Beverley Sutherland Smith

Magazines and Newspapers


  • Beverley began writing for the first issues of Gourmet Magazine, now “Gourmet Traveller”.  

  • She later became a feature writer for “Epicurean Magazine” and for “Wine News”.  

  • In 1977 Beverley began a regular weekly column in “The Age” which ran until 1996.  

  • She was also a part of the restaurant critics team at this time.

  • She was food writer for “Enjoy” Magazine and, for 5 years 

  • “Weekly Times” Food writer

  • For several years, Beverley developed lift out cooking mini-supplements for “New Idea Magazine”.

  • Beverley had a weekly column in the new “Food and Drink” supplement in the “Herald Sun”, Australia’s largest circulating daily newspaper with a daily readership of 1.5 million.  

  • For 5 years Beverley wrote a weekly half page in the “Brisbane News” magazine and, in a survey conducted at the time it was voted in the top three most popular regular features.  

  • She was Food Writer with BYO Magazine, a glossy magazine focussing on wine and food matching which was distributed throughout Australia and New Zealand.  

  • She was Food Writer for “Beyond 50” Magazine for 5 years.