Stephanie Alexander OAM

Stephanie Alexander AO is regarded as one of Australia’s great food educators.

Her reputation has been earned through her thirty years as an owner-chef in several restaurants, as the author of 18 influential books and hundreds of articles about food matters, and for her groundbreaking work in founding and supporting the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation.

Stephanie’s fifth book, The Cook’s Companion is regarded as an Australian classic and has sold over 500,000 copies, now in its 24th printing. In 2013 this monumental work, was published as a successful digital app. Her latest book, ‘Home’ was published in September 2021. Stephanie states that her life’s work has been to convince as many as possible that cooking a lovely meal without anxiety adds so much to the joy of living.

Stephanie has always had a commitment to training and mentoring young people and in 2004 she established the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, with the aim of introducing pleasurable food education to as many Australian children as possible.

In 2014 Stephanie became an Officer of the Order of Australia in recognition of her work with the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation.

In 2020 Stephanie celebrated her 80th birthday and continues to share stories and to cook lovely meals for herself and her family and friends.