Various pagespreads from Australia’s much loved Donna Hay Magazine. Photos – Chris Court.
Pagespreads from Donna Hay Magazine
The prettiest sashimi in Donna Hay Magazine
Donna Hay celebrates her 10th year in print with the launch of the brilliant new Donna Hay iPad app!
OK so this is a ‘pinch me and tell me I’m dreaming moment’. YES it’s an interview with Donna Hay! Wowsers. We really have hit the bigtime, people. I’m pretty sure Donna is the most famous person ever to grace this little old blog. Yeeha! We must be doing something right :)
Donna Hay is, of course, a household name both here and abroad, and one seriously clever cookie. Or probably more of a perfect homemade macaron. After many years working as a food editor and food stylist across various titles including Marie Claire’s hugely popular cookbook series in the 1990′s, Donna Hay branched out in 2001 with her very own self-titled magazine. I think we can safely say that in the ten years that have passed since then, she has created an empire.
Donna Hay Magazine has been a runaway success from the very earely days, and now reaches a loyal readership of 384,000 people per issue. The ever-growing network of projects under the Donna Hay brand include cookbooks, a dense and juicy website full of recipes and exclusive content, a tableware collaboration with Royal Doulton available nationally from David Jones, The Donna Hay General Store in Sydney’s Woollahra, and a TV series on the Lifestyle Channel. I’d call that a pretty epic Australian success story.
This month, Donna Hay Magazine celebrates their 10th birthday, and to mark this very special occasion, they’ve launched their brilliant new iPad app! The app is the perfect extension of the printed magazine, with a few added bonuses of course! One of the key features is the ‘cook mode’ for every recipe, dividing the recipe into easy-to-follow steps and bringing each up in large text. As we’ve come to expect from the Donna Hay team, it’s executed faultlessly – beautiful to look at and intuitively simple to use. You can download the first Donna Hay iPad issue FREE right here!
Donna and her team have also kindly offered a year’s subscription to Donna Hay magazine for ten lucky readers! To be in the running for this fab giveaway simply leave a comment on today’s post! Ten winners will be selected at random and contacted by email early next week! YUM a whole year of delectable recipes and simple, special foodie goodness.
*UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who left a comment! 10 lucky winners were drawn at random and they are… Frances G (comment #169), Emily (comment #284), Renee (comment #1), Laura (comment #71), Georgia (comment #24), Mademoiselle Slimalicious (comment #309), Mary Anne (comment #10), Lizzy (comment #234), Diana (comment #192) and Lena (comment #233). Congratulations and we hope you love your subscription to Donna Hay Magazine! Thank you again to Donna and her team for their generosity!
Massive thanks to Donna and her team for being part of The Design Files interview series! I can pretty much retire now.
Donna Hay works her magic
Donna Hay! You’re Australia’s best known food editor and best selling food author – we love your work! Can you give us a little info about your background, and what led you to food writing / styling initially?
I loved cooking as a kid and from a young age spent hours in the kitchen. I was inspired to cook by my grandmother – I used to watch her cooking and she was an accomplished baker. I remember being so proud to make Steak Diane for my Dad’s birthday when I was eight years old.
My love of cooking led me to study home economics at college, and I started working in test kitchens, on food magazines and cookbooks. I got the confidence to branch out and go freelance as a food stylist, but I missed the connection between the creative folks and the wordsmiths that you get working at a magazine. I eventually started my own magazine to fill the gap.
The Donna Hay brand has gone from strength to strength since you first launched Donna Hay magazine in 2001. What were your initial goals when you first left Marie Claire, and did you always expect that your own name would become a household name?
I’m not much of a goal setter, I believe in going where life takes you! I was literally working freelance in an old warehouse studio in Surry Hills, dreaming up what my ultimate magazine would look like, when the opportunity to work with News Magazines was presented. It was never my intention to be the name of the publication (even now I still feel a little awkward!), there were so many details for the team of 5 to work on for the launch issue, but the marketing team at the time thought it was a great idea because people knew me from my books, so it was thought they could identify with the familiar.
Can you give us a little insight into the inner workings of Donna Hay inc.? How many staff do you employ across the magazine, website, General Store, TV production and other areas of your business? What significant tasks do you oursource? Do you still play a very hands on role in each creative decision?
It’s a very tight team. There are 15 on the magazine across art, copy, food, marketing, design and styling. Then for the business side, there are just two people. My sister works with me on the retail side of the business. I’ve been really lucky to work with some great supportive brand partners, so there are good resources backing me up. I’m quite hands-on but I think that’s to be expected when the title and the business carries your name. I like to muck in at all levels, but am fortunate that my passionate and creative team share my vision, so I can rely on them whole heartedly!
Congrats on the launch of your brand new donna hay magazine for iPad app! Can you tell us a little about it? How long has your team been working on the app and what content / features can we expect to see?
The process of working on the iPad app has been really exciting and it’s been wonderful watching the pages of the magazine come to life. The same team who work on the print magazine work on the app, redesigning the issue for the iPad. We worked for several months on the concept to get it right the first time. We incorporated our app plans into the schedule for the magazine, launching it at the same time as our 10th birthday issue. One of the key features is the cook mode for every recipe, dividing the recipe into easy-to-follow steps and bringing it up in large text, plus there are video tips to assist with certain recipes and special animated features that bring the pages to life.
the brilliant new Donna Hay iPad app complete with super handy ‘cook mode’ feature!
What does a typical day involve for you?
Working in a test kitchen there is no such thing as a typical day! I am an early riser thanks to two young boys, so it’s breakfast, packing school lunches and doing the final check on homework. Then I’m in the office by 9.00am, earlier on some days if there is a TV commitment or radio. Then the day is divided between meetings and studio time for shoots.
We work in the single studio/kitchen space. So we can be working on magazine, book and newspaper content all at the same time. That means that we don’t eat like normal people – lots of small bites throughout the day, which can be very dangerous! We’re not a very serious office in the corporate sense – lots of laughter fuels creativity.
Can you list for us your top 5 creative resources across any media?
I love looking at fashion and design websites and blogs. My app version of French Vogue and net-a-porter are always quite inspiring. I often check out Design*Sponge, too. I get a lot of inspiration from little details – typography, the dressing in a shop window, flowers, tableware.
Which other Australian creative people do you admire?
One of my closest friends is the wonderful stylist, Sibella Court, and I love her bower bird approach to collecting and styling. We work with some wonderful photographers like William Meppem, Anson Smart, Con Poulos and Chris Court, who always brings something new to the studio.
What would be your dream project?
I’m very lucky in that lots of my dreams have come true already! I have a beautiful new range with Royal Doulton that will continue to grow, and the magazine has been going from strength-to-strength, so I’m very much focussed on these. I believe that digital media will mean some significant changes for our industry and I’m really excited about where that might take us.
What are you looking forward to?
I am looking forward to some time off at the end of the year and lazy summer days with my boys (plus, the chance to eat ice -cream at the end of those lazy hot days!). It’s about the simple things, really.
Sydney Questions
Where do you shop in Sydney for great kitchenalia and foodie finds!? (Besides your own store!)
I must admit I love the Chef’s Warehouse, a large store stacked high with pots, pans, utensils, glasses, you name it! I can get lost in there. They are a trade supplier but are open to the public as well. I also like the local farmers’ markets around Sydney – the one at the Eveleigh CarriageWorks in Redfern is a must – you can even spot some famous Sydney chefs there peddling their wares!
What/where was the last great meal you ate in Sydney?
There’s a great new local bistro-style restaurant that’s opened up in my local area called Honeycomb, run by chef/owner Andy Bunn. I like his philosophy and approach to food – it’s full of flavour and really pops, but isn’t tricked up. It’s honest, refined and super tasty.
Where would we find you on a typical Saturday morning?
The school sports run with an early start; I pack the car the night before! It’s like a choose-your-own adventure with visits to sports ovals all over the place. Obviously after running around, little boys require big breakfasts!
Sydney’s best kept secret?
Messina Gelato – it’s the best ice-cream in Sydney and they are consistent in all the classic flavours and continually reinvent themselves with their ‘special’ flavours. I honestly believe a serve of good ice-cream is the same as a great meal!
351 Comments
Those photos are simply delicious!
I’m a big foodie. This would be great. Donna is amazing!
Love Donna Hay – great interview and would LOVE a subscription! Happy Thanksgiving!
Congratulations on securing a Donna interview. She is an inspiration and it would be amazing to be in that test kitchen/studio for a day wouldn’t it. I’m going to check out that app!
Wonderful just wonderful!
In Germany you can buy her books too. I’ve got one or two.
:-)
♥ Franka
I think the app is great. Can’t recall too many christmas’s where I haven’t bought someone a Donna Hay book or susbcription.
I love Donna Hay’s recipes and her magazines are always so beautifully designed and full of inspiration. I particularly like the kids’ editions.
Nice work (again) Lucy. You have the best stuff on your blog! Thanks.
The food always looks beautiful.
Love the Ipad app issue it was great! They put a lot of work into it as it wasnt just the regular magazine made into a digital version. Her magazine is a treat to look at and her recipes are attainable to make – attainable eye candy. Thanks for the lovely interview and giveaway. x
Donna Hay has transformed the way my family eats. I love her honest, simple recipes. While I’m still developing my cooking skills, Donna makes it all look so achieveable. Her meals have become staples in our house for everyday meals, special occasions and baking with the kids. She’s modern and classic all at the same time. I have no doubt she’s going to be the iconic cook of our generation :)
Well Done Lucy! Donna Hay on TDF; match made in culinary heaven! xx
What an amazing, inspiring woman. Thank you Lucy for a wonderful interview.
Excellent! Great to have Donna and food design highlighted – I love it.
My sister and I love Donna Hay’s magazine; we’re lucky our university’s bookstore in the US stocks it so we always check out for the newest issue! I particularly love the kid’s magazine! Lovely interview as expected!
colourful delicious delights! YUM.
hmmm this weeks favourites ‘chicken with haloumi & honey’ & ‘olive & almond couscous with oregano lamb’… even miss 6 & master 3 said ‘thanks mum!’
oh. my. OH MY! Donna is the ubermeister of styling. Perfect little details always, yum yum yum. Please count me in!
Donna Hay, what a champion!
I love Donna Hay’s recipes. The only food magazine I buy and I cant resist her books either.
An Aussie Icon! Interview score! Just checked out her special Kids edition magazine and it is so lovely, a must for every Mama with dreams of making her kids, family and life a little stylish, a little Donna Hay :-) Hannah
ooh those classic donna hay photos – they make me want to eat sashimi for breakfast right now!!
Her iPad app really makes me want an iPad!
LOVE Donna Hay recipes – one paragraph to a great meal.
gosh, her pictures are sooo amazing! Makes me hungry looking at them! great giveaway!
What a great interview. I love flipping through her magazines.
Always beautiful photography. Inspiring with every detail.
I would love to win a subscription! I always buy her kids issues and already have the app :)
I have checked out the free month and would love a years worth :)
Great interview and photographs – Yum!
A superb insight into Donna’s amazing life…….Wonderful, inspirational and yummy!!
Oh gosh I LOVE LOVE LOVE Donna Hay!!!!
A feast for the senses! Happy birthday Donna Hay!
Teen daughter LOVES this magazine – lovely competition Lucy.
Love Donna Hay and her inspiring story of simply following a dream, a delicious dream at that! Thanks
I’d love to win a subscription – it would really help to kick off my more exciting year of cooking.
i would love to win and give the subscription to my sister in law.
OMG. I love Donna Hay’s books, so a subcription would be awesome…pick me please!!!
Donna is my go to for fast, simple, beautiful and delicious food!!!! I have loved every recipe attempted and I am excited to explore more…thanks Donna and Lucy
Donna Hay. I want your top. How cool is it. And those spreads from the anniversary edition. I could weep at the loveliness of them.
donna hay’s styling is just to die for. she makes a simply cheesecake look AMAZING!
Gorgeous photos. Inspiring woman
love all things Donna Hay – she really is a one woman empire – Im tired just thinking about it!
great interview – Donna is one impressive lady
Would love to win the subscription!
What a great read this morning, and such beautiful photographs. Thank you !
This post needs an explicit content warning! That much food porn at this hour is a bit confronting! :P
A very thoughtful relative gave me Donna’s two “Classic” cookbooks several years ago and they’re some of the most used in my collection, which says a lot. I love the simplicity of the presentation and the photos, and of course, her food is fantastic. Great interview!
Looks very yummy! Just had breakfast but this makes me hungry again…
Love Donna’s recipes and the mouth-watering pictures that accompany them!
Loved the interview – Donna seems to be like her food , simple, honest, fresh and full of flavour – its a real pleasure cooking from her books.
Fabulous, my waistline is expanding just thinking about it :)
Actually cooked a Donna Hay recipe last night which went down a treat! She is the master of simplicity and style.
I love Donna Hay!! she has so much style. Great interview.
I Look forward to reading The Design Files each morning, such amazing talent out there, and Donna Hay is no exception! Your interviews are so professional, fun and carefree, just as Donna comes across too. She is an inspiration to all cooks, of any age. x
Yum…….those pictures of all that delicious food are just amazing. I need a sweet fix and it’s only 8.35am!
I love the Donna Hay iPad App, it’s my favourite!
Look forward to ‘The Design Files Daily’ email every morning, was a lovely surprise this morning to read your wonderful interview with Donna Hay. I am a big fan, have many of her books & would dearly love to have a subscription to her magazine!
LOVE DONNA HAY!
incredible styling in those shots!
I am a Donna Hay fan – love the iPad App! Used several recipes at our last dinner party from it!!
Amazing interview! And I would absolutely love to win the subscription!
Nice work Lucy! Would LOVE to win the subscription!
Love the Donna Hay interview, great to see her on The Design Files Daily, she is very creative and an inspiration.
I love Donna Hay, her work is simply amazing.
I would love a subscription.
Jes
I would Love to win the subscription : )
Dona Hay… The woman who taught Australia how to cook, with style!
I would love to win a year’s subscription. I have the latest issue and its amazing!
I adore Donna Hay! Not only for her distinctive style but also for getting me into the kitchen (a very reluctant cook). She makes cooking so simple and easy, yet so delicious! LOVE to win the twelve month subscription to her magazine.
If it wasn’t for Donna I would never cook!!
I’d love a Donna Hay subscription! Donna’s styling is what draws me to her recipes!! Makes me weak at the knees!!
gorgeous food! x
Donna Hay cook books have always been my favourite. Everything looks so wonderful; even the simplest of dishes. The recipes are easy to follow and the photography is amazing. I often use the images for colour palette inspiration.
love the interview & love the food styling pics too!
great start to a dreary (rainy) friday in sydney
x
nom nom nom!!!
Was just in Donna Hay’s Woollahra store yesterday and will be heading back there for all my Christmas goodies. She is style personified.
Just too beautiful to eat. I on the other hand need much more practice – a year’s subscription could help ;)
Yippee…..loving anything Donna Hay! The recipes, the taste, the ease, the styling, and the pics. Just Gorg! Pretty please, pick me. If it wasn’t for Donna Hay cookbooks my husband would malnutritioned and I’d have nothing to serve up to guests and no raspberry n white choc muffins or marble cake for treats! Delicious.
Donna’s food always looks beautiful, always wanted to try some of the recipes to see if I they taste as good as they look.
Love Donna Hay. the photo’s are delicious!
So many yummy things to make, and just in time for Christmas!
Excellent interview. Donna hay’s food photos are flawless
Great photos
It’s official, Donna Hay is amazing! Love, love, love her work. A subscription would make my New Year extra special :)
Might have to buy myself an ipad
Ipad App. Wonderful option.
Master-chef me !
Food + photography = Love
just exsquisite
I have been lusting after Donna’s chocolate brownies with butterscotch cream ever since I first saw them. Brownies for breakfast, anyone?
Congratulations on another faulous article!
Love that Donna Hay’s books excel past amazing ‘cookbook’ into new worlds of art and photography! Such beautiful books!
I downloaded the app and loved it so much I went and bought the mag at the newsagents, it’s a beautiful issue. Did I mention I’m making the blondies today! Yum!
Now that I’ve retired I can do more than just drool over the tantalising pics – I can actually make some too!
YUMMMMMMM!!! How amazing does that Salted Caramel Cheesecake look? Go Donna! & Go DesignFiles for a fabulous interview!
I would love a one year subscription to Donna Hay’s magazine, her recipes are great, they always work perfectly and always seem super easy.
Inspirational and Inspiring. I love everything Donna Hay presents, it makes me want to bake all the time!
Oh, yum! Great interview with a great foodie. Her recipes are fabulous.
she’s brilliant, stylish, creative and delicious!!!!
wow, wouldn’t that be a lovely christmas present!
Some of my first grown-up cooking experiences were with Donna Hay’s recipes and they are still some of my favourites. For my wedding last year I made a tower of Donna’s triple-choc brownies (from ‘Flavours’) that have been known by my friends and family for many years as ‘chocolate love brownies’. They are still the best brownies around!
Love Donna Hay + her mag. Styling is always impeccable and the recipes are easy and d’lish!
mmm, yes please…
OMG how good does that cheese cake look, that is one recipie I will be dreaming of until i get my hands on it!
Great interview, we love Donna Hay!
ooooh, love a bit of food porn….
Donna Hays receipes are by far my fav!! Love her!
so many fantastic giveaways! I love Donna Hay’s recipes, please put me in the draw!
What an inspirational, no nonsense woman!
Donna’s talent is phenomenal, and her eye for detail is amazing. Her ‘Seasons’ Cookbook helped me through my first months of being out of home and alone in the kitchen! Love her recipes!!
As soon as I learn how to make macarons, they will become a staple I think. Love your work, Donna.
Yum…!
Such amazing food & photography! i want a subscription!
yum yum yum and sooo pretty!
There’s no doubt Donna Hay isn’t a revolutionary! Her recipes are perfect – super quick and easy for busy people. The iPad app has literally changed the way I cook. I’ve been checking back daily hoping the next edition will have been released…. But alas….
I love the look of Donnay Hay photography.
I have been buying Donna Hay’s magazines from the inception. I love her work !
Earlier this week I pulled out the celebrate issues to start planning xmas baking
I made her shortbread with ginger and lemon icing Issue-Issue 18 P170
& shortbread with chocolate-Issue 30 (2007) P160 -so easy and yummy..try them!
Love, love, love her magazines, even my kids can follow the recipies!
Great interview and the app looks great, I love the cook mode idea!
Lord almighty – those brownies should be illegal. I need to get my hands on one pronto!! xx
Delicious!!
I love Donna’s magazine – the styling is amazing and the recipes foolproof, so the food actually tastes as good as it looks!
Lovely to see behind the lady in the magazines. I think we know very little about her for someone so ‘well known’. Congrats on all your success Donna!
Yummy!
Would love to make Donna Hay delicious recipe’s all year round! Sublime!!
Donna Hay is awesome.
Her recipes are so doable and all her books and products chosen are so stylish.
Great to get to know her a bit more too.
Donna – you are amazing. what a beautiful and inspiring lady! your food pics always look so yummy!! if only we could all cook like you :)
WOW!!! I love Donna Hay! Never had a bad recipe from one of her books. Beautiful food =)
Love the interview, congrats! Donna Hay is simply gorgeous, and her recipes are delish, what is not to like about this giveaway?!
I’ve been a fan since her first edition came out (and before with the Marie Claire cookbooks). Great article, and great to hear about her favourite places in Sydney. I’ve been away six years and am now re-discovering Sydney. Looking forward to checking out her suggestions.
Love Donna Hay!! If only my culinary creations looked like hers!
Oh my! A whole year of Donna Hay, delivered to my door? Yes please!! I am sure I could find some more room on my cook book shelf…
It was only last weekend that I was sticking piles of post-it notes in back editions of Donna Hay mags in preparation for Chrissy. I would love love love to win a subscription.
I love, love, love Donna Hay! This would be so great to win : )
Fantastic interview, beautiful food, beautifully styled.
Stop! You’re making me hungry with all those beautiful pics. Also, I can’t help but wonder.. what would Donna Hay’s boys school lunches be like? Lucky boys, I’m guessing.
I’ve never seen food look so appetising – very inspirational!!
I love Donna Hay and so does my 5yo daughter – great interview i’d LOVE a subscription!
Donna is very inspiring, thanks for the Friday kick-start Lucy!
Tough competition for this giveaway! Would love it though…
Yummy food and yummier styling! I (heart) Donna Hay.
Fingers Crossed – I’d love to win!
LOVE.LOVE.LOVE.
My cereal all of a sudden seems so bland. I just want to cook with the new Donna Hay book! x
Oh Donna! We never tire of you! You are gorgeous!
Oh Wow! I’ve just ordered Donna’s new book for my Grandfather for Christmas – his request!!
Those are seriously beautiful pictures. And the food!! How am I going to make it to lunch? I’m salivating…
I heart donna…food porn at its best!!
my mouth is watering after that blog!
I LOVE FOOD!
I’m famished!
Oh yes please!
How fantastic. Love Donna Hay. My go-to for delicious meals. xx
One pretty incredible lady – anyone who can make brussel sprouts look so delicious surely has a very special gift. Beyond amazing stylist and all round foodie!
Mmmm. Yum.
Donna does a slot on breakfast radio in Perth and I love that she’s really funny and humble (and a little naughty).
Donna’s food pics always look super good and her recipes are never too tricky. Can’t wait to try the App. Yum!
How delicious is the photography? I am salivating at the mere thought of a subscription and want to pick up an ipad just to download the app! My sister, mother and I have all given each other Donna Hay books over the years for Christmas and birthdays, and also have all recently stopped subscribing to Delicious magazine after being loyal for 10 years… it is surely a sign for a fresh change and new inspiration. Oh please pick me :)
Donna Hay has always been one of my favourite cookbook authors :)) thanks for the giveaway!
Donna Hay – can’t go wrong! Love her styling, love the food.
I LOVE the Donna Hay iPad app. Tried it on mum’s iPad and it is super gorgeous. Thanks for the fantastic giveaway. :))
YES please, a year of amazingness!!!!
The iPad app’s amazing. I frequently commandeer mum’s ipad just so I can use it! Thanks for the fantastic giveaway :)
Awesome! Great interview, and very great interviewee! The vodka punch looks amazing (and the giveaway is a winner too!)
That was a great interview!
LOVE – for as long as I can remember I have been obsessed with Donna, trawling through OP Shops to find copies I missed getting – or to replace copies that I loved a little too much!
Thanks for the interview…inspiration for activities for the weekend!
Love Donna Hay – great interview, the photos are amazing.
I’m a newcomer to your blog and I’m loving it. Fingers crossed I win the subscription too!!!! Thanks
It all looks so beautiful more like art than food.
Great interview! Donna Hay is an inspirational Australian woman!
Love her recipes and the beautiful photography that goes with them!
x H
YUM yum and YUM!!! Oh yes and ecstatic about the iPad app
Another awesome giveaway. Another awesome interview. THANKS for being such as fantastic blog xo
Such beautiful styling! The food always looks effortless and delicious :)
Oooh I love Donna Hay’s recipes. Fab giveaway – thanks Donna and TDF!
Please! I need some culinary inspiration!
Isn’t it interesting how such an Australian style (both in the food and the styling) have captured so much attention overseas. A laid back casual elegance. So many people in other countries gravitate to this style – she has truly captured something Australian in her magazines and books. So of course, we aussies love her too!
Yummy. The food always looks gorgeous. Cathy.
so inspiring looking at this post. i’m off to the kitchen!!!
If my Christmas baking looks even half as good as that, I’ll be one very happy lady! xx
Great scoop, congratulations! An interesting read and very yummy pictures too! Would love to be in the giveaway….thanks for the chance to enter!
Kerrie-Lee
Yum! It’s so inspiring reading about people just doing what they love, and doing it amazingly.
What a treat a subscription to Donna H’s mag would be. App looks good, my kind of app.
I love Donna’s recipes; her ‘Fast, Fresh, Simple’ made me find my cooking legs!
foodgasm
Daytime desktime dreaming……………………yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
It’s interesting to read that a small team are behind this, what creativity – congratulations to all!
Great interview and giveaway. Fingers crossed for me – I’m always getting second hand copies of the mag from my sister (that’s after half the pages have been torn out).
Love reading the magazines and the fact all the recipes are so tasty but easy to make.
incredible! would love to win and have that monthly salivitation-inducing inspiration arrive in my mailbox!
What an amazing opportunity to interview Donna Hay. I love her recipes and her whimsical food styling, her cook books and magazine recipes inspire me to cook and also love and care how I present food! :)
i need a culinary menu makeover – pleeze.
Donna Hay is one of my inspirations. I still have her first magazine and I just bought her 10th anniversary issue. Loved the interview. Coincidentally I was planning on going today to the sydney cafe she recommended.
oh I love cooking… and food…and to receive a monthly inspiration would be wonderful
Now I’m going to buy an ipad just to get the app! and subscribe to Donna Hay magazine if i don’t win one. have been reading the mag since the beginning, Con Poulos does great photography and the photo styling so original!
oh wow, that would be an awesome christmas gift for me!
donnas always on the weekly menu at my house, fresh, simple, super easy!!
Love Donna Hay, have lots of her cookbooks. Going to go download the iPad magazine now! :)
mmmm, yes please!
Yum, great pics. Beautiful food.
wow the big time indeed! congrats TDF and great interview!!
Scrumptious!
Yum! i could use some inspiration!
Always keen to work up some yummy treats!
Would be nice to work up the cooking skills – i need a few tips!
Always on the hunt for new things to cook and some of these pictures have me dying to get home and cook up a storm!
I need some Donna Hay inspiration in my life!
Beautiful!
Love donna hay…looking forward to downloading the donna hay app when i get an ipad. bring it on! Thanks for inspiring us to enjoy entertaining!
Donna Hay is an inspiration, i would love to win this lovely giveaway! Thank you so much. xo
yum, yum and yum – this would be nice.
A whole year of new cooking ideas – what a great giveaway!
Donna’s recipes are almost all we use in my kitchen, especially for weeknight dinners, delicious and simple!
Plenty crossed for this great giveaway…!
oh my, how lovely! my mouth is watering and my fingers are itching to play in the kitchen :) x
love donna hay, a roast chicken recipe from her website changed my view entirely on roast chicken
Yum yum yum yum yum!
Yummo!
That ‘fennel infused vodka punch’ looks like the perfect way to spend a summer. Yum!!
Would love this for my Mum, who already has some of her books.
My first ever cookbook was Donna Hay and it def wasent my last! The pictures and receipes are such an inspiration. Thanks Donna x
Your books got me into cooking Donna, Thank You!
I love food & you
a white christmas menu
Off the Shelf was my first cookbook when I was a uni student moving out of home and despite having dozens now it’s still a favourite standby – love Donna Hay. The fennel infused vodka looks amazing!
Thanks so much for sharing this! I have been a dedicated follower of the magazine for years. The photo of the brownie above must be one of my favourite pictures of all time ;)
I can tell you from experience that the brownie shown in one of those images is to die for!
Would love a subscription to my favourite foodie persons magazine – please!
I want a piece of that cheesecake on the front cover right now! A subscription the mag would be just lovely!
Inspired to bake!
I’m a hopeless cook but love having friends for dinner and Donna Hay is one the few recipe books I can actually understand! Am a big fan!
Donna Hay is amazing and can make you feel amazing with recipes that make you queen of the kitchen!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
I really enjoyed this post as I love Donna Hay – the books, the magazine, the tv show and her newspaper column not to mention her gorgeous shop that I make a point of visiting when on holidays in Sydney.
However I love the Design Files just as much especially Wednesdays’ and Fridays’ posts.
Looks beautiful, she’s a very clever stylist.
Oh yes, please count me in for a chance to win! Thanks xxx
Donna’s magazine is so breathtakingly beautiful
Yes please! Yes please! Yes please! Love Donna’s books.
Yes please!!!
So dissappointed I was overseas when the Aug/Sep issue was out – could really go that salted carmel cheesecake! YUMMY! I really need a subscription…..
Lovely to see Donna on Design Style Files today!
We use her recipes continuously in our house and we adore visiting
Woollahra and her super cute shop.
xx
The perfect union – Donny Hay and the Design Files…x
Always so beautiful and delicious!
Great interview. Thanks for another fascinating Friday read with an Aussie icon :-)
love donna hay!
Ack! Too fabulous… LOVE to see Donna embracing tech… I’m attaching a strip of velcro to my kitchen splashback and one to my iPad RIGHT NOW!
Donna Hay. Cool.
Great interview! I love the Donna Hay Simple Essentials books – especially rhe chocolate one :-p Earlier this month I made 400 Donna Hay cookies for a friend’s wedding – the house smelt sooo devine!
Great interview – really interesting and i think its great that Donna Hay is enjoying living her dreams balancing that with her role as a mum. It can’t be easy – but inspiring. thanks.
Everything I have ever made from a Donna Hay cookbook has been delicioso. YUM.
I look forward to the minute I can buy her next magazine form the newsagency…then sitting down to work out which meal to make first x
Where’s my iPad??!
Love Donna Hay, I have one of her cookbooks and use it all the time, the recipes are easy to follow and love the way the book layouts have been designed!
I remember being so excited when I read the launch issue of DH magazine, I still have it and still think that particular issue is one of the most beautiful! Inspiring stuff!
I have a nice collection of DH mags and especially love the christmas issues, the styling is so perfect.
Donna Hay has inspired my whole experience of cooking and I simply adore her food styling and recipes .. she keeps coming up with new and interesting ways to serve simple, tasty food. She is accessible and design orientated – a wonderful combination. Thanks Donna!
simple recipes, great food and perfect styling – LOVE Donna Hay
Donna Hay has had more of an influence on my cooking than any other chef. I’m only 24 but since I was a young girl I would pore over Donna’s recipes – I have always been entranced by her delightful combinations of fresh, seasonal ingredients. The colours, flavours and textures are always spot on – I always get such a thrill to see the new edition of the magazine in the bookshop. It would be such a treat to have it arrive in my letterbox!
Donna is a true legend – she has revolutionised the way I cook for my family and the pleasure I get from doing so. I have yet to try a recipe of hers that hasn’t worked out perfectly – I would bet money on the fact that this will always be true!! Thanks for making cooking for a rowdy family of four not such an ordeal.
I’m really enjoying tuning into Donna’s new show each week – my wife can’t quite believe that I finally seem to be developing an interest in cooking after 30 years of marriage?!
Fresh, fast, fabulous and full of flavour – that’s Donna’s food in a nutshell and I love it. I’m probably not your usual follower of Hay’s cuisine (i’m a teenage boy in his first year of flatting) but let me tell you, my flatmates are certainly not complaining about the pile of Donna’s magazines in the kitchen – they know all to well which side their bread is buttered on :)
Just Yum nothing more to add……
Congrats on the fab interview Lucy! & Yep you have so hit the big time when an interview with the doyenne of Aussie cooking graces your blog :) Well done. Would so love to win the subscription… the food, the photography… Yummo! xx
Yummo indeed! I’m so hungry, I have to go and bake!
What a great success story plus, I’m a fan of anyone who loves icecream!
What a fabulous article and sensational looking food, so creative! I especially love the peach coloured macaroon cake, very unique.
Donna Hay really is the queen of food porn! Its always good to have something to aspire to and I often find myself asking: what would donna do?!
yum yum yum….love your work Donna!
Buonissimo e bellissimo!
*crosses fingers*
Wow – what a delightful gift. Thank you DH and TDF – it would be a fab present for self!
I’m addicted to baking!
Off the Shelf was the first cook book I ever purchased and really inspired me to start cooking nice food at home. Can’t believe it was released 10 years ago, makes me feel very old. Still use it all the time, full of fantastic recipes!
Would love this subscription and so would my junior master chef, 11 year old daughter.
oh pick me! I love all my Donna Hay cookbooks!
Amazing giveaway!
Love all her recipes……and the best of all, is to win this giveaway.
Ooooh great interview and giveaway!
yum!
yummo!
I always fall in love with the photography – the styling and colour palette are always to die for.
Such enticing food! the styling is just so thoughtful.
Love it.
Thanks for the insightful interview
Looove Donna Hay. Was so excited to see the digital version released. That way you can get your fix anywhere anytime :0)
Love this!!!
Oh, big big fan! thanks for this amazing opportunity.
makes me hungry just thinking about it!
The ipad app is genius – have used it to make wonderful macarons – they worked first time…
Love Donna Hay. What a wonderful interview. Well done!
Hope I win! ;-)
Can’t afford an iPad at the moment, but I like to cook !!!
Always great ideas and great food – love it! Thanks Donna Hay!!
Gorgeous styling as always…love!
I love DH’s approach to food. It is seemingly simple, yet it is a celebration of food and an invitation to attempt at home. I love to look at a cook book the same as I would a menu, and DH’s books always make that a realistic dream.
Love love love Donna Hay! I always buy her magazines and as I’m self teaching myself food photography, they’re always a source of amazing inspiration!
Congratulations on your great interview. Also, to the Donna Hay team on 10 years for their mag.
Great interview.donnas food is always styled so well & her recipes are achievable
Oh what an inspiration! Donna Hay manages to help me impress every time we have friends over! We even made a special trip to the Donna Hay General Store on a trip to Sydney. Brilliant!!!
Happy 10th birthday, love the magazine
yum. congrats on 10 yrs.
I LOVE DONNA!! Have quite a few of her books already – pick me!
Yummmmmmmmm
Love love love Donna Hay,the most gorgeous delicious food. Thanks to the Design Files for an awesome interview!
Congrats Lucy on getting an amazing interview – I hope it brings many new readers.
The food looks delish, I’d love to win this prize.
Fab as always Donna – congrats.
Yummy.
love, love, love donna hay – gorgeous styling. love the simple, crisp look with plenty of white space. really love the fonts used too! hope i’m not too late… would LOVE a subscription!!
Donna you are amazing – your recipes and magazines are always inspirational. I dont know how to have a dinner party without you….thank you. Fantastic interview.
Donna Hay, yummmmmm! love love love your recipes
Donna Hay, you, your food, your styling…make my heart sing!
Gosh all those recipes look delicious, cant wait to pick up a copy of the donna hay magazine yum! and congrats design files for getting Donna on your blog
My husband has made one of Donna’s soups-chicken and leek every week
for the last 12 months since a work colleague introduced us to her great cooking. We never get sick of this soup. Her cooking is clean simple and healthy. Love it!
donna hay’s cheese cake is foolproof, would kill for the subscription
Those cookies look yummo!
yes please
Love her! Thank you so much for this interview and I would love a chance to win a free suscription to her amazing magazine.
Oh Yummy food!
I’m a big foodie. This would be great. Donna is amazing!
Thanks for sharing with us.
What a style icon of our time. Donna is an inspiration and as a creative myself it would be a dream of mine to work on her team. With the chances of that being extremely slim a subscription would be a brilliant consolation prize.
Donna’s interview is great, thanks. I would love to win!
Love Donna..! Love the styling.! Thanks Lucy.
Great interview, adore Donna Hay!! Would be so excited if I was lucy enough to win a subscription. Her food is always so well styled and gorgeous x
Pretty Please!
Awesome. Yum. Yum.
I have the latest magazine and can’t wait to try the salted peanut brownie, yum! I love the kids magazine too, lots of inspiration.
This would be an amazing prize to go with my brand new kitchen!
Donna Hay is an inspiration. She makes you want to be creative and FEED people.
I absolutely love Donna’s recipes. Very easy to prepare which is handy for this busy mum of 2 who always puts more time in to the decorating. I always know Donna’s recipes would first time round and taste delicious.
Every Donna Hay recipe I’ve ever made has turned out beautifully; all her dishes are simple, elegant, nutritious and more-ish!
I love Donna Hay, she is a true artist
Ooooo I love her magazines, they are just beautiful!!!
I do hope the competition applies to overseas folk too ❤
I love Donna’s food and styling; there is a beautiful charm to her work; it is gorgeous and elegant yet clean, simple and casual all at the same time.
Big fan of Donna Hay and my partner is a great fan and has been successful in replicating some of her lovely recipes for family and friends – her magazines, pictures and recipes are a dream just to read and enjoy!
randomly select me…donna hay is a beautiful god. As is your blog!
I love Donna’s styling. Could just about eat the photos. And wouldn’t my daughter, the cook, love this prize.
I love how wonderfully easy and delicious Donna’s recipes are. I have a few that I use on a regular basis and will always check out any new ones I see.
Love her recipes and the way she cooks. The photos here look simply amazing.
Donna really is the queen of food styling for me. I remember admiring her work wayyyy back in the day. And so professional! She’s great.
delish dishes presented beautifully <– an understatement. i devour DH mag from cover to cover. a year's worth would be a true gift.
Hello, it has been awhile since I visited; why I ask myself, such a gorgeous blog! Anyways, so happy to be greeted with this fantastic giveaway. My goal is to own all her cookbooks and I am already getting there. She is supreme in making elegant meals…love her!
All the very best to you,
Linda, xo
I hope I’m not too make, this woman is quite inspirational.
I’d love to win! Just got an iPad–would be perfect! :)
j.
Yes please!
Donna Hays app is foodie fantastic – I downloaded it a couple of weeks ago. The images and recipes are so good you can almost taste them!
Mmmm the food looks fantastic
love photos from donna hay magazine!
Donna Hay is SUCH a beautiful magazine. Love!
LOVE LOVE LOVE
Love your blog and would love to win a subscription!
Yummy!!!!!!
Love Donna Hay, love design files and getting an ipad this week, can’t wait to get the Donna Hay App.
I bought Donna Hay’s 10th anniversary magazine and it inspired me to make the easy meringue recipe inside! I would love to win a subscription to her magazine to inspire more cooking!!!! Thank you :)
donna hay your triple layer chocolate cake is unbelievable…. my daughter can now read so she has lead our last attempts …..she insisted we make it for her first school fete. so we made 2….delicious…thanks for your wonderful magazine.
Love the interview and her recipes.. Would love a subscription!!!
Thanks Lucy! Thanks for turning on the salivation it’s only mid morning… Love your work!
Such beautiful photography! Xx
Love the recipes, looking forward to making some of the cocktails and food from the recent magazine. I would love to win a subscription.
A Donna Hay cookbook is one of my prized engagement presents. A subscription to her magazine would be divine. The photography is always so delicious!
An awesome lady who makes awesome food! Not to mention an excellent eye when it comes to food photography.
My go to for meals during the week – the flavours are always beautiful and the recipes are simple – just perfect!
Gosh I love Donna Hay! Always have her books on hand for recipes, and just love their simple and freshness! her simple styling is so gorgeously amazing! love it! :)
Beautiful! I bought that mag and was so inspired to give it all a go!
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