Lyndey Milan is an Australian media personality. For over 30 years she has been one of Australia's recognised food and cooking show personalities, contributing to both TV, radio and print media. She was co-host on the
channel 9 show ''
Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly
''Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly'' was an Australian television program on the Nine Network. The show began on 10 January 2000 known simply as ''Fresh'' and had screened in various timeslots.
Hosts
* Jason Roberts (2000–2003)
* Geo ...
'' and she was the Food Director for ''
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by ...
''.
Milan attended
Wenona School
, motto_translation = That I May Serve
, established =
, type = Independent single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding
, denomination =
, educational_authority = NSW Department of Education
, slogan = Empowering yo ...
in
North Sydney, New South Wales. She was the mother of actor/television presenter
Blair Milan. They had recently completed filming
Lyndey and Blair's Taste of Greece when Blair was diagnosed with
acute myeloid leukaemia. He died on 17 April 2011, at age 29.
Recognition
In 2014, Milan was awarded a
Medal of the Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...
(OAM) for her "services to hospitality, particularly to the food and wine industry, and to the community".
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Australian television actresses
Television personalities from Sydney
Australian television personalities
Women television personalities
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian writers
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia