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Even if you don’t know what India Fisher looks like, you will recognise her voice. It is there on 15 seasons of MasterChef and 13 seasons of Celebrity MasterChef, where Fisher’s narration – at times arch, at times spry, but always lustrous – turns an assemblage of people burning things and Gregg Wallace saying “cooking doesn’t get tougher than this” into something much greater. “My agent describes it as ‘assured and husky’,” Fisher says. “But who knows?”
It is a remarkable, living thing and has helped Fisher become Britain’s most sought-after voiceover artist. She is the voice of NatWest telephone banking, Channel 5 reality TV show Make or Break? and, among others, advertising campaigns for boiling-water tap Quooker and Always sanitary towels (after the ad aired, viewers complained that it was making them hungry). As a member of the Dead Ringers cast on BBC Radio 4, she has impersonated Kelly Osbourne, Charlotte Church and Sonia from EastEnders. Since 1999, she has played the Doctor’s companion Charlotte Pollard in the Doctor Who audio plays made by Big Finish.
On MasterChef, Fisher can take words such as “samphire” and “bouillabaisse” and turn them into objects of effervescent desire. Her voice should come with a parental advisory sticker or an 18+ age rating. “It’s Nigella in a dressing gown with a big spoon at midnight,” Fisher laughs. “I think people imagine a much sexier, thin person. And then they meet me and they’re like: ‘Oh.’ There’s a slight flicker of disappointment.”
Fisher is 44, with an open face and dark blond hair. On the street, you would probably peg her as a Boden mum – a bit posh, but jolly and direct.
“I’ve been recognised on two occasions,” she says. “One was early on. I was at Gatecrasher Festival, trying to work my way through a tent with my friends. This bloke did a really obvious double take and came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder. I thought, this is odd. He said: ‘You’re India Fisher, aren’t you?’ I replied: ‘You’re a Doctor Who fan, aren’t you?’” She leans forward. “Then, 10 years later, someone else came up to me on the street and said: ‘You’re India Fisher!’ And I said: ‘This is really odd – it’s happened to me once before.’ And he said: ‘Yes, that was me.’” She hoots hysterically. “My fan club is made up of … one person!”
I put it to Fisher that her line of work is an unusual one – invisible yet also hyper-public. She nods. “I am very grateful for the anonymity that voiceover work has given me. Because I can get the tube and live a normal life – unless I see my one fan.” I tell her that I spent yesterday on hold with her – I bank with NatWest. “Oh no!” she groans. “I’m terribly sorry.” Fisher is so ubiquitous that sometimes she forgets her own voice. She will call NatWest and it will take “three or four goes of pressing a button to remember it’s me.”
She never set out to be a voiceover artist – she wanted to be an actor. After studying English and drama at the University of Manchester, she got her break performing in the satirical show NewsRevue at the Edinburgh festival fringe – a Big Finish producer saw her, which led to her landing the Doctor Who gig. That led to Dead Ringers, and, through co-star Jan Ravens, her agent. “She got me MasterChef, so I have to thank Jan for everything. I didn’t realise what voiceovers were then – I had no idea! MasterChef was the first voiceover audition I ever went for.” She feels fortunate to have landed the job, but says the work of a voiceover artist is isolating. “You go along on your own, sit in a darkened, soundproof room, do your job and go home again. There’s no Christmas party. It can be lonely.”
Her training as an actor proved invaluable. “People say: ‘How do you convey sadness?’ Well, that’s just how you act it. But if you’re conveying running down a corridor, which you have to do a lot in Doctor Who, you pump your arms and run on the spot … It’s more physical than people think it is.” When it comes to commercial voiceovers, Fisher will be upbeat, because upbeat sells. “In order to do that, you smile. Smiling is a sure way of getting an upbeat tone to your voice.”
Narrating MasterChef since its 2004 reboot has given Fisher a unique view of the nation’s eating habits. “In the early days, the people were good cooks, and their MasterChef journey was that they were taught to plate it up properly. Now, the amateurs come along and they plate as brilliantly as the professionals. It’s extraordinary.” She no longer has to define words such as velouté or tian, because viewers know what they mean.
“I personally credit MasterChef with making us much more of a foodie nation.”
What makes Fisher’s voice so remarkable? “One of the most important properties is the breathiness,” says Prof Yi Xu, an expert in speech sciences at University College London. His research shows that breathy female voices are typically seen as more attractive. Being posh also helps. “To sound posh is to sound authoritative, and that’s important for shows like MasterChef.”
Fisher and I are having lunch in a London cafe. I ask her to describe her salad for me, then immediately regret it, because she looks so uncomfortable. “I don’t know what this is,” she stumbles. “That’s the thing. I have scripts written for me.” I beam at her expectantly. Her smile grows tight. “Pickled cabbage with an … edamame bean side and cos lettuce?” Later, she confesses that she hates being asked to do the MasterChef voice on demand. “People always say: ‘Can you read the menu for me?’ And I just say no.” (She will make an exception if a friend is getting married and read their wedding menu.)
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I understand her reluctance. She is not a performing seal. And, in real life, Fisher sounds ordinary. If you expect her to lovingly roll her vowels like Scheherazade seducing a king in exchange for her life, you will be disappointed. Without a microphone a few inches from her face, Fisher sounds like a regular woman, having a chat.
Before lunch, I had accompanied her to a recording for the upcoming 14th season of Celebrity MasterChef. “The first time I met you, it wasn’t until you started speaking in the booth that I heard The Voice,” remembers dubbing mixer James Whittlesea.
They reminisce about their struggles to know how certain ingredients should be pronounced. Turmeric, for example. “Like, is it tuh-ma-rick or tumour-ick?” explains the series editor Katie Attwood. (The MasterChef received pronunciation is tuh-ma-rick, but every time Fisher says it, she can hear her mother tutting in her head, because she would say “tumour-ick”.) And don’t get Fisher started on chorizo. “It started off as chorithoo, and then it went to chorit-zo, but I was very unhappy with that, because as far as I was concerned there was no ‘t’ in it,” Fisher says. “Chorit-zo didn’t last very long. I stamped my little foot at chorit-zo. And then John [Torode] started saying choritho and I said: ‘Can we go with that?’” The other word that gives Fisher the most bother is – ironically – cuisine, which she struggles to pronounce. (She uses the word “cookery” instead.)
Talk of chorizo and turmeric over, Fisher picks up her mug of tea and steps into the recording booth behind the sofa where I am sitting. Stirring music plays as an image of five celebrities walking over a bridge appears on the screen at the far end of the room. “These five celebrities are taking on the challenge to become the next MasterChef champion,” booms a disembodied voice. I swivel around, astonished. Fisher smiles back at me. I feel abashed. Can this voice really be coming from the same person? But it is.
Listening to Fisher say words like “onion gravy” or “suet” with such rich timbre is like listening to a Stradivarius being played in a concert hall with perfect acoustics. I keep sneaking looks at Fisher as she reads the script, expecting to see … I don’t know what, really. Because she is just a woman in a booth, speaking out loud.
How to make your voice more compelling
•If you want to convey authority in a professional context, lower the pitch of your voice. “It worked for Thatcher – she lowered her voice and everyone listened to her!” says India Fisher. “People tend to like a lower, more commanding voice.”
•To sound more appealing and upbeat, smile. “Smiling while you’re chatting will make your voice sound bright and welcoming.”
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•For a surefire power move, speak quietly. “You see it in The Devil Wears Prada. Meryl Streep barely speaks above a whisper. When people have to strain to hear you, it makes you seem more important, because people have to be on your level.”
•When it comes to public speaking, take it slow. “Don’t gabble! Speak slowly.” And try not to over-project your voice – it will sound strained, as if you are shouting.
•If you really want to sound your best, avoid caffeine or dairy. “It’s very claggy for the voice.”
Celebrity MasterChef is on BBC One on Wednesdays at 8pm and on Mondays and Fridays at 9pm