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    MAGGIE BEER laughter Love, & loss

    Nov 04, 2020 7 minutes

    The year started perfectly for Maggie Beer with three generations of her family gathered for a double-whammy party. It was Maggie and husband Colin’s 50th wedding anniversary and Maggie’s landmark 75th birthday. “They’re just two days apart, a very special celebration,” says Maggie. “So we took the whole family to Noosa. We had the most beautiful time with fantastic food. Usually it’s [daughter] Saskia and I who do the cooking together, but we took our chef, Tim Bourke [from Maggie’s Barossa Valley restaurant The Farm Eatery], who’s like part of the family. I didn’t want to go out to restaurants, I just wanted to be with the family.”

    Local farmers and growers who knew Maggie delivered an endless supply of fresh produce for the occasion and the spread, she says, was “amazing”. “They chose every food in season that I love so much. We had five grandchildren – one couldn’t come – and both daughters, Sassy [Saskia] and Elli, and their husbands. It was days of celebration.”

    “We had the most beautiful time with fantastic food. I just wanted to be with family.”

    Today Maggie says she feels so lucky to have had those

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