Justine Schofield

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Justine Schofield
Born (1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater Santa Sabina College
Occupations
  • Cook
  • author
  • television presenter
Years active2009–present
AgentOne Management [1]
Television Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield
Partner Brent Staker
Children1
Website www.justineschofield.com.au

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

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Early life

Schofield was born on 29 October 1985 in Sydney to an Australian father and a French mother. She has an elder brother.[ citation needed ] When Françoise came to Australia, she opened a restaurant in Bowral. [2] Schofield attended Santa Sabina College where she gained her Higher School Certificate in 2003. [3] She studied for a diploma in hotel management and went on to work in sales. [4]

Television

In 2009, Schofield was selected for the first series of MasterChef Australia . She was eliminated in fourth place. [5]

Schofield was subsequently offered her own program, Everyday Gourmet with Justine Schofield , on Network Ten. She has recorded more than 700 episodes over eight series. [6] The program also has spinoff series, including Tropical Gourmet Queensland, [7] Tropical Gourmet: New Caledonia [8] and Justine's Flavours of Fuji. [9]

In 2019, Schofield competed in the fifth season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! , set in Kruger National Park, South Africa. [10] She was eliminated eighth on 7 February 2019. [11]

Books

Schofield has written several books:

Personal life

From 2014 to 2017, Schofield was in a relationship with television journalist Matt Doran. In 2019, she said she had been single for two years. [12] Schofield has been in a relationship with ex-AFL player Brent Staker since early 2020. On 8 May 2022, the couple announced that they were expecting a child. They had a son in September 2022. [13]

Schofield lives in Clovelly, New South Wales. [14]

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