Ben Canaider

Who is Ben Canaider?

Ben Canaider is an Australian writer specializing in drinks and alcoholic beverages - and their broader cultural and historical significance and meaning.

Oeuvre

Canaider began writing about wine for newspapers and magazines at a time when Australia was embracing more liberal and relaxed attitudes to wine and food as a cultural touchstone. Speaking with an irreverent, everyman's voice, Canaider was soon published in real book form. His first book, The Perfect Glass of Wine, was an instant international best-seller, now published in three languages. He is the author of nine books, including the chef spoof, Cuisine du Moi: The Heart of My Passion, which is a fictional story about the "world's greatest chef," Gavin Canardeaux. He has also authored a cookbook - bringing fantasy back to reality - titled Cooking Under the Influence.

Other Work

Canaider has also written for television, as well as appearing on Channel 7's hit lifestyle programme, Surprise Chef. He is a regular contributor to radio, and has worked for the ABC. He is a founding partner of Bacon Brothers - a television production company focussing on convergent media technologies.

Personal Life

Canaider grew up in the Dandenong Ranges, near Melbourne, where the air is very thin. He studied History and English at The University of Melbourne, also completing two years of undergraduate Geography. Mr. Canaider - as his friends call him - enjoys hard rubbish and supermarkets. He is religious in his observance of Friday Business Meetings, and is Patron to the International Working Week Foundation, which passionately seeks to bring the working week to a close at 11.59AM every Monday. In 2012 he was named International Awareness Ambassador for the ABA. Canaider's family hails from Pieve di Cadore, in the Veneto, and are direct descendants of the 16th Century Italian painter Titian. Mr. Canaider's clubs include The Wheatland and The Athenaeum.