Leo Schofield
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Leo Schofield AM |
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| Born |
6 May 1935 Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Restaurant critic, advertising professional and arts festival director |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Schofield (divorced) |
| Children | 3 daughters |
Leo Schofield AM (born 6 May 1935) is an Australian restaurant critic, contributing a weekly column in The Mercury. Schofield has served a long career as an advertising professional, journalist, creative arts festival director, and trustee of arts and cultural organisations.
Schofield was born in Brewarrina, New South Wales, the son of a football (which football code is unclear, but it is likely to have been rugby league based on the location and era) loving publican. He was educated at Christian Brothers' High School, Lewisham and commenced his first job in 1949, as a 14-year-old, in the haberdashery department of Grace Brothers, an Australian store chain.
He entered journalism in the 1970s at the Sunday Australian, which folded into the Sunday Telegraph. He also contributed to numerous other publications including The Australian, Vogue, The Bulletin and The Sydney Morning Herald for two decades. In 1984, Schofield established The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide with co-editors David Dale and Jenna Price; and remained editor until the ninth edition was published in 1993.
He was the artistic director of the Melbourne International Arts Festival between 1993 until 1996. In 1997 he assumed responsibility as artistic director of the Sydney Festival (between 1998 and 2001), and conjointly held the position as artistic director of the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Paralympics arts festivals.
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