Vickie De Beer

Vickie de Beer has been a food writer, stylist and food editor of Rooi Rose for 13 years. Having been inspired by her mother who was an avid cook and food enthusiast, Vickie received her professional chef’s diploma from the Institute of Culinary Arts.  Since then she has contributed as a health and food writer to Shape magazine and worked closely with Discovery and Bestmed (two of South Africa’s largest medical aid companies) on nutritional cooking features.  Vickie has won numerous food writing and styling awards including Galliova Food Writer Award of the Year (three times) and a PICA (Best Stylist). Vickie’s recent title, My Low Carb Kitchen has been awarded a Gourmand Award for best food writer in South Africa.  The Low Carb Solution for Diabetics has been released in the UK, USA and Australia and it is going into the 3^rd print in the UK as the Type 1 and Type 2 Cookbook.