The Food Sage (aka Rachel Lebihan) is a full-time journalist and editor at The Australian Financial Review who is a bit of a food junkie.
In February 2011, Rachel passed a Master of Arts in Gastronomy at the University of Adelaide with distinction after three years part-time study. She learnt a lot of things during that period of her life, including that full-time work and part-time study are not a pleasant mix! She also learnt that she couldn’t work, study and cook from scratch most nights. Store bought sauces found their way into the fridge. She learnt to live with it.
In November 2010, she was highly commended as the Best New Writer at the annual awards of the Australian Association of Food Professionals. It inspired her to launch The Food Sage blog as a way to channel her passion for thought-provoking and creative food journalism.
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Hi Rachel, I really love your blog.
Katarina
Hi Katarina, Thanks for that. Feel free to pass on the link!
thank you for your inspiring blog on all aspects of food. It is a joy to read.
Rachel – congratulations on the blog! What a great thing to do in addition to your AFR role. It looks fantastic. Keep up the good work.
Kindest, Georgia
Thanks Georgia – it’s fun and keeps me out of mischief (sort of!)
Dear thefoodsage,
Congratulations on getting your MA in Gastronomy. I only know of another person who has this qualification. Studying and working is definitely not an easy task but I’m sure the rewards are beginning to show now that you’ve achieved what you set out to do. Well done.
Thanks … it certainly was hard work. Who else do you know with the qualification? It’s a small world … i met a chef in Thailand once who had studied the program a few years before me!