Donna Hay is one of the original ‘celebrity chefs’.

Before Masterchef, before My Restaurant Rules, she was pumping out family-favourite recipe books from her home city of Sydney.

And it’s no small operation, there are about 7 million of her cookbooks in print, as well as a homewares line, a magazine that got to 100 issues, and a website.

Now, she’s coming to New Zealand for a series of shows called “An Evening with Donna Hay”, and she's been speaking to Francesca. 

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