Peter Russell-Clarke
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Peter Russell-Clarke is an Australia
n television personality and author
, best known as a television chef
. He hosted a five-minute television show called Come and Get It, which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
network for nine years during the 1980s.
He was chef for the Prince of Wales
' Silver Jubilee dinner.
He has written and published several cookbooks and books about food. He has also illustrated several books, including works of fiction for children. Russell-Clarke is an accomplished painter, and began his career as a freelance cartoonist
.
In the period 1975-1979 Russell-Clarke was the spokesman in several highly successful and much discussed campaigns on behalf of the Victorian Egg Board and the Australian Dairy Corporation. Victorian egg sales rose 5% in three years.
Time Out-Sydney wrote that "Come and Get It aired on the ABC during the mid-80s and was Australia's most popular cooking show, broadcasting over 900 episodes."
He frequently used the catchphrase "G'day" at the start of segments of Come and Get It.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television personality and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, best known as a television chef
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
. He hosted a five-minute television show called Come and Get It, which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
network for nine years during the 1980s.
He was chef for the Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
' Silver Jubilee dinner.
He has written and published several cookbooks and books about food. He has also illustrated several books, including works of fiction for children. Russell-Clarke is an accomplished painter, and began his career as a freelance cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
.
In the period 1975-1979 Russell-Clarke was the spokesman in several highly successful and much discussed campaigns on behalf of the Victorian Egg Board and the Australian Dairy Corporation. Victorian egg sales rose 5% in three years.
Time Out-Sydney wrote that "Come and Get It aired on the ABC during the mid-80s and was Australia's most popular cooking show, broadcasting over 900 episodes."
He frequently used the catchphrase "G'day" at the start of segments of Come and Get It.
Bloopers
In early 2008, a video surfaced on Youtube showing a compilation of Russell-Clarke's bloopers containing obscene language.Partial list of Published works
- New Idea Cookbook (Southdown Press) ISBN 0868602809
- The Awful Australian 'arry (John Walker Publications, 1969) (by Robert King Crawford; llustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke)
- The World is Flat: An Authentic Misrepresentation of Australian History (1972) ISBN 0959908404 (by Robert King Crawford ; Illustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke)
- Getting Across: A Guide to Good Speaking and Writing (Edward Arnold [Australia], 1978) ISBN 27558507 (by Maurice Brown; drawings by Peter Russell-Clarke)
- Peter Russell-Clarke's Egg Cook Book (Schwartz, 1979) ISBN 0867530006
- Peter Russell-Clarke's Come and Get It Cookbook: The Book of the TV Series (Macmillan, 1984) ISBN 0333380355
- Peter Russell-Clarke's Freshwater Trout Cookbook (Pan Macmillan Australia, January 1985)
- Peter Russell-Clarke's Honey Cookbook (Sun Papermac, 1985) ISBN 0725104775
- Come and Get it Again: More Fresh and Easy Recipes From the TV Show (Australian Broadcasting Commission, January 1987) ISBN 0642530688
- Food, the Dictionary (Sun Books, 1985) ISBN 0725105003 (written and illustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke)
- Aussie Outdoor Cookbook: In Association with the Australian Red Cross (Lothian, 1998) ISBN 0850919398
- Pie of the Day (Lothian Books, October 1998) ISBN 0850918820
- The Magic of Lemons (Information Australia, 2000) ISBN 1863503439
- Magic of Olive Oil (Information Australia, 2001) ISBN 1863503633
- Food Encyclopedia: Everything You Need to Know About Every Food (BAS Publishing, December 2005) ISBN 1920910654
- The Adventures of Harry Lombard: The Magic Suitcase (Jellisen Publishing Australia, 2005) ISBN 0975813307 (by Michael Krape; drawings by Peter Russell-Clarke)
- Waltzing Matilda (Alto Books, 2008) ISBN 9780980491494 (by A.B. Banjo Paterson; illustrator, Peter Russell-Clarke)