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Stephanie Rose McGovern (born 31 May 1982) is an English
journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...
and
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. She currently hosts ''
Steph's Packed Lunch ''Steph's Packed Lunch'' (formerly aired as ''The Steph Show'') is a daytime television programme in the UK that is broadcast on Channel 4 each weekday afternoon. The show is presented by English journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern. The s ...
'' on Channel 4. She worked for the
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as the main business presenter for ''
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'', often co-hosting the entire programme.


Early life

McGovern was born in 1982 in
North Shields North Shields () is a town in the Borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth. Since 1974, it has been in the North Tyneside borough of Tyne and Wea ...
,
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, and grew up in
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...
,
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. Her father is professional artist Eamonn McGovern. In 1998, at the start of her
sixth form In the education systems of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and some other Commonwealth countries, sixth form represents the final two years of secondary education, ages 16 to 18. Pupils typically prepare for A-l ...
studies, she won an Arkwright Engineering Scholarship for her potential to be a future leader in the engineering industry. From 1998 to 2000, at
Macmillan Academy Macmillan Academy is an academy in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. The school was founded in 1989 as the Macmillan City Technology College, one of the first of 15 City Technology Colleges established in England. Its initial sponsors we ...
, in the sixth form, she studied maths, physics, design technology and business studies. At the age of 19, she was awarded the Young Engineers Clubs' "Young Engineer for Britain", and during a
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Year in Industry before a then-planned mechanical engineering degree at Imperial College, McGovern was a junior member of Black & Decker’s Six Sigma team in
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, saving
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£150,000 a year by improving production techniques used for the ''Leaf Hog'' ( Blower/
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/
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) later receiving '' EEF/ Year in Industry Award'' for Contribution to the Business. She attended
University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...
, where, in 2005, she received a
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for ''Science Communication and Policy'' in the
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. In 2013, she was awarded an honorary doctorate by
Teesside University , mottoeng = Deeds Not Words , established = 1930 – Constantine Technical College1969 – as Teesside Polytechnic 1992 – gained university status , type = Public , endowment = £0.23 m (2019/20) , chancellor ...
.


Career

McGovern started at the BBC doing work experience on the ''
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'' programme, before securing part-time employment as a researcher in current affairs. She became the main producer for daily financial news on the ''
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'' programme on Radio 4, before becoming the lead producer of business news on the BBC's '' One'', ''
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'' and ''
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'' news bulletins, working with the then business editor,
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. McGovern has presented
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's ''
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and'' ''On the Money'' and was ''BBC Breakfast''s main business presenter beginning in 2010, as well as a regular presenter of the entire show. She presented ''Pocket Money Pitch'' for
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. Since March 2016, she has co-presented the consumer series ''Shop Well for Less'' with
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for
BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, p ...
. In 2018, McGovern presented a six-part BBC series called ''Made in Great Britain''. McGovern joined the
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''
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'' presenting team from autumn 2016. She also co-presented ''Can Britain Have a Pay Rise?'' for
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alongside James O'Brien and has been both a panellist and host on '' Have I Got News for You''. In October 2018, McGovern stated that she found
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"creepy" after he referred to her as "beautiful" during an interview in 2012. She is said to have brushed off Trump's comments by telling him she had heard "better
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" in Middlesbrough's Club Bongo. McGovern left ''BBC Breakfast'' in October 2019 to join
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. She had been expected to host ''Steph's Talks'' from spring 2020 at Channel 4's then-new base in
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, however the
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meant that she began presenting ''The Steph Show'' from her front room on 30 March 2020. The show eventually launched in September 2020 as ''
Steph's Packed Lunch ''Steph's Packed Lunch'' (formerly aired as ''The Steph Show'') is a daytime television programme in the UK that is broadcast on Channel 4 each weekday afternoon. The show is presented by English journalist and broadcaster Steph McGovern. The s ...
''. In 2021, she was elected as an Honorary Fellow of the
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, recognised as a "tireless champion for engineering and vocational skills". In December 2021, McGovern was featured in the
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series '' Walking with...'', walking in
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in the
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. McGovern was a contestant in the second series of '' The Masked Dancer'' under the stage name 'Tomato Sauce'. Her first appearance was on 10 September 2022 (Episode 2) and she was voted off on 1 October 2022 (Episode 5). She also hosts industrial events.


Personal life

McGovern is a former champion
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r and still often attends international competitions, where she helps to coach dancers. She confirmed on 14 July 2019 that she was pregnant, she and her girlfriend were expecting their first child. On 4 November 2019, McGovern announced that she had given birth to a baby girl. She lives in
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,
North Yorkshire North Yorkshire is the largest ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county (lieutenancy area) in England, covering an area of . Around 40% of the county is covered by National parks of the United Kingdom, national parks, including most of ...
.


References


External links


Steph's Packed Lunch
on
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...

Steph McGovern
TV Newsroom * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McGovern, Steph Living people Alumni of University College London Female Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC Radio 5 Live presenters British business and financial journalists People from Middlesbrough LGBT journalists from the United Kingdom LGBT people from England 1982 births