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'''Zena Skinner''' was a chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio.<ref name="Benedict">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/heres-something-i-prepared-earlier-1196562.html|title=Here's something I prepared earlier|last=Benedict|first=David|date=7 September 1998|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> |
'''Zena Skinner''' (born 1927) was a chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio.<ref name="Benedict">{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/heres-something-i-prepared-earlier-1196562.html|title=Here's something I prepared earlier|last=Benedict|first=David|date=7 September 1998|work=[[The Independent]]|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> |
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Skinner served in the [[Women's Royal Naval Service]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="WO">{{cite web|url=http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/10376261.TV_chef_entertains_Garston_pensioners/|title=TV chef entertains Garston pensioners|last=Ansell|first=Frazer|date=24 April 2013|work=[[Watford Observer]]|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> |
Skinner served in the [[Women's Royal Naval Service]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="WO">{{cite web|url=http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/10376261.TV_chef_entertains_Garston_pensioners/|title=TV chef entertains Garston pensioners|last=Ansell|first=Frazer|date=24 April 2013|work=[[Watford Observer]]|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:16, 7 April 2015
Zena Skinner (born 1927) was a chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio.[1]
Skinner served in the Women's Royal Naval Service during World War II.[2]
After the Second World War she worked as a demonstrator at the Eastern Electricity Board showroom in Royston. Her first TV appearance was in 1959. She presented cookery programmes for the BBC and, later, Channel 4.[2]
She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 March 1969.[3]
She lives in Redbourn, near St Albans, in retirement.[2]
References
- ^ Benedict, David (7 September 1998). "Here's something I prepared earlier". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Ansell, Frazer (24 April 2013). "TV chef entertains Garston pensioners". Watford Observer. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Zena Skinner". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
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