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Born in Newcastle, England, Anne received her Masters degree from Cambridge University, then studied and taught cooking in London and Paris before moving to the United States (she has been a US citizen since 1973). Among her many accomplishments, Anne has been an associate editor of Gourmet and food editor of the Washington Star, and currently contributes a column to the Tribune Media Services International as well as writing for the Los Angeles Times. Anne was elected to the Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America in 1986 and was honored in 1995 as Grande Dame of Les Dames d'Escoffier International. In 1999, the International Association of Culinary Professionals recognized Anne with their prestigious Lifetime Achievement award, and in Australia at the World Food Media ceremonies, she was inducted into their Hall of Fame. In 2000, at the American Food and Entertainment Awards, Bon Appétit magazine named Anne “Cooking Teacher of the Year.”

Anne has served as President of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and has been a trustee, and is now an honorary trustee, of the Culinary Trust. She has also served on the Corporation of the Culinary Institute of America and is a board member of COPIA: The American Center for Wine, Food and The Arts in Napa, California.
Anne Willan has written over a dozen internationally published cookbooks, her next release being The Country Cooking of France (Chronicle Books, Fall 2007). Also widely recognized is Anne Willan’s The Good Cook (Stewart, Tabori and Chang, Fall 2004) and From My Chateau Kitchen (in Britain, A Kitchen in Burgundy) which introduces readers to life in Burgundy and to Anne’s cooking at Château du Feÿ. Other well-known books include Cooking with Wine, the influential La Varenne Pratique and the profusely illustrated step-by-step Look and Cook series in 17 volumes. Anne’s international outreach, with books published in two dozen countries and translated into 18 languages, makes her one of the most internationally renowned of today’s cooking authorities.

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