Meet Tenina


Bestselling cookbook author and recipe developer Tenina Holder has spent over a decade teaching keen home cooks how to dominate their kitchen, with her range of cookbooks and masterclasses. Published titles include For Food's Sake, Keeping it Simple, The Convenient Vegetarian, Cooking with Tenina and Tenina’s America, featuring recipes for the Thermomix.

Once dubbed the Thermomix Queen by Delicious.com, and formerly Thermomix Australia’s first official ‘Recipe Developer’, Tenina has since embarked on a journey to spread her love of food and bold flavours across the world to cooks of all ages and abilities – Thermomix-user or not! - through her website Tenina.com and Insider Club, a subscription-based membership.

Tenina is also a self-publisher of a range of recipe e-Books designed for everyone to make good food at home, including ‘Nifty But Thrifty’ for affordable cooking, and ‘What’s For Dessert?’ for those with a sweet tooth. She is also an official ambassador for Drop, providing the Drop Recipes App with fresh and easy recipes every week.

Through her approachable cooking style and effusive personality, Tenina has amassed a passionate community of home cooks and budding culinary mavens from Australia and beyond. A champion for food positivity, Tenina is passionate about real food, delicious flavours and achievable results. Unafraid of of salt, butter or sugar, Tenina aims to inspire home cooks around the world to create and enjoy real food at home.