Peter Russell-Clarke

Peter Russell-Clarke was born in Ballarat on 19 September 1935. He was generally considered Australia's first celebrity chef, known principally through his television cooking shows. He hosted a five-minute television show called Come and Get It which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for nine years during the 1980s, broadcasting over 900 episodes. He frequently used the Australian greeting "G'day" at the start of segments of Come and Get It. as well as being a food consultant for numerous magazines including New Idea and ''Woman's Day''. Russell-Clarke was an accomplished painter, and began his career as a freelance cartoonist, he created political cartoons and the comic strip Ben Bowyang for The Herald in Melbourne. From 1975 to 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. ==Selected publications==

• New Idea Cookbook (Southdown Press) • ''The Awful Australian 'arry'' (John Walker Publications, 1969) (by Robert King Crawford; illustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke) • The World is Flat: An Authentic Misrepresentation of Australian History (1972) (by Robert King Crawford; illustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke) • Getting Across: A Guide to Good Speaking and Writing (Edward Arnold [Australia], 1978) (by Maurice Brown; drawings by Peter Russell-Clarke) • ''Peter Russell-Clarke's Egg Cook Book'' (Schwartz, 1979) • ''Peter Russell-Clarke's Come and Get It Cookbook: The Book of the TV Series'' (Macmillan, 1984) • ''Peter Russell-Clarke's Freshwater Trout Cookbook'' (Pan Macmillan Australia, January 1985) • ''Peter Russell-Clarke's Honey Cookbook'' (Sun Papermac, 1985) • Come and Get it Again: More Fresh and Easy Recipes From the TV Show (Australian Broadcasting Commission, January 1987) • Food, the Dictionary (Sun Books, 1985) (written and illustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke) • Aussie Outdoor Cookbook: In Association with the Australian Red Cross (Lothian, 1998) • Pie of the Day (Lothian Books, October 1998) • The Magic of Lemons (Information Australia, 2000) • Magic of Olive Oil (Information Australia, 2001) • Food Encyclopedia: Everything You Need to Know About Every Food (BAS Publishing, December 2005) • The Adventures of Harry Lombard: The Magic Suitcase (Jellisen Publishing Australia, 2005) (by Michael Krape; drawings by Peter Russell-Clarke) • Waltzing Matilda (Alto Books, 2008) (by A.B. Banjo Paterson; illustrator, Peter Russell-Clarke) ==References==