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Anna Gare
Born(1969-03-10)10 March 1969(age 55)
Perth,Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Musician, author, cook and television personality
TelevisionConsuming Passions
Chef's Christmas
The Best in Australia
Junior MasterChef Australia
Destination WA
Spouse
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(m.2008)​
Children2
Websiteannagare.au

Anna Gareis an Australian musician, cook, television personality and author.

Biography[edit]

Gare was born 10 March 1969 inSubiaco, Western Australia[1][2]and grew up inFremantle.She attended the Lance Holt School, where as a student she ran acanteenfor students and staff.

I had a friend who was a year older than me and together every Wednesday we would set up the classroom downstairs as a restaurant. We would have a three-course meal for $1. It was chicken noodle soup, chicken and salad and jelly and ice-cream for dessert.

— Anna Gare[3]

Musician[edit]

Gare started off her career as a musician when she was twelve[4][5]when she formed anall-female bandwith her sister Sophie and two friends, Jodie Bell and Lucy Lemann, called the Jam Tarts.[5][6]The band was managed by their mother, Kate Gare.[5]For ten years the Jam Tarts were a successful touring and recording band within Australia and performed at international music festivals. They performed live onNBC'sToday Show,at the 1987Edinburgh Fringe Festival,[7]and toured withRik MayallandJonathan Richman.[8]The Jam Tarts also played as part of a larger band in combination with the Nansing Quartet, a six piece band whose members includedLucky Oceans,Adam Gare, Sam Lemann, Peter "Biff" Vincent, Peter Bell and Neale Austin. In 1986 she featured in an Australian filmPursuit of Happiness,as a 15-year-old who sings in a rock band and opposes Americannuclear submarinesbeing harboured in Australian waters.

Whilst Gare was in the Jam Tarts, she supplemented her rock and roll lifestyle with cooking, where she worked in various restaurants around Australia.[4][6]

In 1993 she had a small role inStark,a British-Australian televisionminiseries.

In 2004, Gare was inducted into theWestern Australian Music Industry'sHall of Fame, as she had previously been inducted to the Rock 'n' Roll of Renown in 1993.[9]

Cooking and television[edit]

In 1991, after a decade in rock and roll, she decided it was time for a change.

At 25 I had two children and didn't feel like doing the rock and roll thing any more – even the thought of playing in a smoky pub (as they were in those days) was not on.

— Anna Gare[5]

In 1999, Gare formed a small catering business, Deluxe Catering,[6][10]which she operated until June 2007.[11]

She went on to present her own cooking segment on the magazine chat showPerth at Five.[5]The program was shot live and ran weeknights for four months. She also presented a documentary onFremantle,some segments onToday Tonight,and cooking segments with PerthDIYshowNuts and Bolts.[4]She featured in, and narrated, a five-part series,Chefs Christmas,[5]forThe LifeStyle Channel.[4]The series involved various Australian chefs and cooks, who invited viewers into their homes to share their festive season entertaining "secrets".[12]

In 2007, Gare co-starred with chefsBen O'Donoghueand Darren Simpson inThe Best in AustraliaonThe LifeStyle Channel.[5][10]The show was filmed in her parents' home, a converted church inNorth Fremantle.[6]It was positively received and Gare shot a second series which premiered on The LifeStyle Channel in August 2010.Best in Australiawas syndicated in theUnited Stateson the Vibrant TV Network.

Gare was nominated as "Favourite Female Personality" at the 6th AnnualASTRA Awardsin2008.[5][13]

In late 2008, she was approached by the producers ofMasterchef Australiaand auditioned for the position of mentor, host or judge on the show. However, she pulled out of the audition process, deciding to spend more time with her family, because the show was being filmed in Sydney.[14]She subsequently appeared as an additional judge on the first series ofJunior MasterChef Australia,which premiered on 12 September 2010.

In 2013, Gare co-hosted an Australian reality televisionbakingcompetition,The Great Australian Bake Off,withShane Jacobson.[15][16] In 2017, she began presenting a cooking segment inDestination WA,aNine Networkprogram.[17]

Personal[edit]

Anna is the daughter of Bob and Kate Gare, and is one of four children. Her father is an architect and her elder brother Tom is an artist. Her eldest brother Adam is a musician and member of The Nansing Quartet, and her sister, Sophie, is married to English comedian and authorBen Elton.[5][18][19]

Gare married a fellow Perth musician and had two children. In 2008 she married former Australian andNBAplayerLuc Longley,[5][10][14][20]who has two daughters from a prior marriage. Since 2015 the couple have lived in a property near the coastal Western Australian town ofDenmark.[19]

Awards[edit]

West Australian Music Industry Awards[edit]

TheWest Australian Music Industry Awardsare annual awards celebrating achievements for Western Australian music. They commenced in 1985.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1993 Anna Gare Rock 'n' Roll of Renown inductee

Published works[edit]

  • Eat Inpublished 2013[21]
  • Delicious Every Daypublished 2016[22]

References[edit]

  1. ^"Anna Gare".Ancestry.Retrieved20 August2009.
  2. ^"Anna Gare interviewed by John Bannister in the Perth Independent Music project".Retrieved10 August2009– viaNational Library of Australia.
  3. ^Brown, Pam (9 April 2007)."Cookin up the best".The West Australian.West Australian Newspapers Limited. Archived fromthe originalon 30 August 2007.Retrieved14 June2007.
  4. ^abcd"Anna Gare".The Lifestyle Channel.Retrieved10 August2009.
  5. ^abcdefghijSzabo, Sarah (Autumn 2010)."Recipe for Happiness".Scoop Magazine. Archived fromthe originalon 2 November 2010.Retrieved7 April2010.
  6. ^abcdGanska, Helen (22 June 2007)."The best in Fremantle".The Sunday Times.Retrieved10 August2009.
  7. ^"Gilded Balloon Programmes and Awards".Gilded Balloon.Retrieved10 August2009.[dead link]
  8. ^Freeman-Greene, Suzy (3 April 1987)."Permutations of prolific jammers".The Age.Australia.Retrieved3 December2009.
  9. ^"WAM Hall of Fame".Western Australian Music Industry. Archived fromthe originalon 21 September 2013.Retrieved10 August2009.
  10. ^abcKelly, Jim (7 June 2007)."Anna combines two passions".The Sunday Times.Retrieved10 August2009.
  11. ^"Deluxe Catering".Deluxe Catering.Retrieved10 August2009.
  12. ^"Chefs Christmas".The Lifestyle Channel.Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2009.Retrieved10 August2009.
  13. ^Knox, David (26 March 2008)."2008 ASTRA nominees announced".tvtonight.au.Archivedfrom the original on 24 February 2009.Retrieved9 May2009.
  14. ^abWilliams, Gail (25 July 2009)."Top WA chef Anna Gare chooses family over Masterchef fame".The Sunday Times.Retrieved10 August2009.
  15. ^"The Great Australian Bake off".Archived fromthe originalon 30 January 2013.Retrieved9 December2012.
  16. ^"The Great Australian Bake Off".IMDb.Retrieved13 September2018.
  17. ^"Destination WA".Guruproductions Pty Ltd.Retrieved13 September2018.
  18. ^Halliday, Claire (15 November 2002)."Ben's lowdown on the high life".The Age.Melbourne.Retrieved10 August2009.
  19. ^abFleming, Katherine (14 March 2015)."Home scores on many levels".The West Australian.Retrieved26 February2018.
  20. ^Hampson, Katie (9 April 2007)."Longley rushed to save kids".The West Australian.West Australian Newspapers Limited. Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2009.Retrieved10 August2009.
  21. ^"Eat In".Murdoch Books. Archived fromthe originalon 13 September 2018.Retrieved13 September2018.
  22. ^"Delicious Every Day".Murdoch Books.Retrieved13 September2018.

External links[edit]

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