Maggie Beer

Maggie Beer

Maggie Beer at the Australia Day citizenship ceremony at Commonwealth Park in Canberra.
Born	January 1945 Sydney, Australia
Current restaurant(s) Barossa Pheasant Farm Restaurant, Charlick's Feed Store
Television show(s) The Cook and the Chef
Award(s) won Australian Publishers Association's llustrated Book of the Year
Official website
http://www.maggiebeer.com.au/home/

Maggie Beer (born January 1945) is an Australian cook, food author, restaurateur and food manufacturer.

Earlier life

Born Margaret Ann Ackermann in Sydney in January 1945 to Ronald Ackermann and Doreen Carter.^[1]

Career

Maggie and her husband Colin established the Barossa Pheasant Farm Restaurant in 1978 in the Barossa Valley of South Australia. The restaurant became famous for serving pheasant (which was raised locally) as well as a high quality pate, known as Pheasant Farm Pate. Maggie and Colin operated the restaurant until 1993.

Later, she became a partner in the Charlick's Feed Store restaurant in Ebenezer Place, Adelaide.

Currently, Maggie operates a business in the Barossa which produces a range of specialty gourmet foods, including Pheasant Farm Pate, quince paste, verjuice and a range of ice creams.

She also co-hosted the ABC television cooking program The Cook and the Chef with Simon Bryant, who is the Head Chef for the Hilton, Adelaide.

Maggie also has written several books about food and food preparation, as well as co-authoring a book with noted chef Stephanie Alexander.

Beer was awarded the Centenary Medal on 1 January 2001 for service to Australian society through cooking and writing.^[2]

In 2008, Maggie Beer won the Australian Publishers Association's llustrated Book of the Year for Maggie's Harvest.^[3]

She was awarded the "Senior Australian of the Year" 2010.^[4]

She has two daughters, Saskia and Ellie

Works

• Cooking With Verjuice
• Stephanie Alexander & Maggie Beer's Tuscan Cookbook
• Maggie's Table
• Maggie's Harvest
• Maggie's Kitchen

See also

• South Australian food and drink

References

1. ^ "Maggie Beer's Who Do You Think You Are? page". SBS Television. http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/whodoyouthinkyouare/episodes/detail/episode/1687/season/2. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 
2. ^ "Maggie Beer". Australian Honours Database. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1128109&search_type=quick&showInd=true. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 
3. ^ "Brooks wins Book of the Year award", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2008-06-15
4. ^ "Senior Australian of the Year", Retrieved 25 January 2011

External links

• Maggie Beer's website
• ABC Profile
• ABC TV: The Cook and the Chef
• Maggie Beer discussing her recent book, Maggie's Harvest at the State library of Queensland
• Video of Maggie Beer discussing Maggie's Harvest from Penguin Group (Australia)

Persondata
Name	Beer, Maggie
Alternative names	Ackermann, Margaret Ann
Short description	Australian cook
Date of birth	January 1945
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death