Matt Skinner

Matt Skinner has an insatiable passion for wine. With over 13 years of experience, he is well known to international audiences as an author, broadcaster, and writer on the subject, and has taken on a teaching role as part of his position with Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Restaurant Group.

Matt has a refreshing take on the industry and a knack for making wine simple. His first book, Thirsty Work, was awarded “Best Educational Wine Book UK” at the 2005 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards and to date has been published in 16 countries and 10 languages. Matt stars with his best mate Tobie Puttock in “Tobie & Matt” on The Lifestyle Channel and is a regular contributor to GQ Australia, Sunday Magazine Australia and jamieoliver.com. Day to day, Matt consults to a small yet perfectly formed group of clients around the world.

Matt’s love of wine is only surpassed by his dedication to encouraging people of all ages to feel more comfortable, passionate and enthusiastic about the subject. Matt likes nothing more than uncrowded surf, and finding out he’s been upgraded at check in. While much of his time is spent on the road, Matt calls Melbourne, Australia home.