| MEDIA
INQUIRIES
Please contact: Amber Forrest-Bisley on
Mob: 0404 454 110
Maria Benardis and Greekalicious have
received various media coverage including radio, print
and television. Maria has appeared on the channel 9
TODAY Show and Saturday Disney on channel 7. She
has spoken on ABC Radio 702 ' Nightlife' with Tony Delroy;
Q Radio with Julie
McCrossin; SBS Radio with Peggy Giakoumelos; 2GB with
Murray Wilton & Brian
Wiltshire; 2GB ' Drive'
show with Kayley Harris & Dan Mullins; 2UE with
Paul B Kidd & George
Moore, and more recently 2UE 'Contact' with John Kerr.
A selection of Maria's media work can be found below
(starting with the most recent):
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'Culinary experts whip up praise for the wooden spoon...'
Article in the Sunday Telegraph 9th Nov 2008
(PDF document size = 424 KB)
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Articles appearing on various Greek websites in November 2008:
Espresso (PDF document size = 737 KB)
Omogeneia (PDF document size = 500 KB)
Kathimerini (PDF document size = 520 KB)
e-tipos (PDF document size = 443 KB) |
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'In Greek culture, eating is all about love, simplicity, spirituality and intuition. But above all, it is about respect - for our bodies and for our food...'
Excerpt from an article in Notebook Magazine
November 2008
(PDF document size = 830 KB) |
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Q Radio Interview - Up and Away
Julie McCrossin talks Greek food & travel with Maria Benardis
August 2008
(MP3 audio file = 3.4 MB) |
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'Bringing a touch of Greek to the kitchens of the beaches'
Maria Benardis is a one woman crusade to revolutionise the way the people of the eastern suburbs see Greek food.
Village Voice magazine, August 2008
(PDF document size = 708 KB) |
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'Greekalicious Tours'
Perth and its eastern seaboard sister cities are home to many a cooking school, but you would be hard-pressed to find one dedicated to Greek cuisine.
Perth newspaper article, 2008
(PDF document size = 272 KB) |
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'Greekaliciously Good for You'
Maria Benardis is cooking up a storm with her inventive
take on a classic, but often misrepresented, cuisine.
FOOD COMPANION INTERNATIONAL 2008
(PDF document size = 500 KB) |
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'Dish'
Maria Benardis shares a signature lamb recipe
for Easter.
Northside Courier, May 2008
(PDF document size = 376 KB) |
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'Cooking Class'
Food magazines and TV chefs are popular distractions,
but if you're serious about learning to cook then
why not take a real-life course? By Carly Ratcliff
City Weekly, May 2008
(PDF document size = 345 KB) |
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'Greeks bear tasty gifts'
Greekalicious Cooking School owner Maria Benardis
is not only a fabulous cook, but also a Greek mythbuster.
Article by Debra Solomon.
The Manly Daily, April 25,
2008
(PDF document size = 580 KB) |
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'GO GREEK!'
Sydney’s first exclusively Greek cooking school,
Greekalicious, is conveniently located in Bondi Junction,
and does classes in authentic and modern Greek cuisine....City
Hub, March 2008
(PDF document size = 240 KB) |
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'Easter
Fare'
Lamb soup, sweet bread and cracking eggs for good
luck: Helen Hawkes experiences a Greek feast at
the Kargas household on Easter.
Sunday Life Sun-Herald Magazine, 23 March 2008
(PDF document size = 675 KB) |
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'Tasty
Bites'
Sunday Telegraph
March 16, 2008
(PDF document size = 145 KB) |
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'Greek
Lore'
Maria Benardis of Sydney's only Greek cooking school
Greekalicious shares age-old secrets from the kitchen...
Food in Focus Magazine, March 2008
(PDF document size = 780 KB) |
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'Food & Living'
Nichigo Press Newspaper
Vol 32, February 2008
(PDF document size = 345 KB) |
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Social
Scene - Who's doing what, where and how...
Culinary Queen Maria Benardis welcomed guests as
family to the first birthday of Greekalicious Cooking
School at The Intuitive Well Centre, Bondi Junction.
9 to 5 Magazine, Jan 2008
(PDF document size = 392 KB) |
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Greekalicious
First Birthday at The Intuitive Well Centre,
Bondi Junction. Sydney's first and exclusively
Greek cooking school celebrated its first birthday
with appropriate style at a new venue. Founder
and host Maria Benardis spoiled her guests with
a fine selection of tasty Greek treats.
The Sun Herald, 20 January 2008
(PDF document size =
216 KB)
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'Delectable Grapes'
Maria Benardis takes
us on an exciting journey through the tastes of
the Mediterranean and shares a fabulous chicken
recipe.
Feature article in Eastern Suburbs Living, 31 October
2007
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document size = 1.5 MB) |
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'Celebrate
Winter Foods at Greekalicious'
The Epoch Times
June-July
2007
(PDF document size = 1.3 MB) |
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Q
Radio - Up And Away
Julie McCrossin
talks food & travel with
Maria Benardis
April 2007
(MP3 audio file = 2.4 MB) |
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2GB
Radio Interview -
Chris Smith speaks with Maria
Benardis about celebrating Easter, Greek style!
April
6, 2007
(MP3 audio file = 2.3 MB) |
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'Greekalicious
Easter'
TV spot on TODAY Show Ch 9 April 05, 2007
View the video on YouTube HERE
View screen captures HERE
View
recipes on TODAY website HERE |
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