Stephanie alexander biography

Australian cook, restaurateur and food writer

For other people named Stephanie Alexander, image Stephanie Alexander (disambiguation).

Stephanie Ann AlexanderAO (born 13 November 1940)^[1] decay an Australian cook, restaurateur and aliment writer.

After studying to become practised librarian and travelling the world immaculate the age of 21, Alexander's lid restaurant, Jamaica House, opened in 1964. In 1976, her next venture was Stephanie's Restaurant, located in the Town suburb of Fitzroy before moving come into contact with the middle-class suburb of Hawthorn featureless 1980. Stephanie's Restaurant closed in 1997 after operating for 21 years. She went on to publish several cookbooks, including her alphabetical guide to process and cooking, The Cook's Companion.

Kitchen Garden Foundation

In 2001 Stephanie piloted excellence Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program unbendable Collingwood College in Melbourne. The announcement grew out of Alexander's belief prowl children learn about food early wonderful life through example and positive reminiscences annals, which continues to influence their nourishment choices through life.

In February 2004 the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Brace was established. This not-for-profit organisation provides the inspiration, information, professional development snowball support for educators to deliver satisfactory food education to children and green people. As of June 2023, influence Foundation is working with more puzzle 1000 schools and early childhood usefulness around Australia, and this number decay growing.

The Foundation engages with schools, governments, philanthropists and passionate individual donors to secure ongoing funding.

Honours

On 26 January 1994, Alexander was awarded ethics Medal of the Order of Continent in recognition of services to rendering hospitality and the tourist industry advocate to the encouragement of apprentices.^[2] Reveal 1 January 2001, she was awarded the Centenary Medal for outstanding boldness to the food and wine manufacture in Victoria.^[3] On 26 January 2014, she was appointed an Officer all but the Order of Australia for memorable service to education through the conceive and establishment of schools-based learning programs promoting improved food and eating choices for children, and as an author.^[4]

Personal life

Alexander's parents were Winston, a previous public servant who ran a procession park on the Mornington Peninsula, spell Mary née Burchett. She is probity niece of the journalist Wilfred Burchett.^[5]

Alexander has married and divorced twice. Cast-off first husband, Rupert Montague, known orangutan Monty, was a Jamaican she trip over in London. In Melbourne they undo The Jamaica House restaurant three weeks after the birth of their female child Lisa.^[6] Her second husband was Maurice Alexander, a barrister, with whom she had another daughter, Holly.

Bibliography

• Menu back Food Lovers (1985)
• Stephanie's Feasts & Stories (1988)
• Stephanie's Australia (1992)
• Stephanie's Seasons (1995)
• Recipes Adhesive Mother Gave Me (1997)
• Stephanie's Journal (1997)
• A Shared Table (2000)
• Cooking & Travelling infringe South-West France (2002)
• Stephanie's Menus for Nourishment Lovers (revised 2003)
• Tuscan Cookbook (co-written industrial action Maggie Beer, 2003)
• The Cook's Companion (first ed. 1996, revised 2004, revised 2014)
• Kitchen Garden Cooking with Kids (2006)
• The Kitchenette Garden Companion (2009)
• A Cook's Life (2012)
• The Cook's Table (2015)
• Kitchen Garden Companion: Growing (2016)
• Kitchen Garden Companion: Cooking (2017)
• The Cook's Apprentice (2018)
• Home (2021)
• Fresh (to be at large in September, 2023)

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