Lois Daish

Lois Dorothy Daish is a New Zealand restaurateur, food writer, cookbook author and contributor to Radio New Zealand and Newstalk ZB. She is also a judge of food and restaurant awards and is a food commentator.

Biography Daish was born in Gisborne, and grew up in the Wellington suburb of Roseneath. While young, her family moved to New York for two years as her father had a job at the United Nations. This early exposure to American food influenced her interest and taste in food in later years. She retired from the Listener in 2009. In 1987, she was a founding member of the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers.

Publications Good Food: Recipes from the Listener (1989), Dinner at Home (1993), co-written with Geoffrey Notman, Bridget Williams Books, Fuss-Free Food for Two (1997), In 2010, she was elected a life member of the New Zealand Guild of Food Writers.