‘A brand new life’: MasterChef champion Julie Goodwin reveals she has become a grandmother
MasterChef favourite Julie Goodwin has become a grandmother.
The 50-year-old celebrity chef shared the ‘blessed’ news on Instagram on January 17, posting a sweet photo of herself cradling baby Delilah Marlene.
The mother of three, who won the first season of MasterChef Australia in 2009, wrote in the caption: ‘A brand new life. For all of us, I think.’
‘A brand new life’: MasterChef favourite Julie Goodwin (right) has become a grandmother. The celebrity chef, 50, and her husband, Mick (left), shared the ‘blessed’ news on Instagram on January 17, posting this sweet photo of themselves cradling baby Delilah Marlene
‘Welcome to the world baby Delilah Marlene. #grateful #blessed #grandparents,’ she added.
Julie did not specify in her post which of her sons – Joe, 24, Tom, 23, and Paddy, 21 – was Delilah’s father.
In the picture, Julie and her husband, Mick, look overjoyed as they carry the infant, who is wrapped in a pink swaddle.
No further details: Julie did not note who the father of Delilah was out of her sons – Joe, 24, Tom, 23, and Paddy, 21 (all pictured) – in the post
Julie rose to fame in 2009 after appearing on the very first season of MasterChef Australia. Pictured with runner-up Poh Ling Yeow
She gently touches the side of Delilah’s head as she smiles for the camera.
Julie and Mick were flooded with well-wishes in the comments section.
‘Oohhh congrats guys!!!!!’ wrote Poh Ling Yeow, who placed runner-up to Julie in the first season of MasterChef.
‘I was so worn down’: Julie revealing her newfound grandmother status follows her candidly speaking about her decade long struggle with her mental health
It comes after Julie spoke about her decade-long struggle with her mental health.
In an interview with the Gold Coast Bulletin in October, she explained she’d been ‘really unwell’ when she checked into a mental health facility for five weeks in February 2020.
‘I could not find a single grain of energy or joy or anything. I was so worn down and I was physically really, really unwell,’ she said.
Sharing her experience: In an interview with the Gold Coast Bulletin in October, she explained she was ‘really unwell’ after checking into a mental health facility for five weeks in February