Justine Schofield (born 29 October 1985) is an Australian cook, author and television presenter.

Early life

Schofield was born on 29 October 1985 in Sydney to an Australian father and a French mother. She has an elder brother. When Françoise came to Australia, she opened a restaurant in

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. Schofield attended

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where she gained her Higher School Certificate in 2003. She studied for a diploma in hotel management and went on to work in sales.

Television

In 2009, Schofield was selected for the first series of ''

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''. She was eliminated in fourth place. Schofield was subsequently offered her own program, ''

Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield ''Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield'' is an Australian television cooking show, that is hosted by former MasterChef contestant Justine Schofield. It was first broadcast on Network Ten in 2011. The show is directed towards the home-cooked ...

'', on

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. She has recorded more than 700 episodes over eight series. The program also has spinoff series, including ''Tropical Gourmet Queensland'', ''Tropical Gourmet: New Caledonia'' and ''Justine's Flavours of Fuji''. In 2019, Schofield competed in the fifth season of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', set in

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, South Africa. She was eliminated eighth on 7 February 2019.

Books

Schofield has written several books: *''The Slow Cook'' (2021) ISBN 9781760780555 *''The Weeknight Cookbook'' (2019) *''Simple Every Day'' (2017) *''Dinner with Justine'' (2016)

Personal life

From 2014 to 2017, Schofield was in a relationship with television journalist

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. In 2019, she said she had been single for two years. Schofield has been in a relationship with ex-AFL player

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since early 2020. On 8 May 2022, the couple announced that they were expecting a child. They had a son in September 2022. Schofield lives in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schofield, Justine 1985 births Living people Australian people of French descent Writers from Sydney Australian television chefs MasterChef Australia Participants in Australian reality television series Australian women television presenters