Bio

Alice Zaslavsky cooks, writes & presents

A fresh voice in Australian food, Alice is widely recognised for her modern, accessible approach to cooking and eating, her expertise as champion food judge, critic, writer and food literacy advocate, and her penchant for puns and spectacular spectacles. The former head of department-turned-MasterChef Australia crowd favourite has spent over a decade helping individuals (both big and small) join the dots between cuisine, culture and the environment.

She's hosted kids' food and lifestyle programs Crunch Time and Kitchen Whiz on Nine’s Go! Channel and Short Cuts to Glory (for slightly bigger kids) on ABC & SBS, with a new show slated for release later in the year. On the airwaves, Alice co-hosts a regular VEG SEG on ABC Radio Drive, where listeners call in to share their favourite recipes and anecdotes about seasonal vegetables, and is a regular contributor to ABC Radio National. She's also the resident Culinary Correspondent on ABC News Breakfast.

Her best-selling kids' book, Alice's Food A-Z was the first cookbook to be given a Notable gong by the Children’s Book Council of Australia, and her next, In Praise of Veg due out in November, 2020. As Food Editor for The Weekly Review, her Feed was a weekly fixture in 630,000 homes across Melbourne, and she continues to contribute feature articles and recipes to publications from The Age/SMH Good Food and Broadsheet, to ABC Life and The Design Files.

Alice has put all of her experience and talents to full use in founding Edible Adventures Productions, putting critical food literacy back on the agenda in schools. Her team's pilot project, Phenomenom, a free digital food literacy program for primary schools funded by industry and government, helps redirect the conversation around kids and vegetables, through clever content and creative execution. Whilst Nomcast, the complementary podcast for families, is quickly becoming a weekly staple on the school commute.

When not writing about herself in third person, Alice is most at home tapping out thoughts and sharing audaciously accessible recipes across the Social Media Sphere as @aliceinframes.