I used to get a kick out of watching Good Morning Australia every morning while I was on holidays in primary school. Only because I loved watching the cooking segment with Ghanaian born Dorinda Hafner. I don’t think I even cared about the cooking, but it felt as if I was watching my Aunty cooking on TV. Her vibrant and sassy personality always matched her colourful outfits. For 10 years, she brought life to Australian screens on Good Morning Australia with her cooking food I was craving to eat!!!!
As a young woman Dorinda Hafner moved to the UK, and became a registered nurse and dispensing optician, before moving to Australia with her husband in 1977. Troubled by racist taunts her children faced, Dorinda created the ‘Africa in Schools‘ program which has now gone online. This launched a successful career international TV celebrity, actor, businesswoman and best-selling author with five TV series and seven books to her under her belt. Hafner’s shows have reached over 40 countries and her books have been translated into Dutch & Portuguese.
In 2006, Dorinda founded Australian Sponsorship 4 African Kids, which aims to raise money for the advancement of kids in need in Ghana and eventually, projects all over Africa. Dorinda has also work with many other charities like The Royal Society for the Blind, World Vision, Starlight Foundation and Oxfam.
“Dorinda is intelligent, multi-faceted, talented and colourful. She’s a kaleidoscope of vibrancy and the queen of stage and skillet. Her many performances have varying effects on different people and journalistic praise is just as diverse.”
For me, seeing Dorinda on TV, helped ease a bit of racial tension when I was young. Her accolades show what an amazing and inspirational woman she is!
There is a great interview with Dorinda at TALKNG HEADS. She goes into detail about her upbringing in Ghana, life in the UK and love of food.
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