Toorak/South Yarra Library
340 Toorak Road, South Yarra

  As part of our successful @corrieisreading series, Victorian chef Annie Smithers will be at the library, in person and in conversation, to discuss her new food memoir, Kitchen Sentimental, the memoir of a beloved cook, told through the kitchens and recipes that shaped her.  

During the 2020 pandemic when her French-style Trentham restaurant du Fermier was closed and most of Victoria was under lockdown, Annie turned to writing as a way to express her creativity. The result was her first memoir, a beautiful book called Recipe for a Kinder Life – published by Thames and Hudson and an eventual bestseller.  

We invited Annie to the inaugural Sorrento Writers Festival in 2023 to discuss her book and take us through the journey of Babbington Park, the rural property she shares and works with her wife, Susan, and the role of nature in her life.  

Annie’s new memoir, Kitchen Sentimental: A Journey to Self-Discovery, One Recipe at a Time picks up on her food memories and the recipes that have shaped her.  

As part of our successful @corrieisreading series, Victorian chef Annie Smithers will be at the library, in person and in conversation, to discuss her new food memoir, Kitchen Sentimental, the memoir of a beloved cook, told through the kitchens and recipes that shaped her.