Lyndey Milan is an Australian media personality. For over 30 years she has been one of Australia's recognised food and cooking show personalities, contributing to both TV, radio and print media. She was co-host on the channel 9 show ''

Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly ''Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly'' was an Australian television program which aired on the Nine Network. The show began on 17 July 2000 known simply as ''Fresh'' and had screened in various timeslots. Hosts * Jason Roberts (2000–20 ...

'' and she was the Food Director for ''

The Australian Women's Weekly ''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known simply as ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Are Media in Sydney and founded in 1933. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before bein ...

''. Milan attended

Wenona School Wenona School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for girls, located in the Sydney suburb of North Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia. Founded by Miss Edith Hooke in 1886 as Woodstock School, Wenona has a non-selec ...

North Sydney, New South Wales North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore (Sydney), Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. And is the administrative centre for the Local government in Australia, local government area of North ...

. She was the mother of actor/television presenter Blair Milan. They had recently completed filming Lyndey and Blair's Taste of Greece when Blair was diagnosed with

acute myeloid leukaemia Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with normal blood cell production. Symptoms may inclu ...

. He died on 17 April 2011, at age 29.

Recognition

In 2014, Milan was awarded a

Medal of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of then ...

(OAM) for her "services to hospitality, particularly to the food and wine industry, and to the community".

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