Shantha Mayadunne ( si, ශාන්තා මායාදුන්නේ; 4 April 1951 – 21 April 2019) was a

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n chef and television personality.

Career

She had thirty years of experience in the culinary arts and became one of the most popular Sri Lankan television chefs. She learned advanced international cooking techniques at cooking schools in many countries including Australia, UK,

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. As her popularity grew, she started to conduct classes, through workshops and mass media programs. She published two books, the first in 2001 and the second in 2005.

Death

She was killed together with her daughter on 21 April 2019 by a

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during a series of terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, while they were both at the

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for breakfast.

References

1951 births 2019 deaths Sri Lankan chefs Sri Lankan television chefs Sri Lankan terrorism victims Sri Lankan murder victims Place of birth missing Food writers Women chefs 21st-century Sri Lankan women writers 21st-century Sri Lankan writers People murdered in Sri Lanka 20th-century births 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings {{SriLanka-bio-stub