Peter Russell-Clarke

Peter Russell-Clarke
Born	Peter Russell-Clarke 1935 (age 80–81)
Occupation	Chef, author, television personality
Website	www.peterrussellclarke.com.au

Peter Russell-Clarke (born 1935) is an Australian television personality and author, best known as a television chef. He hosted a five-minute television show called Come and Get It, which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation network for nine years during the 1980s.^[1]

He was chef for the Prince of Wales' Silver Jubilee dinner.

He has written and published several cookbooks and books about food. He has also illustrated several books, including works of fiction for children.^[2] Russell-Clarke is an accomplished painter, and began his career as a freelance cartoonist.^[3][4]

In the period 1975–79 Russell-Clarke was the spokesman in several highly successful and much discussed campaigns on behalf of the Victorian Egg Board and the Australian Dairy Corporation.^[4] Victorian egg sales rose 5% in three years.^[4]

Time Out-Sydney wrote that "Come and Get It aired on the ABC during the mid-80s and was Australia's most popular cooking show, broadcasting over 900 episodes."^[1]

He frequently used the catchphrase "G'day" at the start of segments of Come and Get It.^[3]

Bloopers

In early 2008, a video surfaced on Youtube showing a compilation of Russell-Clarke's bloopers containing obscene language.^[5]

Partial list of Published works

• New Idea Cookbook (Southdown Press) ISBN 0-86860-280-9 ^[6]
• The Awful Australian 'arry (John Walker Publications, 1969) (by Robert King Crawford; llustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke)^[7]
• The World is Flat: An Authentic Misrepresentation of Australian History (1972) ISBN 0-9599084-0-4 (by Robert King Crawford ; Illustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke)^[8]
• Getting Across: A Guide to Good Speaking and Writing (Edward Arnold [Australia], 1978) OCLC 27558507 (by Maurice Brown; drawings by Peter Russell-Clarke)^[9]
• Peter Russell-Clarke's Egg Cook Book (Schwartz, 1979) ISBN 0-86753-000-6^[10]
• Peter Russell-Clarke's Come and Get It Cookbook: The Book of the TV Series (Macmillan, 1984) ISBN 0-333-38035-5 ^[11]
• Peter Russell-Clarke's Freshwater Trout Cookbook (Pan Macmillan Australia, January 1985)^[12]
• Peter Russell-Clarke's Honey Cookbook (Sun Papermac, 1985) ISBN 0-7251-0477-5^[13]
• Come and Get it Again: More Fresh and Easy Recipes From the TV Show (Australian Broadcasting Commission, January 1987) ISBN 0-642-53068-8^[14]
• Food, the Dictionary (Sun Books, 1985) ISBN 0-7251-0500-3 (written and illustrated by Peter Russell-Clarke)^[15]
• Aussie Outdoor Cookbook: In Association with the Australian Red Cross (Lothian, 1998) ISBN 0-85091-939-8^[16]
• Pie of the Day (Lothian Books, October 1998) ISBN 0-85091-882-0^[17]
• The Magic of Lemons (Information Australia, 2000) ISBN 1-86350-343-9^[18]
• Magic of Olive Oil (Information Australia, 2001) ISBN 1-86350-363-3^[19]
• Food Encyclopedia: Everything You Need to Know About Every Food (BAS Publishing, December 2005) ISBN 1-920910-65-4^[20]
• The Adventures of Harry Lombard: The Magic Suitcase (Jellisen Publishing Australia, 2005) ISBN 0-9758133-0-7 (by Michael Krape; drawings by Peter Russell-Clarke)^[21]
• Waltzing Matilda (Alto Books, 2008) ISBN 978-0-9804914-9-4 (by A.B. Banjo Paterson; illustrator, Peter Russell-Clarke)^[22]

Notes

1. "Peter Russell Clarke". Time Out Sydney. Time Out Group Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
2. See worldcat listings for individual books
3. Kingsbury, Damien (6 April 1983). "Good Food with a Dash of Fun". The Age. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
4. Milsom, Wendy (26 September 1979). "Separating the Egg Man from his Jokes". The Age. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
5. Lester, Kim (26 June 2008). "12 Aussies you'd put in a bunker". ABC Canberra. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
6. "New Idea Cookbook (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
7. "The Awful Australian 'arry (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
8. "The World is Flat (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
9. "Getting Across (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
10. "Peter Russell-Clarke's Egg Cook Book (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
11. "Peter Russell-Clarke's Come and Get It Cookbook (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
12. "Peter Russell-Clarke's Freshwater Trout Cookbook (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
13. "(worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
14. "Come and Get it Again (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
15. "Food, the Dictionary (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
16. "Aussie Outdoor Cookbook (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
17. "Pie of the Day (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
18. "The Magic of Lemons (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
19. "Magic of Olive Oil (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
20. "Food Encyclopedia (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
21. "The Adventures of Harry Lombard (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
22. "Waltzing Matilda (worldcat listing)". WorldCat. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

External links

• Official site