Credentials... Food for thought

Naomi’s food industry experience includes:

  • Cookery teacher and advisor at the Gas Cookery Service, Melbourne
  • Test Kitchen Manager, Australian Dairy Corporation
  • Foodservice Marketing Manager, Australian Dairy Corporation
  • Freelance food consultant and stylist, Naomi Crisante & Associates
  • Food Communications Manager, Dairy Australia
  • Accredited cheese judge
  • Food Editor, The Voice, Voice of the Vine Magazine
  • Regular Guest Presenter – Channel 9’s Fresh, Channel 7’s Food 4 Life
  • Director, Naomi Crisante Food Communications –
    food and marketing consultancy to the food industry
  • Cheese educator, writer, presenter and spokesperson for
    cheesematters.com.au
  • Regular Guest Presenter, Alive and Cooking – Channel 9              
    (Adelaide/Perth), WIN TV, Foxtel’s Lifestyle Channel

    • She is a member of the Food Media Club Australia and served on the steering committee for the Food Explorer program.

    She managed Dairy Australia’s Test Kitchen which, under her direction, won the Australian Food Media Award for Best Recipe Writing (Advertising) in 2003 for the publication ‘Inspirations’.

    Naomi also managed the Australian Grand Dairy Awards for nine years for Dairy Australia, since their inception in 1999, and produced many food publications including the New Dairy Culture, a major foodservice reference on Australian dairy produce.

    She also won the Highly Commended award at the 2008 Australian Food Media Awards for Best Food-based Website www.cheesematters.com.au

    As a specialist cheese judge, she has judged nationally and also represented Australia as a judge at the World Cheese Championship Contest in the US in 2006.

    A new book, Cheese Matters - exploring, cooking and enjoying cheese by Naomi Crisante is now available at Readings bookstores and can be purchased online - BUY NOW