Australia's celebrity chef Peter Russell-Clarke passes away

By Anadolu staff

ANKARA (AA) - Australia's celebrity chef Peter Russell-Clarke has died after reported complications from a stroke, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Sunday. He was 89.

Best known as one of Australia's first celebrity TV chefs, he had a six-decade career as an artist, with his work appearing in exhibitions at home and abroad.

He was best known for hosting the ABC cooking show Come and Get It in the 1980s, appearing on almost 1,000 episodes.

Born in Ballarat in 1935, Russell-Clarke began his career at age 14 as a junior artist at an advertising agency before moving into freelance cartooning and working as a food consultant for popular magazines, including New Idea and Woman's Day.

His appearances on Come and Get It made him one of Australia's pioneering TV celebrity chefs.

He was also a popular spokesperson and TV and radio presenter for the Australian Dairy Corporation, as well as for companies such as the Australian Egg Board and Kraft Cheese, until the mid-1990s.

Russell-Clarke was also the chef for the Prince of Wales's Silver Jubilee dinner in 1977.

He was also invited to cook for Australian prime ministers, Victorian premiers, and the Duke of Edinburgh.

In addition to being a UN food ambassador, he also wrote at least 35 cookbooks.

*Writing by Aamir Latif