Ian Parmenter

Ian Richard Parmenter OAM is an English-born (b.1945) Australian media professional and author with a half-century experience in newspapers, magazines, television and radio. He presented 450 five-minute programs of the cookery show Consuming Passions on the Australian ABC television network. The program was also broadcast in 19 other countries.

Parmenter was a journalist in Fleet Street, London, before moving to Australia in 1971. He joined the ABC in Perth and qualified as a TV producer in 1974. He developed a culinary flair in private life, having no professional experience in foodservice.

He has also written several recipe collections and three books, listed below.

On 26 January 2011, Parmenter was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the food and tourism industries as an event director, author, journalist and broadcaster.[1]