Maggie Beer
Maggie Beer is an Australian cook, cookbook author and television presenter sharing seasonal food and working to make meals in aged care a source of pleasure.
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Maggie’s happenings, collected from public sources, plus her backstory and Starbook, where fans write.
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Overview
- Based in
- Barossa Valley, South Australia
- Work
- Cook, author, television presenter and food producer
- Restaurant beginnings
- Pheasant Farm Restaurant, opened in 1979
- Television breakthrough
- The Cook and the Chef, alongside Simon Bryant
- Foundation
- Founded the Maggie Beer Foundation in 2014
Mini bio
How it started.
Maggie and her husband Colin moved to the Barossa Valley in 1973 to breed game birds. Their farm became the starting point for Pheasant Farm Restaurant, which opened in 1979. Seasonal ingredients and meals made from scratch helped it earn a devoted following and the 1991 Australian Gourmet Traveller Restaurant of the Year award.
From the farm to the screen.
After the restaurant closed in 1993, Maggie developed her food production and writing career. On The Cook and the Chef, she and Simon Bryant shared their different approaches to seasonal produce. Her books include Maggie’s Harvest, Maggie’s Kitchen and Maggie’s Verjuice Cookbook.
Food with purpose.
Maggie established her foundation in 2014 to improve food and dining for older people. In the 2024 documentary series Maggie Beer’s Big Mission, she worked with experts to change meals, dining spaces and daily life at an aged care home. That work continues through training and advocacy, with her foundation also expanding into food for older people living at home.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books
- 2025The Best of Maggie BeerRecipe author, in collaboration with The Australian Women’s Weekly
- 2024Maggie’s Recipe for Life, updated editionAuthor, with Professor Ralph Martins
Television
- 2024Maggie Beer’s Big MissionHost
- 2006–2009The Cook and the ChefCo-presenter with Simon Bryant
Awards
Quotes
For me, food without flavour is unthinkable!Maggie Beer, Maggie’s Recipe for Life publisher page
In her introduction to the updated cookbook, Maggie explains why pleasure and flavour belong alongside nutrition.
Trivia
- Maggie appeared on an Australian postage stamp in 2014 as an Australia Post Australian Legends Award recipient.
- Her original plan for the Barossa farm was to breed game birds.
- Proceeds from Maggie’s Recipe for Life are shared between the Maggie Beer Foundation and the Lions Alzheimer’s Foundation.
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