Leo Schofield
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| Leo Schofield | |
| Born | 1935 Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Title | AM |
Leo Schofield AM (born Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia, 1935) is a restaurant critic, advertising professional and arts festival director in Australia. Educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham,[1] then in 1949, his first job, as a 14 year old, was in the curtain department of Grace Brothers.[2] He started in the 1970's with the Sunday Australian which folded into the Sunday Telegraph. He also contributed to numerous other publications including The Australian, Vogue, Gourmet Traveller and The Sydney Morning Herald for two decades. In 1993 he was appointed Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts (between 1993 and 1996).[3]Then in 1997 he assumed responsibility as Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival (between 1998 and 2001), Sydney's 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
Schofield famously lost a $100,000 libel case in 1984 over a restaurant review in which he compared the lobster to an "albino walrus".[1]
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[edit] Bibliography
- The Garden at Bronte - Published: 1 November 2002 [4]
[edit] Awards
- 2002 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his work in heritage and the arts and in the same year was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government.
- 2003 he was awarded the Australian Government Centenary Medal.
