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Zena Skinner
Occupation	Television presenter
Branch	Women's Royal Naval Service

Zena Skinner (born 1927 in Luton, died 7th March 2018) was a chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio. She served in the Women's Royal Naval Service during World War II.

After the Second World War, Skinner worked as a demonstrator at the Eastern Electricity Board showroom in Royston. Her first TV appearance was in 1959. She presented cookery programmes for the BBC and, later, Channel 4.

Skinner appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs, on 3 March 1969.

References

1. Benedict, David (7 September 1998). "Here's something I prepared earlier". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. ^ Ansell, Frazer (24 April 2013). "TV chef entertains Garston pensioners". Watford Observer. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Zena Skinner". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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