Born in New Zealand, Ruby’s childhood was spent travelling the globe with her family. Educated at various international schools in Asia, she opted for university study in Melbourne.

Her wanderlust unabated, a sojourn in the south of France ignited her love for food and wine and lead to her first serious wine job at Harrods London. She returned to study Wine Marketing in Adelaide, then to the Barossa to run Two Hand Wines cellar door. Ruby soon convinced her now husband, Craig, to make the tree change to the Barossa.

Ruby was the restaurant manager at Appellation, then was appointed Director of Sales and Marketing at The Louise, becoming well known for flying the Barossa flag throughout the travel industry, promoting the Barossa as Australia’s global destination for food and wine to the discerning traveller. During this time, she spent 4 years as Vice Chair of Tourism Barossa Inc.

After a decade at The Louise, and two young children, Ruby now runs her own strategic marketing consultancy as well as supporting Arno Wine Co, Ruby and Craig’s boutique wine label.

Knowing there is more to the region than its great wine and food, Ruby, along with Rachael Braunack, founded Kind Hearted Kitchen as a free meal service for families and individuals who may be doing it tough in Barossa.

Kind Hearted Kitchen exists because of community support. To date they have cooked over 20,000 free meals for the community, thanks to donated produce and ingredients cooked by volunteer chefs and Barossa people.