Julie Goodwin
Australian Cook | Masterchef Winner | Author | Keynote Speaker | Mental Health Advocate
CATEGORY
- Celebrity Brand Ambassador
- Celebrity Chefs
TOPICS
- Food & Fame, Failure & Freedom
- Life story of Australia's first MasterChef
- Mental Health & Resilience
- Cooking Demonstrations
INFO
- Location: Sydney
- Social media followers: 180k
Biography
In 2009 Julie Goodwin became a household name overnight when she was crowned Australia’s first ever MasterChef winner. Thrust into the limelight, Australia’s favourite Mum became the Julie Goodwin brand; TV shows, best-selling books, radio, appearances, columns and endorsements were all to follow.
Viewers loved her honesty, sense of humour and humble cooking style. When her first cookbook, Our Family Table was published, she became one of Australia’s best-selling authors; her book held the number one slot in the book charts for over 10 weeks.
Shortly after winning ‘MasterChef’ Julie became the resident weekly cook on Nine’s breakfast show ‘Today’ and began her almost ten-year tenure as a monthly columnist for the Australian Women’s Weekly. She has published seven cookbooks, Our Family Table, Heart of the Home, Gather, $20 in 20 minutes, Homemade Takeaway and The Essential Cookbook and CLASSIC.
In 2015 Julie made the gutsy move to head into the South African Jungle on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ and in 2016 Julie she joined the Central Coast’s Star 104.5FM Breakfast Weekday Show with Rabbit, for 4 years’ worth of laughs and positivity.
In 2022 ‘Jules the OG’ burst back onto our screens in ‘MasterChef Fans and Favourites’ with that same quick-witted sense of humour and trademark honesty. She wowed the Judges (again) with her classic but perfectly executed dishes, securing herself a spot in the top 5, and Australia fell in love with her all over again. This time it wasn’t just her cooking that had Australia talking, but also her openness and willingness to share her struggles with mental health over the past decade. Using her privileged position of profile, Julie has vowed to keep the conversation going and is working with Beyond Blue.
In April 2024 Julie’s Memoir Your Time Starts Now was released. It is the brutally honest and soul-baring memoir of a woman who won hearts across the nation, who lived many highs and many lows, often in the public domain. For the first time Julie has opened up about her own battle in a way she never has before.
Testimonials
Julie Goodwin joined us for the Bendigo Writers Festival in August 2024 and wowed audiences across three different events.
Julie shared her stories and lived experience with such warmth and vulnerability, she also spent time signing books and chatting to guests.
Working with Julie was an absolute breeze. Not only are we very happy with the delicious content that Julie put together, but the whole team were just lovely to deal with. We will certainly seek to work together again.
It was an absolute pleasure to meet Julie and watch her turn a few ingredients into a magical dish in a matter of minutes. Feedback on the presentation and on-stage cook has been tremendous and together we truly achieved a memorable moment for the audience. It was delightful watching and listening to people engage with Julie - who has a very impressive and deeply loyal following!
Julie did an absolutely wonderful job and gave the audience a visceral feel for what’s it like to struggle with your emotional health.
I can’t tell you how many people came up to me afterwards and said how much they enjoyed listening to Julie.
Julie is a natural leader, to push through the vulnerability of sharing her story with a crowd of strangers, with the bigger objective of normalising mental health. It was a selfless action on her behalf and much appreciated. We all have to accept that mental health is a part of our overall health and understand this aspect of ourselves much better.
We engaged Julie Goodwin to provide us with a cooking presentation for our 'Loving Your Later Life Expo' held in Tamworth in 2023. We are very familiar with hiring talent and found Julie to be engaging and accommodating with both us and our audience. Right from the start she was approachable, easy to work with and just a lovely down to earth human. We would highly recommend Julie and have her back anytime.
Julie was delightful to work with and very enjoyable to watch. Customers loved seeing delicious food, made easy. The demonstrations were entertaining, informative and charismatic. I highly recommend Julie for any event or demonstration.
The lead up to Julie's appearance was stress-free and everything worked according to plan. Thank you for a wonderful event.
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