Australia’s first MasterChef winner and bestselling cookbook author Julie Goodwin shares her extraordinary life story in her memoir, Your Time Starts Now.
Catapulted into the spotlight as the first-ever winner of MasterChef Australia, Julie Goodwin was inundated with attention and opportunities, which were both thrilling and overwhelming.
Her rise to becoming one of Australia’s best-loved personalities included her roles as a columnist for Australia’s Women’s Weekly, a presenter on Today, the author of numerous cookbooks and appearances on several television shows including I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! For years Julie co-hosted an award-winning breakfast show and opened a thriving cooking school.
Under the surface of her successful life, Julie was struggling with depression, anxiety and addiction. It all reached breaking point in the middle of both bushfires and lockdowns, and Julie was hospitalised in a mental health unit.
In Your Time Starts Now, Julie shares her highly personal journey of recovery in a gloriously candid way that is full of humour and heart. As well as featuring beautiful food and astonishing people, Julie writes with brutal honesty about her struggles, and readers are brought into her story, including her unravelling and quest for healing.
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Julie live in conversation, as she shares her personal journey, her road to recovery and her aim to keep the mental health conversation going.
