Ian Parmenter
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Ian Richard Parmenter OAM
is a London
-born Australian celebrity chef
, winemaker and author
who presented 450 five-minute programs of the cookery show Consuming Passions
on the Australian ABC
television network. The programme was also broadcast in many other countries.
Parmenter was a Fleet Street
, London journalist before moving to Australia in 1971. He joined the national broadcaster in Perth and qualified as a TV producer in 1974. He has developed a culinary flair in private life, confessing to having no trade or professional or experience in foodservice
.
He has also written several recipe collections and two books, listed below.
On 26 January 2011, Parmenter was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the food and tourism industries as an event director, author, journalist and broadcaster.
Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...
is a London
London
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-born Australian celebrity chef
Celebrity chef
A celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...
, winemaker and author
Author
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who presented 450 five-minute programs of the cookery show Consuming Passions
Consuming Passions (TV series)
Consuming Passions was a cooking show broadcast on ABC.-History:The show was hosted by British chef Ian Parmenter. Consuming Passions was first aired in 1992. The show was then sold to many countries including United Kingdom, Singapore and Ireland. Ian Parmenter won the Presenter's Award at the...
on the Australian ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
television network. The programme was also broadcast in many other countries.
Parmenter was a Fleet Street
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in central London, United Kingdom, named after the River Fleet, a stream that now flows underground. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s...
, London journalist before moving to Australia in 1971. He joined the national broadcaster in Perth and qualified as a TV producer in 1974. He has developed a culinary flair in private life, confessing to having no trade or professional or experience in foodservice
Foodservice
Food Service or catering industry defines those businesses, institutions, and companies responsible for any meal prepared outside the home...
.
He has also written several recipe collections and two books, listed below.
On 26 January 2011, Parmenter was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the food and tourism industries as an event director, author, journalist and broadcaster.
External links
- About Consuming Passions and Ian Parmenter Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2009
- Ian Parmenter "George Negus Tonight" TV interview, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 September 2003