Hilary McNevin (moderator)

Freelance Food Writer and Founder of Turnip Media

Melbourne

Hilary McNevin, is a Melbourne-based food writer, facilitator and digital content manager. She worked FOH in restaurants for 15 years in Australia and the UK before studying writing and editing at RMIT with the goal of becoming a food writer.

Since 2004, she has contributed to https://www.goodfood.com.au/, The Guardian, The Weekly Review, SBS Food Online, The Australian, Winestate magazine, Delicious magazine and Broadsheet.com.au.

She co-authored The Atlantic at Home with chef Donovan Cooke; wrote Guide to Fish: Choosing and Cooking Sustainable Species; was the Australian contributor of the book 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die and edited the award-winning Temples of Barbecue with Lance Rosen.

She sits on the boards of Seafood Industry Victoria and The Community Grocer.

Hilary founded Turnip Media in early 2017 where she creates digital content, connections and collaborations for food producers, growers, purveyors & the hospitality industry.