IAN PARMENTER 

Born London, England. Educated UK, Belgium and Australia.

A former journalist, Ian has worked for more than 40 years working in the media, in newspapers, magazines, radio and television. He has worked as a TV producer/director with entertainers such as David Bowie, Ray Charles, James Galway, Dionne Warwick, Kiss, and Spike Milligan, and has produced such ABC shows as The Australian Film Institute Awards (AFIs), The World Swimming Championships, Leeuwin Estate Concerts, The America's Cup, and Rock Arena.

For ten years, Ian was the producer/presenter of ABCTV's Consuming Passions, which has screened in Australia and 15 other countries for 13 years. In 1995/6, he won two major international prizes for the show at the Festivale Tele-Gourmande in France, including its Grand Prix.

Ian is Festival Director of Tasting Australia and is involved in G'day USA, a major promotion of Australian film, food, wine, education, art, tourism and business held in January in Los Angeles and New York.  He is a contributor to food and drink magazines and is frequently heard on ABC Radio.

In 1999 Ian moved from Fremantle to Margaret River, where he and his partner Ann produce an award-winning chardonnay wine under the Artamus label.  He is a member of the Starlight Children's Foundation's State advisory board.

With his love of entertaining, Ian confesses to being a passionate - but not terribly good - amateur musician, dabbling with guitar, piano and blues harmonica.  As far as he knows, he has no children...

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