Julie Goodwin on coming 'Home For Dinner', and back to herself

What happens when the mental load becomes too much to bear? For cook and media personality Julie Goodwin, she had to reconfigure her life to take back her power. In this in-depth interview we cover Julie's ascendence from 'just a mum' on Masterchef's inaugural season, through to a period of work so intense she was eventually hospitalised. It's led her and her family to want to re-assess, and her new goal to help all families is laid out in her latest cookbook Home for Dinner.

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First, Read is hosted by Charle Malycon, and this episode's guest is Julie Goodwin.

Produced by Liz Burnett. Video Production by Michael Windle and Maia Longhurst. Additional research and scripting by Lydia Burgham. Theme song composed by Kieran Parker. Content co-ordination by Tiana Warner. Graphic design by Olivia Mead.