Peta Mathias Explained

Peta Christine Mathias is a New Zealand food writer and television show presenter and owns a television production company that produces food and travel shows.[1] She is also known for leading gastronomic tours in the south of France, Morocco, Spain and India.

Biography

Mathias was born in Auckland. She initially trained as a nurse and worked at Auckland Hospital for five years. She then moved to Canada, where she lived for six years in Montreal and Vancouver working as a toxicotherapist in drug and alcohol treatment centres. Mathias then moved to London and to Paris and started working in restaurants, first as a dishwasher and later as a chef; eventually she bought a restaurant there, Rose Blues, and ran it for four years.[2] [3]

In 1990, Mathias returned to New Zealand and began to work in food writing and broadcasting. In 2006 she set up a company organising and leading culinary tours, and in 2008 she set up a production company, Red Head Media, to make food and travel television shows based on her travels.

Publications

Awards and recognition

In 1997, Mathias won Best Segment in a Food Program at the World Food Media Awards for her segment on TVNZ's series Taste NZ. In 2003, she won the Supreme Award at the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers Culinary Quill Awards. In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours Mathias was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services as an author and television presenter.[14]

Her book Burnt Barley won Best Literary Food Writing (in English) category at the World Cookbook Fair.[15] The book was released with an accompanying four-track CD of the same name (released on the Vintage label), on which Mathias sings Irish country songs.

In 2014, Hot Pink Spice Saga, which Mathias co-wrote with Julie Le Clerc, was shortlisted in the Best in the World for Indian Cookery category at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: Peta Mathias ... a zest for food and life that you can almost taste.. Saxton Speakers Bureau. 29 October 2016.
  2. Web site: Peta Mathias Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Never Put All Your Eggs in One Bastard Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  4. Book: Mathias, Peta. Don't Get Saucy with me Bernaise. 1 Jan 1996. Random House New Zealand. 1869413059. en.
  5. Book: Mathias, Peta. Sirocco: In Search of Moorish Flavours. 1 November 2002. Random House New Zealand. 9781869415204. en.
  6. Web site: Can We help It If We're Fabulous? Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  7. Book: Una questione di gusto. Bonavia. Fulvio. Mathias. Peta. 2009. De Agostini. 9788841857922. it.
  8. Web site: Just in Time to be Too Late Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  9. Book: Mathias, Peta. Fabulous: Thoughts on Being a Woman. 11 March 2011. Random House. 9781845969875. en.
  10. Web site: Culinary Adventures in Marrakech Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  11. Web site: French Toast: Eating and Laughing Your Way Around France Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  12. Web site: Beat Till Stiff: A Woman's Recipe for Living Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  13. Book: Mathias, Peta. Noodle Pillows: A Journey Through Vietnamese Food and Culture. 15 July 2015. Exisle Publishing. 9780908988488. en.
  14. Web site: Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee honours list 2012 . 4 June 2012 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 30 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120604202359/http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/1045 . 4 June 2012 . dmy-all .
  15. Web site: Burnt Barley Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 29 October 2016.
  16. Web site: Hot Pink Spice Saga Penguin Books New Zealand. penguin.co.nz. 26 October 2016.

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