MasterChef‘s latest eliminated contestant, 29-year-old bar manager Courtney Roulston, talks about how the cooking competition gave her the “kick up the bum” she needed to realise her dream. You applied for the first season of MasterChef. What was it like auditioning again and why do you think you made it further this time? I actually […]

The drama on the hit cooking contest is nothing compared to the contestants’ real-life experiences. Dominic: My drinking problem He admits he cracked under the intense, pressure-cooker atmosphere of MasterChef and lapsed into drinking again, but Dominic Corrigan insists he has his demon well under control. The big-hearted Sydney father of four, who had a […]

Read our review of Maggie O’Farrell’s The Hand That First Held Mine then tell us what you think on the form below for a chance to win a copy of the AWW Cooking School cook book and have your critique printed in The Australian Women’s Weekly books pages. Two women born 50 years apart are […]

Thrush is a vaginal infection caused by an excess of candida albicans, a fungal yeast which normally inhabits the intestines. Symptoms include intense burning, itching, and a discharge. Anything which disturbs the normal balance of “good” bacteria in the gut can trigger it, including stress, antibiotics, spermicides, synthetic oestrogens, such as those in the contraceptive […]

MasterChef’s Jonathan Daddia is prepared for anything in the kitchen. And when it comes to romance, the aspiring chef is equally well organised. In between shooting scenes for the TV cooking competition, Jonathan crammed in a walk down the aisle that had been thrown into doubt by his success in the kitchen … and a […]

If you can swap your car commute for a bike ride to work, you’ll reap a host of health and fitness benefits. According to a study published in Preventive Medicine, a combination walk-and-cycle commute is linked to an 11 percent decrease in risk of heart disease. Research reported in the European Journal of Epidemiology has […]

Following his elimination from MasterChef Devon Headland spoke to Woman’s Day about who likes who in the MasterChef house, why he thinks his elimination was unfair and his plans to wed his long-time partner Cat. You’ve said that your friends and family motivated you to come on the show, as did the chance for a […]

We all know most of the benefits of getting a good night’s sleep, but new European research has found that it not only benefits our everyday health and wellbeing, it can also help us live longer. Research conducted by the University of Warwick and the University of Naples Federico II found poor sleepers who get […]

Sarah Carmichael stunned fellow contestants and viewers alike with her decision to sacrifice her spot on MasterChef for the sake of her children last week, but even she admits she is blown away by her next surprise revelation – she’s pregnant! Despite making the final 24 by impressing judges with her coconut snapper, Sarah says […]

It’s a common assumption that chocolate is a positive mood enhancer but a new US research raises the question: Does chocolate stimulate happy feelings or depression? A study published this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine attempted to answer that question. Researchers from the Davis and San Diego campuses of the University of California […]