Naomi Hart

”’Naomi has earned a living as a cow, a prostitute, a nun, a murderess, a diva, a wolf and a dancing plate. That is to say she’s worked in musical theatre and spent most of her twenties in New York city.

Upon returning to Sydney, Australia with her American chef husband, Gregory Llewellyn, she became a restaurateur and co-owner of award-winning, hatted restaurant called ‘Hartsyard’, a dance, drama and voice teacher, cookbook writer, hostess, bar owner and occasional writer. Her writing has been published in various journals, been heard on ABC Radio National’s ‘Life Matters’ and ‘Earshot’ programs, she’s written two sell-out cabarets and her first book; Life At The Bottom Of The Blender was released in July 2022 to wonderful reception.

Amongst this peripatetic career, she has also had three gorgeous children, one of whom is autistic, discovered her husband has ADHD, and come perilously close to a breakdown…if only she could find the time to fit one in. A life of excitement and stress? Naomi’s hair sure thought it was stress and she has been completely bald since alopecia hit full force at the end of 2020. Stubbornly, her chin whiskers have prevailed.

A three-year stint living and working on a remote Fijian Island was thwarted by the pandemic after four short months and she now resides on the NSW Central Coast with her loud, wacky family and their new therapy pup, Beautiful Bonnie Hart. She is currently editing her second book, a collection of essays with a working title; ‘Sorry I’m busy, I’m oiling my cat.’