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Zena Skinner (27 February 1927 – 6 March 2018) was a British chef, writer, and cookery expert on television and radio.

Her first television appearance was in 1959. She presented daytime cookery programmes for the BBC and, later, Channel 4, through the 1960s and 1970s. Her style tended to the homely and economical, without fancy techniques or exotic ingredients. She also contributed to the 'Radio Times' magazine, and wrote several cookery books, including 'Zena Skinner's Book of Recipes' (1968) and 'Zena Skinner's Down to Earth Cookbook' (1982).

Zena Skinner served in the Women's Royal Naval Service and decoded signals at Portsmouth during World War II. After the war, she worked as a demonstrator at the Eastern Electricity Board showroom in Royston; she also demonstrated electrical appliances in Jamaica and East Africa. While working in Kenya, she met Queen Elizabeth II, and her appearance in publicity photos, serving cakes to Maasai men, led her into television work.