About this Event
Laurie Woolever | Katrina Strickland
Since its 2025 publication, Laurie Woolever’s Care and Feeding was an immediate New York Times bestseller, tracing her path from small-town childhood to working with two of the most powerful men in the food business, chefs Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. The book’s success is no surprise. Laurie doesn't sugarcoat the consequences of a life where desire has been met with opportunity in equal measure. She weaves her story deftly, capturing the essence of New York city during the golden era of the 1990s and 2000s food celebrity without downplaying the darker side of indulgence and the treatment of women in the male-dominated food industry.
In an evening of raw, honest conversation, join Laurie alongside Good Weekend senior writer and former editor Katrina Strickland as they discuss the love language of food, living life without guardrails and learning to curb her appetites.
Live Event & Venue Information
The Roundhouse is located at UNSW Sydney's Kensington Campus. Please note this is a live event only, and will not be available via livestream.
Access
Wheelchair Access
The closest accessible drop off point to the Roundhouse is the north entrance via High Street, Gate 2, follow the road to Third Avenue and turn onto 1st Avenue West. More information on getting there can be found via our interactive accessibility map available here.
Assisted Listening
The Roundhouse has a hearing loop. Patrons wishing to utilise this need to simply switch their hearing aid to the T (Telecoil) setting to pick up on the wireless signal.
Auslan & Captioning
Auslan interpreting services and/or live captioning can be provided for selected talks upon request.
Contact
To book and discuss access services, please call the Centre for Ideas on 02 9065 0485 or email [email protected].
Public Transport & Parking
The Roundhouse is easily accessible via public transport and the closest light rail stop is UNSW Anzac Parade (L3 line). The closest bus stop is UNSW Gate 2, High Street (348, 370). For more information, call the Transport Infoline on 131 500 or visit transportnsw.info.
Free parking is available from 5:30 pm in the Barker Street Car Park (Gate 14), located here. Event patrons must park in the UNSW Permit Holder bays, available on all levels, to access free parking. Please note that the Western Campus Car Park is now closed.
Paid casual and visitor parking is offered via the CellOPark App and ‘pay by plate meters’ in all other UNSW car parks. For more information head here.
Contact
For all the other enquiries, please email [email protected] or call the Centre for Ideas on 02 9065 0485.
The Centre for Ideas is happy to receive phone calls via the National Relay Service. TTY users, phone 133 677, then ask for 02 9065 0485. Speak and Listen users, phone 1300 555 727 then ask for 02 9065 0485. For more information on all other relay calls visit here.
Speakers
Laurie Woolever
Laurie Woolever is a writer, editor, public speaker and former cook. For nearly a decade, she worked as the lieutenant to the late author, TV host and producer Anthony Bourdain. Her memoir, Care and Feeding, was published in March 2025 and was an instant New York Times bestseller.
Woolever was an editor at Art Culinaire and Wine Spectator magazines, and has written about food, travel, television and more for the New York Times, Vogue, GQ, Rolling Stone, Food & Wine, Lucky Peach, Saveur, Dissent, Roads & Kingdoms, and others. She has contributed to and co-authored a number of books, including Appetites: A Cookbook and World Travel, both with Anthony Bourdain, and the James Beard Award-winning Richard Hart Bread, with British baker Richard Hart.
Katrina Strickland
Katrina Strickland is a senior writer with Good Weekend magazine, as well as its former editor from 2017 to 2025. Prior to that she was editor of The Australian Financial Review Magazine and has held arts editor roles at both the AFR and The Australian. Her book, Affairs of the Art, about the widows and widowers who control the estates of some of Australia's most renowned artists, was published by Melbourne University Publishing in 2013.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Roundhouse, International Road, Kensington, Australia
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