SOPHIE HANSEN
Sophie Hansen was born and raised in Sydney, and now lives
with her family on their deer farm just outside of Orange in country
New South Wales. She trained in print journalism (at the University
of Canberra) and has over 20 years experience as a features writer
and content creator.
Her third cookbook, A Basket by the Door is in its fourth reprint and
widely distributed around the world. And her fourth, In Good Company
was released in April 2021.
Her most recent book, Around the Kitchen Table, was co-written with her
mother, artist Annie Herron and is out April 2022. She is currently writing
her fifth book, to be published by Murdoch Books in late 2023.
She spent three years working with Slow Food Editore in Northern Italy in
her twenties and for the past ten years has been sharing recipes on her blog
Local is Lovely and My Open Kitchen.
She writes a weekly newsletter called ‘5 things to be cheerful about’ which
reaches over 7k readers and has an average open rate of 60%.
In 2016 she was awarded Australian Rural Woman of the Year
(via the Federal Government’s Agrifutures initiative) in recognition of her
commitment to rural communities.
She believes in being generous with the things we know and do.
And most of all, believes in simple, tasty and seasonal food made with
love and shared generously.
TALENT MANAGER:
Erin White (erin@bemanagement.com.au)
FOLLOW SOPHIE ON:
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