Iconic Australian chef, cookbook author and culinary educator
Beverleys distinguished career includes decades of teaching, catering, authoring over 27 books & running one of
Australia’s most renowned cooking schools for over 50 years.
An enthusiastic and passionate cook from the moment she put a pan on the stove, Beverley
Sutherland Smiths' hobby of cooking and love of food quickly turned into a world renowned
business.
Beverley’s passion for fresh produce to use in her Cooking School, was the catalyst that saw her
design and create the Edible Garden as a “potager garden” which was open to the public or to
special groups. The garden was largely devoted to edible flowers; herbs, heritage and
unusual vegetables mingling with cottage plants and roses.