blue Peter last December

The matchmaker is now engaged for the first time ever to a mystery woman that he refers to publicly as ‘Fruitcake.’

Speaking to the Sun on Sunday, he revealed: ‘It was so beautiful. When I saw her I fell in love and she smiled because she knew.’

Romantic Fred added that the pair shared a drink and ‘were all over each other’ by the end of the evening. 

He announced his engagement in a beaming Instagram post last year captioned: ‘Fruitcake said yes’ 

Loved up: The matchmaker is now engaged to a mystery woman that he refers to publicly as 'Fruitcake' after they fell in love at first sight

Loved up: The matchmaker is now engaged to a mystery woman that he refers to publicly as ‘Fruitcake’ after they fell in love at first sight

Fred and his mystery woman will be jetting off to Jamaica for their wedding, with plans for a sumptuous beach party in the pipeline. 

But, like many other betrothed couples, Fred and his paramour have had to postpone their nuptials due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

However, Fred announced a year ago that the pair and their entourage would be flying to the Caribbean island as soon as it was safe.

Bride to be: Fred and his mystery woman will be jetting off to Jamaica for their wedding, with plans for a sumptuous beach party in the pipeline when coronavirus allows

Bride to be: Fred and his mystery woman will be jetting off to Jamaica for their wedding, with plans for a sumptuous beach party in the pipeline when coronavirus allows