Annette Kesler was food editor at Fair Lady magazine for the past 31 years. She is the doyenne of South
African food writers and her delectable recipes and
stylish eye have been the hallmark of the magazine’s food features since 1968.
1991 Annette received a Galliova Award for food journalism
and in 1995 the first ever Honorary Galliova Award for her contribution to food writing.
Again, in 1995 she won the Premier Mondi Magazine Award in the "At Home"
category and has received four Mondi nominations, the last being in 1999.
Her previous books include The Fair Lady Cook Book, Fair
Lady’s Special Occasions and Fair Lady’s Favourites: Desserts, as
well as the highly acclaimed The Sephardi Culinary Tradition that was co-ordinated
and styled by her. Recently the best selling, Learn to Cook and recently published in September FRESH & HEALTHY, STEP BY STEP TO
LIFE for the Heart Foundation of South Africa.
Currently, Annette is Editor of Showcook, South Africa's
most definitive food and travel site on the web and winner of the 2003 Galliova Sannie Smit Award.