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Meet Kim McCosker
Kim was born in Stanthorpe and raised there until moving to Mundubbera, Queensland a fantastic little town where many of her wonderful family and friends still live.
Schooled on the Gold Coast, Kim attended Star of the Sea Catholic High School and Griffith University, completing a degree in International Finance in 1998. Kim trained with MLC as a Financial Planner completing her Diploma in Financial Planning through Deakin University in 2000. Kim’s natural ease with people, her ability to communicate effortlessly and her home grown, country confidence served her extremely well as a successful financial adviser and later as the Queensland State Manager of MLC Private Client Services. After the birth of her second child Kim resigned and decided to contract from home writing financial plans.
It was during this phase of her life that 4 Ingredients was brought into a reality. Kim had the idea, but it was at the insistence of her life long friend Rachael Bermingham that they write the book ... And so over a couple of red wines began the wonderful rollercoaster ride 4 Ingredients would go on to become!
Taking a year to compile and cook, 4 Ingredients (or Kim’s fourth child as she lovingly refers to it) was launched on the 14th March, 2007. From an initial print run of 2,000 that was deemed “Over ambitious in a market saturated with cookbooks” Kim and Rachael went on to orchestrate what the trade now refers to simply as “An Absolute Phenomenon!” Not only was 4 ingredients one of the biggest selling titles in both Australia and New Zealand for 2007 but it was THE BIGGEST SELLING BOOK in Australia for 2008!
On the back of the extraordinary success of the book, Kim and Rachael have now filmed two TV series also titled ‘4 Ingredients’ for the Lifestyle Channel. Have launched a very clever application in iTunes that allows you to down load the book to your iphone, smart phone or ipod. Are about to launch their own cookware range in all major department stores across Australia, which they can’t wait to stock in their own kitchens, and have just returned from an extremely successful book launch into the UK and Irish markets. And as Kim says “No-one is more surprised than us!!!!”
In addition to this, over the past 8 years Glen and Kim have bought and renovated several properties, including a beautiful 1957 Anglican Church, a beachside shack, and the current property they now live in on the Sunshine Coast’s glorious Pelican Waters. Kim maintains the administration, bookwork and finances for their various business and financial interests.
Without a sliver of doubt however, the most rewarding of everything accomplished to date has been the birth of her three precious little boys Morgan, 7 Hamilton 4 and Flynn, 1. For Kim, family is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing in the world and carries the greatest priority of all she does! Renovations to properties were done with the children playing in the yard, recipes tested with them mixing and stirring, books written around their sleep times and trips made only when her wonderfully supportive and very loved husband Glen could be home for them.
Life presents many opportunities, but having the courage and the time to pursue them, in what is an ever increasingly busy and demanding world, is hard. But Kim is living proof that you can achieve whatever you want in life with exactly that ... HARD WORK.
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