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