MasterChef’s Julie Goodwin shows off her drastically changed appearance as a throwback to her first time on The Project is revealed

By A. JAMES FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 16:25 BST, 22 June 2025 | Updated: 16:26 BST, 22 June 2025

Former MasterChef Australia star Julie Goodwin was the first ever guest on The Project.

And the celebrity foodie returned on Sunday night as the panel show heads into its last week on the air, after it was axed by Channel 10 last week.

During the segment, the 54-year-old grandmother featured in a series of clips from her appearance on the show in 2009.

And Julie was hardly recognisable from her appearance today after she dropped a whopping 20kg.

At one point during the segment, Julie paid tribute to the show revealing that she was an avid follower of the The Project.

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Former MasterChef Australia star Julie Goodwin was the first ever guest on The Project. The celebrity foodie returned on Sunday night (pictured) as the panel show heads into its last week

During the segment the 54-year-old grandmother featured in a series of clips from her appearance on the show in 2009 (pictured)

Telling viewers that while much has changed in her life, The Project had stayed on the telly in her living room, ‘ever since I was your first guest.’

She continued that she liked, ‘being able to tune into the day’s events without going down into a sad spiral.

‘The way you’ve done this for 16 years has been beautiful. So I’m thankful to have been such a tiny part of it.’

It comes after Julie revealed she has lost even more weight following her dramatic ‘accidental’ transformation, which saw her drop a whopping 20kg almost a decade ago.

Taking to Instagram, Julie shared a selfie of her looking thinner than ever following an appearance on Sunrise.

Julie let her greys grow and flaunted a more au natural colour for her locks while showcasing her weight loss since winning the cooking show in 2009.

The kitchen guru looked slim as she encouraged fans to try her chicken pie with potato bake topping.

Despite her makeover, Julie still donned her signature wide-frame glasses in the post, while wearing a black and white striped shirt.

It comes after Julie revealed she has lost even more weight following her dramatic ‘accidental’ transformation, which saw her drop a whopping 20kg almost a decade ago

She first appeared on MasterChef Australia in 2009 (pictured) 

Back in 2016, Goodwin revealed that her dramatic weight loss had nothing to do with dieting and was certainly no cause for celebration.

‘It’s not that I’ve gone on some stupid, sad diet and dropped a whole heap of weight in a hurry. 

‘It’s not anything like that,’ she told Women’s Weekly at the time.

‘I am running a business and running around like a mad thing, and sometimes I forget to eat, none of which is healthy.’

Julie reprised her MasterChef appearance in 2012 for the MasterChef All Stars series.

She went on to appea on Ten’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! in 2015.

More recently, Julie appeared on the 2024 season of Channel Seven hit show Dancing with the Stars.

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MasterChef’s Julie Goodwin shows off her drastically changed appearance as a throwback to her first time on The Project is revealed

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