What is Alison Holst's middle name?
Margaret
What is Alison Holst's full name?
Alison Margaret Holst
Alison Holst nickname(s):
Dame Alison Margaret Holst CBE DNZM QSM, Alison's Choice, Dame Alison
Alison Holst date of birth:
1938
How old is Alison Holst?
88
Where was Alison Holst born?
New Zealand
What is Alison Holst nationality?
New Zealander
Where did Alison Holst go to university?
University of Otago
What is Alison Holst's occupation?
Chef, Author, Presenter
Short Biography
Dame Alison Margaret Holst DNZM CBE QSM (née Payne, born 1938), is a best-selling New Zealand food writer and television chef. Her first television programme premiered in 1965. The following year she published her first cookbook. Since then (as of 2010) her cookbooks have collectively sold more than four and a half million copies of 100 titles, and she has appeared on numerous other television and radio shows as well as writing newspaper columns and magazine articles.