Celebrity Profiles
Adams, Jane
Jane is Director of Jane Adams Communications a specialist Sydney-based wine and food brand marketing and communications consultancy, which was established 1988. Jane's successful 21-year career in food and wine industry marketing and communications has seen her working with clients to create, revitalise, launch and establish successful brands.
Some of Jane's current and previous clients include Wine Industry Tasmania, Cape Mentelle and Cloudy Bay, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Restaurant and Catering NSW, Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Assoc, Cobram Estate and Destination Marlborough, NZ.
Jane an award-winning food writer and restaurant critic for such publications as Gourmet Traveller, QANTAS Magazine, The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide.
Her contributions to the hospitality industry include performing the role of Chief Judge for the Restaurant and Catering Awards of Excellence NSW and ACT in 2000, Judge Trainer for the Restaurant and Catering Awards of Excellence QLD, NT and SA and Mentor Program Leader for Wine Communicators Australia from 2007 to 2009.
Jane's awards consist of:
- Food Hall of Fame, Sydney Morning Herald 2008
- Maggie Beer Award for Outstanding Contribution to Australian Food Vogue Produce Awards 2007
- Winner, Best Article on Culinary Tourism Food Media Club Awards 2004 and 1997
- Finalist, Wine Communicator Award 2007 and 2006
- Geoffrey Roberts Research Fellowship 1997 (UK)
Research project into Farmers’ Markets that has catalysed the movement in Australia and New Zealand, estimated to number 120+ markets in Australia and 50+ in New Zealand.
Alexander, Stephanie
Stephanie Alexander has worked as a chef and as a food writer for over 35 years. For 21 years her restaurant Stephanie’s was regarded as an essential Melbourne experience (1976-1997). She conceived the ground-breaking café, fine cheese and foodstore Richmond Hill Cafe and Larder and was a founding partner for eight years (1996-2004).
Through her writing and her teaching, Stephanie continues to be an outspoken champion of the quality of Australian produce and the importance of good food in our lives. She was awarded an Order of Australia in 1994 for her services to the hospitality industry and to tourism, and for encouraging young apprentices.
She established the not-for-profit Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation in 2004 to assist the expansion of the work commenced at Collingwood College in 2001. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation (SAKGF) is dedicated to introducing a structured program of pleasurable food education into selected Australian primary schools. It has been assisted greatly by grants from the Victorian State Government, and by the Australian Government. (For further information see www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au)
Stephanie Alexander is currently Australia’s foremost food writer. She is the best-selling author of thirteen books, with The Cook’s Companion, becoming an Australian classic, having sold more than 500,000 copies. The revised and expanded edition was released in October 2004. In October 2009 Stephanie Alexander released The Kitchen Garden Companion, a book for all families wanting to know how to grow some of their own food and how to use it to make simple home-style dishes. The book also aims to encourage families to be active together in the garden and in the kitchen.
(For further information see www.stephaniealexander.com.au)
