MasterChef Australia winner Julie Goodwin shocks fans with surprise new slimmed-down look
Julie Goodwin has debuted a fresh new look in her latest Instagram post.
The Aussie cook, 54, who won the inaugural season of MasterChef Australia, had ditched the dye and shed some kilograms as she announced she would be making an appearance at the Moreton Bay Food & Wine Festival.
'Australia's original home cook hero, @_juliegoodwin, will bring her warmth, wit and heart to The Kitchen Stage, presented by @ausbuild,' the post read.
'She'll serve up simple, soulful food that inspires the whole family to get cooking.'
'With her signature family-style recipes and relatable charm, Julie's demos promise comfort food, real talk, and that heartwarming reminder of why we fell in love with her all those years ago.'
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Julie let her greys grow and flaunted a more au-natural colour for her locks in the clip, while also showcasing her weight loss since winning the cooking show in 2009.
The kitchen extraordinaire looked slimmer than ever as she encouraged fans to attend the Queensland-based food event in August.
Despite her makeover, Julie still donned her signature wide-frame glasses in the post, while wearing a pink sweater and matching, dangly pink earrings.
'Wow you are looking amazing' wrote one fan while another said, 'Omg is that Julie Goodwin? How much weight has she lost?'
'Julie you are looking incredible' someone else wrote while one more said, 'Julie you look absolutely amazing'.
Julie reprised her MasterChef appearance in 2012 for the MasterChef All Stars series before appearing on Ten's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of here! ion 2015.
More recently, Julie appeared on the 2024 season of channel Seven hit Dancing with the Stars.
During her stint on the series, the show's judges called her 'a sexy vixen,' 'a sassy minx,' and even a 'dominatrix'.
The MasterChef winner revealed what she really thinks of the stunning response to her makeover for the dance competition in an interview with Daily Mail Australia.
'That was unexpected and unfamiliar,' Julie laughed.
'My family thought it was hilarious. I'm normally cooking and running around after my granddaughter, not pushing a good looking man around on the floor.
'I was stoked with the judges' feedback,' she said. 'It was nice to hear that I'd gotten the dance pretty right.'
Julie was sent home alongside Australian Olympian and former politician Nova Peris in a double-elimination round that upset fans of the series.
However the beloved TV personality says simply hitting the dancefloor after injury felt like winning.
The celebrity chef had just six days in real-time to recover from the 'blindingly painful' calf muscle tear she sustained in week one.
'It certainly impacted our training and I wasn't over it by any means,' she said of her elimination performance which aired on Sunday.
'When I was dancing, I had that much adrenaline in my system I didn't really feel it, but as soon as I got off the floor I had to ice it.'
'I'm really happy I was able to get on the dancefloor,' she said when asked how she felt about exiting the competition.
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