I'm an award-winning freelance food, travel and lifestyle journalist.

I started writing professionally in 1990 and have been writing across a broad spectrum of subjects - food, travel, lifestyle, architecture and anything else that caught my interest, but food and travel have always been my great loves, both personally and as writing topics.   

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I've authored a non-fiction book, worked as a journalist in both news and features and was Food Editor at before that had a round as 'food and nutrition' reporter at The Courier Mail newspaper in Brisbane.  

Between 2012 and 2016, I was Queensland Food Editor with Fairfax Media, editing the Brisbane Times Good Food Guide;  newly established stablemate to The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and The Melbourne Age Good Food Guide. I also wrote weekly restaurant reviews for goodfood.com.au and The Brisbane Times, in addition to food news stories.

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Publications I've contributed to over my 20-something year career include; Escape Travel, Delicious, Traveller, The Guardian, Explore, Time Out (UK) TNT (UK) Footloose (UK) Traveller (UK) Ms London (UK) The Hampstead & Highgate Express (UK), Dateline (UK) Health, Body & Beauty, The Courier Mail, The Sunday Mail, Brisbane News, The Herald Sun, Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald,  Virgin in-flight Magazine, The Sun Herald, Qantas Magazine, Qantas Spirit Magazine, Singapore Airlines Magazine, Malaysian Airlines Magazine, Korean Airlines Magazine, Audi Magazine, Vacations & Travel Magazine, Indulge Magazine, Jetstar in-flight Magazine, Selector Magazine, West End Magazine, goodfood.com.au, Travelinsider, taste.com.au, visitbrisbane.com.au, queensland.com and lots more.

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As a restaurant reviewer, I've eaten and written for: The Brisbane News Magazine, The Courier Mail Food & Wine Guide, Australian Gourmet Traveller Food and Wine Guide, The Brisbane Times Good Food Guide, The SMH Good Food Guide, goodfood.com.au, and "Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery" guide, and was Australian/Pacific editor of Phaidon's Where Chefs Eat.

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I am often commissioned by agencies to copy write and have written everything from food copy to tourism copy.

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I've recently discovered podcasting (the doing, not the listening) and enjoy interviewing and producing my travel and food podcast ExtraVirgin. 

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In my spare time, when I'm not half-heartedly attending the gym, I love travelling to slightly off-beat locations, freestyle cooking and occasionally leading tours to introduce food lovers to artisan producers and farmers.

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                                     5 More Things About Me

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 A food I Ioathe is... green capsicum. 

​ My most memorable trip was.... Chilean Patagonia, equal first with a South African and Zimbabwean safari trip

 My death-row meal would be... linguine with white truffles and a bottle of Barolo (yes, the whole bottle). My mum's plum pudding and custard for desert.

 My worst habit is... procrastibaking                                                                     

 My bucket list destination is... Greenland.

                                                               

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