Anna Gare is an Australian musician, cook, television personality and author.
Biography
Gare was born 10 March 1969 in
Subiaco, Western Australia
Subiaco (known colloquially as Subi) is an inner-Western suburbs (Perth), western suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is approximately west of Perth's central business district, in the City of Subiaco local government area. H ...
and grew up in
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
. She attended the Lance Holt School, where as a student she ran a
canteen
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for students and staff.
Musician
Gare started off her career as a musician when she was twelve
when she formed an
all-female band An all-female band is a musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians. This is distinct from a girl group, in which the female members are solely vocalists, though this terminology is not universally followed. While ...
with her sister Sophie and two friends, Jodie Bell and Lucy Lemann, called the Jam Tarts.
The band was managed by their mother, Kate Gare.
For ten years the Jam Tarts were a successful touring and recording band within Australia and performed at international music festivals. They performed live on
NBC
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's ''
Today Show
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'', at the 1987
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as The Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, or Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest arts and media festival, which in 2019 spanned 25 days and featured more than 59,600 performances of 3,841 dif ...
, and toured with
Rik Mayall
Richard Michael Mayall (7 March 1958 – 9 June 2014) was an English actor, stand-up comedian and writer. He formed a close partnership with Ade Edmondson while they were students at Manchester University and was a pioneer of alternative ...
and
Jonathan Richman
Jonathan Michael Richman (born May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic a ...
. The Jam Tarts also played as part of a larger band in combination with the Nansing Quartet, a six piece band whose members included
Lucky Oceans
Lucky Oceans (born Reuben Gosfield, 21 April 1951) is an American pedal steel guitarist and a former member of country and Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel. From 1995 to 2017 he was a broadcaster in Perth, Western Australia with the Austr ...
, Adam Gare, Sam Lemann, Peter "Biff" Vincent, Peter Bell and Neale Austin. In 1986 she featured in an Australian film ''Pursuit of Happiness'', as a 15-year-old who sings in a rock band and opposes American
nuclear submarine
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s being 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.
In 1993 she had a small role in ''
Stark'', a British-Australian television
miniseries
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.
In 2004, Gare was inducted into the
Western Australian Music Industry's Hall of Fame, as she had previously been inducted to the Rock 'n' Roll of Renown in 1993.
Cooking and television
In 1991, after a decade in rock and roll, she decided it was time for a change. In 1999, Gare formed a small catering business, Deluxe Catering,
which she operated until June 2007.
She went on to present her own cooking segment on the magazine chat show ''Perth at Five''.
The program was shot live and ran weeknights for four months. She also presented a documentary on
Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
, some segments on ''
Today Tonight
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'', and cooking segments with Perth
DIY
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show ''Nuts and Bolts''.
She featured in, and narrated, a five-part series, ''Chefs Christmas'',
for
The LifeStyle Channel
Lifestyle (formerly known as The LifeStyle Channel) is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests. Its programming covers topics including food an ...
.
The series involved various Australian chefs and cooks, who invited viewers into their homes to share their festive season entertaining "secrets".
In 2007, Gare co-starred with chefs
Ben O'Donoghue
Benjamin O'Donoghue (born 22 May 1970) is an Australian chef.
Early years
O'Donoghue was five years old when his family moved from England to Port Hedland, Western Australia, Port Hedland. At the age of ten, his family moved to Perth, Western A ...
and Darren Simpson in ''The Best in Australia'' on
The LifeStyle Channel
Lifestyle (formerly known as The LifeStyle Channel) is an Australian television channel. The channel launched on 1 September 1997. The channel has an emphasis on contemporary lifestyle interests. Its programming covers topics including food an ...
.
The show was filmed in her parents' home, a converted church in
North Fremantle
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Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
.
It was positively received and Gare shot a second series which premiered on The LifeStyle Channel in August 2010. ''Best in Australia'' was syndicated in the
United States
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on the Vibrant TV Network.
Gare was nominated as "Favourite Female Personality" at the 6th Annual
ASTRA Awards
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in
2008
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.
In late 2008, she was approached by the producers of ''
Masterchef Australia
''MasterChef Australia'' is an Australian competitive cooking reality show based on the original British ''MasterChef''. It is produced by Endemol Shine Australia and screens on Network 10. Restaurateur and chef Gary Mehigan, chef George Cal ...
'' and 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.
She subsequently appeared as an additional judge on the first series of ''
Junior MasterChef Australia
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'', which premiered on 12 September 2010.
In 2013, Gare co-hosted an Australian reality television
baking
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competition, ''
The Great Australian Bake Off
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The series first premiered on 9 July 2013 on the Nine Network and ran for one season with ...
'', with
Shane Jacobson
Shane Jacobson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known as the "Dunny Man" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in the ...
.
In 2017, she began presenting a cooking segment in ''Destination WA'', a
Nine Network
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program.
Personal
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 author
Ben Elton
Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on the sitcoms '' The Young Ones'' and ''Bla ...
.
Gare married a fellow Perth musician and had two children. In 2008 she married former Australian and
NBA
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player
Luc Longley
Lucien James Longley (born 19 January 1969) is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player. He was the first Australian to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he played for four teams over 10 seasons. Long ...
,
who has two daughters from a prior marriage. Since 2015 the couple have lived in a property near the coastal Western Australian town of
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Awards
West Australian Music Industry Awards
The
West Australian Music Industry Awards
The Western Australian Music Industry Awards (commonly known as WAMis) are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM). The WAMi Awards are Western Aust ...
are annual awards celebrating achievements for Western Australian music. They commenced in 1985.
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Published works
* ''Eat In'' published 2013
* ''Delicious Every Day'' published 2016
References
External links
*
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1969 births
Living people
People from Fremantle
Australian television personalities
Women television personalities
Musicians from Western Australia
MasterChef Australia