Zena Skinner

Zena Skinner (born 1927) was a chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio.[1]

Skinner served in the Women's Royal Naval Service during World War II.[2]

After the Second World War she worked as a demonstrator at the Eastern Electricity Board showroom in Royston. Her first TV appearance was in 1959. She presented cookery programmes for the BBC and, later, Channel 4.[2]

She appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 March 1969.[3]

She lives in Redbourn, near St Albans, in retirement.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Benedict, David (7 September 1998). "Here's something I prepared earlier". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Ansell, Frazer (24 April 2013). "TV chef entertains Garston pensioners". Watford Observer. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Zena Skinner". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2014.


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