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My Secret Life: Victoria Hislop, novelist, 49

The home I grew up in ... is in Kent. Thirty years after my parents sold up, I gave in to a long-held desire and went to see it. It was the same, but I realised how much I'd changed.

When I was a child I wanted to be ... a tennis player at Wimbledon. I spent hours and hours hitting a ball against the wooden garage doors. As I saw on the nostalgia visit, those doors have been replaced with something more modern. That made me sad.

You wouldn't know it but I'm very good at ... singing. I practise with my karaoke machine. Singing is a great release. My favourite numbers? Early Elton John.

You may not know it but I'm no good at ... ice-skating. I really hate ice, falling over on it, being cold, and feeling insecure.

The moment that changed me for ever ... was having my first child. This is where my life divides into the "before" and "after".

My greatest inspiration ... comes from visiting unfamiliar foreign cities, sitting in cafés and wondering what goes on in the lives of the people there – and eavesdropping.

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Biography

I chose to pursue a career in cooking because of my interest in food and the restaurant industry. Since starting my program at SAIT in 2014 my passion for cooking has only grown. I hope to travel the world to experience new cultures and learn to cook different types of dishes from my travels.

A few of the chefs at my school recommended I get involved in Skills Competitions and so I did as it seemed like a great way to further develop my skill set in this field.

Interesting Fact

Before I got involved in cooking, I was a competitive equestrian. I really enjoy the excitement and thrill of show jumping and it is still a big part of my life.

Essential Skills

I feel that working with others is a very valuable Essential Skill for my training. Working with others allows me to come up with new ideas and enhances my creativity.

Competition History

Training History

WorldSkills Team Canada Trials: SAIT, January 4-5, 2017
Taitaja 2017: Helsinki, May 15-18

Media Coverage

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Victoria Hislop
English author (born 1959)
Victoria Hislop (néeHamson; born 1959) is an English author.^[2]
Early life
Born in Bromley, Kent, she was raised in Tonbridge and attended Tonbridge Grammar School.^[3] She studied English at St Hilda's College, Oxford,^[4] and worked in publishing and as a journalist before becoming an author.^[5]
Career
Her novel The Island (2005) was a number-one bestseller in Britain, its success in part the result of having been selected by the Richard & Judy Book Club for their 2006 Summer Reads. To Nisi (The Island) was filmed as a TV series by the Greek TV channel MEGA.
In 2009, she donated the short story "Aflame in Athens" to Oxfam's "Ox-Tales" project, four collections of British stories written by 38 authors. Her story was published in the "Fire" collection.^[6] Hislop has a particular affection for Greece. She visits the country often for research and other reasons, and has a second home on the island of Crete.^[7]
Personal life
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