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'''Sarah Wilson''' (born 1974) is an Australian [[journalist]], [[television presenter]], blogger, media consultant and author of the best-selling 'I Quit Sugar' book.
'''Sarah Wilson''' (born 1974) is an Australian [[journalist]], [[television presenter]], blogger, media consultant and author. She is best known as the author of the best-selling 'I Quit Sugar' books. In 2017 she published an aclaimed memoir about her anxiety.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/author/sarah-wilson/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==


Wilson grew up on a [[Subsistence agriculture|subsistence-living]] farm in [[Wamboin]], with five younger siblings. She owned her first business at the age of 12, making doll's house furniture. She has a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[philosophy]] from [[Australian National University]] and a Graduate Certificate in professional writing from [[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]] (RMIT).{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} According to the [[Australian Associated Press]], Wilson has completed an online course with the [[Institute for Integrative Nutrition]] and describes herself as a health coach.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Australian Associated Press|title=MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules hosts 'not qualified to give dietary advice'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/22/masterchef-and-my-kitchen-rules-hosts-not-qualified-to-give-dietary-advice|work=The Guardian Australia|date=21 August 2014}}</ref>
Wilson grew up in the bush outside Canberra, with five younger siblings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=First, We Make the Beast Beautiful|last=Wilson|first=Sarah|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year=2017|isbn=9781743535868|location=|pages=}}</ref> She owned her first business at the age of 12 or 13, selling library-book bags, brooches, and gift cards.<ref name=":1" /> She has a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[philosophy]], politics, gender studies and law from [[Australian National University]] which she undertook between 1922-1997. She also completed a Graduate Certificate in professional writing from [[Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology]] (RMIT).{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} According to the [[Australian Associated Press]], Wilson has completed an online course with the [[Institute for Integrative Nutrition]] and has established a successful career writing about food, nutrition, and wellbeing.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Australian Associated Press|title=MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules hosts 'not qualified to give dietary advice'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/22/masterchef-and-my-kitchen-rules-hosts-not-qualified-to-give-dietary-advice|work=The Guardian Australia|date=21 August 2014}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==


Wilson's first job as a journalist was as a restaurant reviewer for [[News Ltd]]'s ''Sunday Magazine''. At 25 she had a weekly [[opinion column]] in News Ltd's ''[[Herald Sun]]''.
Wilson undertook a cadetship at News Ltd in Melbourne in the late 1990s. Wilson's first job as a journalist was as a restaurant reviewer for [[News Ltd]]'s ''Sunday Magazine''. At 24 she had a weekly [[opinion column]] in News Ltd's ''[[Herald Sun]]''.


=== Media roles ===
=== Media roles ===
She was the editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine from 2004 till early 2008. During her time at the magazine, she interviewed former Australian Prime Ministers [[John Howard]] and [[Kevin Rudd]], and entered the [[Guinness Book of Records]] by staging the World's Biggest Bikini Shoot at [[Bondi Beach]].<ref>http://www.sarahwilson.com/about/</ref> During this time she was also the fashion editor of [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]]'s ''[[Today Show Australia|Today]]'' show. Wilson's first host role as a television presenter came in 2009 as the host of Masterchef Australia. After she left the program, her role was not replaced and a [[Network Ten]] spokesman, David Mott stated; "Sarah has an impressive background with abilities that far outweighed her duties on the show."<ref>{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=Ten drops Sarah Wilson from MasterChef 2|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/09/ten-drops-sarah-wilson-from-masterchef-2.html|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref>
She was the editor of Australian [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|''Cosmopolitan'']] magazine from 2003 to 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/ex-cosmo-editors-ingram-freedman-mccahon-and-wilson-reflect-on-their-time-at-the-helm-546712|title=Ex-Cosmo editors Ingram, Freedman, McCahon and Wilson reflect on their time at the helm|last=Samios|first=Zoe|date=|work=Mumbrella|access-date=}}</ref> During her time at the magazine, she interviewed former Australian Prime Ministers [[John Howard]] and [[Kevin Rudd]], and entered the [[Guinness Book of Records]] by staging the World's Biggest Bikini Shoot at [[Bondi Beach]].<ref>http://www.sarahwilson.com/about/</ref> During this time she was also the fashion editor of [[Nine Network|Channel Nine]]'s ''[[Today Show Australia|Today]]'' show. Wilson's first host role as a television presenter came in 2009 as the host of Masterchef Australia. After she left the program, her role was not replaced and a [[Network Ten]] spokesman, David Mott stated; "Sarah has an impressive background with abilities that far outweighed her duties on the show."<ref>{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=Ten drops Sarah Wilson from MasterChef 2|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/09/ten-drops-sarah-wilson-from-masterchef-2.html|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref>


From 2009 until the end of 2011, Wilson wrote more than 130 weekly columns that appeared in Sunday Life, a magazine lift-out in the Australian [[The Sun-Herald|Sun-Herald]] newspaper in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mumbrella.com.au/sarah-wilson-ends-sunday-life-column-68417|title=Sarah Wilson ends Sunday Life column|last=Burrowes|first=Tim|date=12 December 2011|website=|publisher=mUmBRELLA|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> Her columns focused on the wellness movement, productivity and lifestyle simplicity - themes which are also explored in her popular blog.<ref>[http://www.sarahwilson.com.au www.sarahwilson.com.au]</ref> Wilson later became the face and program developer for [[Foxtel]]'s Lifestyle YOU channel. She hosted the show 'Eat Yourself Sexy', a nutrition and wellness makeover program that screened on Foxtel in late 2011. She also the wrote the [[ebook]], ''I Quit Sugar: an 8-week program''.<ref name="Quit Sugar">{{cite web| last=Wilson| first=Sarah|title=I Quit Sugar: an 8-week Program| url=http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/i-quit-sugar-ebook| accessdate=3 February 2012| publisher =sarahwilson.com.au}}</ref> She announced the closure of her I Quit Sugar business in February 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Macdonald|first=Emma|date=Winter 2018|title=Sarah Wilson's changing appetite for life|url=|journal=Her Canberra magazine|volume=|issue=No. 13|pages=[22] - 26|via=}}</ref>
From 2009 until the end of 2011, Wilson wrote more than 130 weekly columns that appeared in ''Sunday Life'', a magazine lift-out in the Australian [[The Sun-Herald|Sun-Herald]] newspaper in [[Sydney]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mumbrella.com.au/sarah-wilson-ends-sunday-life-column-68417|title=Sarah Wilson ends Sunday Life column|last=Burrowes|first=Tim|date=12 December 2011|website=|publisher=mUmBRELLA|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> Her columns focused on the wellness movement, productivity and lifestyle simplicity - themes which are also explored in her popular blog.<ref>[http://www.sarahwilson.com.au www.sarahwilson.com.au]</ref> Wilson later became the face and program developer for [[Foxtel]]'s Lifestyle YOU channel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/sarah-wilson-ends-sunday-life-column-68417|title=Sarah Wilson ends Sunday Life column|last=Burrowes|first=Tim|date=|work=Mumbrella|access-date=}}</ref> She hosted the show 'Eat Yourself Sexy', a nutrition and wellness makeover program that screened on Foxtel in late 2011. Wilson frequently makes guest appearances on the [[Seven Network|Seven Network's]] [[Sunday Night (Australian TV program)|''Sunday Night'']], [[The Morning Show (TV program)|''The Morning Show'']] and [[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|''Sunrise'']] and The Ten Network's [[The Project (Australian TV program)|''The Project'']] and now defunct ''[[Good News Week]]''.

'''<big>''I Quit Sugar'' empire</big>'''

In her 2017 memoir, Wison writes about walking away from her role as editor of Australian ''Cosmopolitan'' and her other media roles and retreating to Northern NSW.<ref>{{Cite book|title=First, We Make the Beast Beautiful|last=Wilson|first=Sarah|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year=2017|isbn=9781743535868|location=|pages=}}</ref> At that time she wrote weekly columns for Fairfax Media's ''Sunday Life'' and one week she decided to write about a challenge that she set herself to give up sugar for a week. That challenge ulimately led to her quitting sugar completely, blogging about that experience, and giving up her column at the end of 2011 in order to devote herself to her sugar projects.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbrella.com.au/sarah-wilson-ends-sunday-life-column-68417|title=Sarah Wilson ends Sunday Life column|last=Burrowes|first=Tim|date=12 December 2011|work=Mumbrella|access-date=}}</ref> She eventually published ''I Quit Sugar'' as an e-book and subsequently formed a publishing relationship with Pan Macmillan and she has published many books and recipe books with that publisher.<ref name="Quit Sugar">{{cite web| last=Wilson| first=Sarah|title=I Quit Sugar: an 8-week Program| url=http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/i-quit-sugar-ebook| accessdate=3 February 2012| publisher =sarahwilson.com.au}}</ref> That success led to a whole business centred around the books and public speaking about quitting sugar and wellness more generally. She announced the closure of her Sydney-based ''I Quit Sugar'' business in February 2018.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Macdonald|first=Emma|date=Winter 2018|title=Sarah Wilson's changing appetite for life|url=|journal=Her Canberra magazine|volume=|issue=No. 13|pages=[22] - 26|via=}}</ref> She is now devoting her time to other projects and to her charity work.


=== Activism and criticism ===
=== Activism and criticism ===
Wilson is well known for her social commentary on politics, health advocacy, restaurant reviewing, opinion writing and trend forecasting. She has been the ambassador for [[Ride to Work Day (Melbourne)|Ride To Work]], Dalai Lama Australia, Street Smart, Welcome to Australia, The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, and has been a patron of Febfast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.febfast.org.au/blog/inspiration-station-5-sugar-free-celebs|title=Inspiration station: 5 sugar-free celebs|last=|first=|date=14 May 2014|website=febfast|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref> Wilson frequently makes guest appearances on the [[Seven Network|Seven Network's]] [[Sunday Night (Australian TV program)|''Sunday Night'']], [[The Morning Show (TV program)|''The Morning Show'']] and [[Sunrise (Australian TV program)|''Sunrise'']] and The Ten Network's [[The Project (Australian TV program)|''The Project'']] and now defunct ''[[Good News Week]]''.
Wilson is well known for her social commentary on politics, health advocacy, restaurant reviewing, opinion writing and trend forecasting. She has been the ambassador for [[Ride to Work Day (Melbourne)|Ride To Work]], Dalai Lama Australia, Street Smart, Welcome to Australia, The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, and has been a patron of Febfast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.febfast.org.au/blog/inspiration-station-5-sugar-free-celebs|title=Inspiration station: 5 sugar-free celebs|last=|first=|date=14 May 2014|website=febfast|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref> Wilson is passionate about food waste and continues her charity work and activism for causes like [https://www.nourishedlife.com.au/brand/two-good-co.html Two Good Co] and [https://worldbicyclerelief.org/en/australia-office/ World Bicyle Relief].


On 11 April 2013, Sarah Wilson was heavily criticised for her statements supporting the [[anti-vaccination movement]] while a guest on the morning variety show Sunrise. Claims made included suggesting that there was lack of evidence for efficacy and safety of vaccinations. These claims are despite the fact she had no medical or health qualifications at the time. She was quoted as saying 'What they say is that the gold standard studies, right, that are done to really absolutely conclusively prove things, the double-blind placebo cross something or other tests have not been done and it's almost impossible to do that on human beings, especially children.' This was in reference to double-blind randomised controlled trials.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/sarah-wilson-creates-controversy-after-she-appears-to-back-anti-vaccine-movement/news-story/8e2c6f847417c7772cfcc74a043136ae|title=Wilson whips up vaccination storm|last=Starke|first=Petra|date=11 April 2013|work=news.com.au|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref>
On 11 April 2013, Sarah Wilson was criticised for her statements allegedly supporting the [[anti-vaccination movement]] while a guest on the morning variety show Sunrise.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/sarah-wilson-creates-controversy-after-she-appears-to-back-anti-vaccine-movement/news-story/8e2c6f847417c7772cfcc74a043136ae|title=Wilson whips up vaccination storm|last=Starke|first=Petra|date=11 April 2013|work=news.com.au|access-date=2018-09-08}}</ref> Wilson disputes this claim on her website where she states clearly that she is pro-vaccination.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sarahwilson.com/2015/03/is-sarah-wilson-anti-vaccination/|title=Is Sarah Wilson anti-vacination?|last=Wilson|first=Sarah|date=26 March 2015|website=sarahwilson.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


==Books==
==Books==
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* ''I Quit Sugar'': ''The Complete Plan and Recipe Book'', Pan Macmillan, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781742612577/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan|archive-url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781742612577/|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
* ''I Quit Sugar'', Pan Macmillan, 2012
*''I'' ''Quit Sugar for Life'', Pan Macmillan, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781742613734/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
*''I Quit Sugar: Simplicious'', Pan Macmillan, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781743534397/|title=Pan Macmillan|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
*''I Quit Sugar: Slow Cooker Cookbook'', Pan Macmillan, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781925479515/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
*''I Quit Sugar: Kids' Cookbook'', Pan Macmillan, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781925479508/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
*''I Quit Sugar: Fast Family Meals, Pan Macmillan, 2017''. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760556396/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
*''I Quit Sugar: The Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook'', 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781925479515/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
*''I Quit Sugar: Smoothies, Bowls, and Drinks'', Pan Macmillan, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760556396/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
*''I Quit Sugar: Simplicious Flow'', Pan Macmillan, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760554590/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>


*''First, We Make The Beast Beautiful'', 2017<ref>{{cite news|last1=Berry|first1=Sarah|title=Sarah Wilson: Anxiety should be embraced and seen as beautiful|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/sarah-wilson-anxiety-should-be-embraced-and-seen-as-beautiful-20170310-guvk4i.html|accessdate=28 March 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 March 2017}}</ref>
*''First, We Make The Beast Beautiful'': ''A New Story about Anxiety.'' 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781743535868/|title=Pan Macmillan Australia|last=|first=|date=|website=Pan Macmillan Australia|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Berry|first1=Sarah|title=Sarah Wilson: Anxiety should be embraced and seen as beautiful|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/sarah-wilson-anxiety-should-be-embraced-and-seen-as-beautiful-20170310-guvk4i.html|accessdate=28 March 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 March 2017}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Since being diagnosed with an [[autoimmune disease]], [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|last=Dennehy|first=Luke|title=MasterChef recipe for recovery|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/masterchef-recipe-for-recovery/story-fna7dq6e-1225727873118|publisher=Herald Sun|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> Wilson has dedicated herself to finding ways to live more healthy and well in mind and body. An avid bike rider and bush walker, she frequently offers her readers hints and tips on how to ride safely and confidently.
Since being diagnosed with an [[autoimmune disease]], [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|last=Dennehy|first=Luke|title=MasterChef recipe for recovery|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/masterchef-recipe-for-recovery/story-fna7dq6e-1225727873118|publisher=Herald Sun|accessdate=3 February 2012}}</ref> Wilson has dedicated herself to finding ways to live more healthy and well in mind and body. An avid bike rider and bush walker, she frequently offers her readers hints and tips on how to ride safely and confidently. She currently lives in Sydney.<ref>[http://www.sarahwilson.com/about/ Sarah Wilson | About Me]. sarahwilson.com</ref>
She currently lives in Sydney.<ref>[http://www.sarahwilson.com/about/ Sarah Wilson | About Me]. sarahwilson.com</ref>


Wilson lives with [[anxiety]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Berry|first1=Sarah|title=Sarah Wilson: Anxiety should be embraced and seen as beautiful|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/sarah-wilson-anxiety-should-be-embraced-and-seen-as-beautiful-20170310-guvk4i.html|accessdate=28 March 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 March 2017}}</ref> and [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name=":0" />
Wilson lives with [[anxiety]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Berry|first1=Sarah|title=Sarah Wilson: Anxiety should be embraced and seen as beautiful|url=http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellbeing/sarah-wilson-anxiety-should-be-embraced-and-seen-as-beautiful-20170310-guvk4i.html|accessdate=28 March 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 March 2017}}</ref> and [[bipolar disorder]].<ref name=":0" />

Revision as of 07:50, 4 November 2018

Sarah Wilson
OccupationJournalist and writer
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAustralian
EducationBA
Alma materAustralian National University
Period1992-1997
Notable worksI Quit Sugar First, We Make the Beast Beautiful

Sarah Wilson (born 1974) is an Australian journalist, television presenter, blogger, media consultant and author. She is best known as the author of the best-selling 'I Quit Sugar' books. In 2017 she published an aclaimed memoir about her anxiety.[1]

Early life and education

Wilson grew up in the bush outside Canberra, with five younger siblings.[2] She owned her first business at the age of 12 or 13, selling library-book bags, brooches, and gift cards.[2] She has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy, politics, gender studies and law from Australian National University which she undertook between 1922-1997. She also completed a Graduate Certificate in professional writing from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).[citation needed] According to the Australian Associated Press, Wilson has completed an online course with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and has established a successful career writing about food, nutrition, and wellbeing.[3]

Career

Wilson undertook a cadetship at News Ltd in Melbourne in the late 1990s. Wilson's first job as a journalist was as a restaurant reviewer for News Ltd's Sunday Magazine. At 24 she had a weekly opinion column in News Ltd's Herald Sun.

Media roles

She was the editor of Australian Cosmopolitan magazine from 2003 to 2007.[4] During her time at the magazine, she interviewed former Australian Prime Ministers John Howard and Kevin Rudd, and entered the Guinness Book of Records by staging the World's Biggest Bikini Shoot at Bondi Beach.[5] During this time she was also the fashion editor of Channel Nine's Today show. Wilson's first host role as a television presenter came in 2009 as the host of Masterchef Australia. After she left the program, her role was not replaced and a Network Ten spokesman, David Mott stated; "Sarah has an impressive background with abilities that far outweighed her duties on the show."[6]

From 2009 until the end of 2011, Wilson wrote more than 130 weekly columns that appeared in Sunday Life, a magazine lift-out in the Australian Sun-Herald newspaper in Sydney.[7] Her columns focused on the wellness movement, productivity and lifestyle simplicity - themes which are also explored in her popular blog.[8] Wilson later became the face and program developer for Foxtel's Lifestyle YOU channel.[9] She hosted the show 'Eat Yourself Sexy', a nutrition and wellness makeover program that screened on Foxtel in late 2011. Wilson frequently makes guest appearances on the Seven Network's Sunday Night, The Morning Show and Sunrise and The Ten Network's The Project and now defunct Good News Week.

I Quit Sugar empire

In her 2017 memoir, Wison writes about walking away from her role as editor of Australian Cosmopolitan and her other media roles and retreating to Northern NSW.[10] At that time she wrote weekly columns for Fairfax Media's Sunday Life and one week she decided to write about a challenge that she set herself to give up sugar for a week. That challenge ulimately led to her quitting sugar completely, blogging about that experience, and giving up her column at the end of 2011 in order to devote herself to her sugar projects.[11] She eventually published I Quit Sugar as an e-book and subsequently formed a publishing relationship with Pan Macmillan and she has published many books and recipe books with that publisher.[12] That success led to a whole business centred around the books and public speaking about quitting sugar and wellness more generally. She announced the closure of her Sydney-based I Quit Sugar business in February 2018.[13] She is now devoting her time to other projects and to her charity work.

Activism and criticism

Wilson is well known for her social commentary on politics, health advocacy, restaurant reviewing, opinion writing and trend forecasting. She has been the ambassador for Ride To Work, Dalai Lama Australia, Street Smart, Welcome to Australia, The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, and has been a patron of Febfast.[14] Wilson is passionate about food waste and continues her charity work and activism for causes like Two Good Co and World Bicyle Relief.

On 11 April 2013, Sarah Wilson was criticised for her statements allegedly supporting the anti-vaccination movement while a guest on the morning variety show Sunrise.[15] Wilson disputes this claim on her website where she states clearly that she is pro-vaccination.[16]

Books

Library resources about
Sarah Wilson
By Sarah Wilson
  • I Quit Sugar: The Complete Plan and Recipe Book, Pan Macmillan, 2013.[17]
  • I Quit Sugar for Life, Pan Macmillan, 2014.[18]
  • I Quit Sugar: Simplicious, Pan Macmillan, 2015.[19]
  • I Quit Sugar: Slow Cooker Cookbook, Pan Macmillan, 2016.[20]
  • I Quit Sugar: Kids' Cookbook, Pan Macmillan, 2016.[21]
  • I Quit Sugar: Fast Family Meals, Pan Macmillan, 2017. [22]
  • I Quit Sugar: The Ultimate Chocolate Cookbook, 2017.[23]
  • I Quit Sugar: Smoothies, Bowls, and Drinks, Pan Macmillan, 2017.[24]
  • I Quit Sugar: Simplicious Flow, Pan Macmillan, 2018.[25]
  • First, We Make The Beast Beautiful: A New Story about Anxiety. 2017.[26][27]

Personal life

Since being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis in 2008,[28] Wilson has dedicated herself to finding ways to live more healthy and well in mind and body. An avid bike rider and bush walker, she frequently offers her readers hints and tips on how to ride safely and confidently. She currently lives in Sydney.[29]

Wilson lives with anxiety[30] and bipolar disorder.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Pan Macmillan Australia". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Sarah (2017). First, We Make the Beast Beautiful. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 9781743535868.
  3. ^ Australian Associated Press (21 August 2014). "MasterChef and My Kitchen Rules hosts 'not qualified to give dietary advice'". The Guardian Australia.
  4. ^ Samios, Zoe. "Ex-Cosmo editors Ingram, Freedman, McCahon and Wilson reflect on their time at the helm". Mumbrella.
  5. ^ http://www.sarahwilson.com/about/
  6. ^ Knox, David. "Ten drops Sarah Wilson from MasterChef 2". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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  12. ^ Wilson, Sarah. "I Quit Sugar: an 8-week Program". sarahwilson.com.au. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  13. ^ a b Macdonald, Emma (Winter 2018). "Sarah Wilson's changing appetite for life". Her Canberra magazine (No. 13): [22] - 26. {{cite journal}}: |issue= has extra text (help)
  14. ^ "Inspiration station: 5 sugar-free celebs". febfast. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ Starke, Petra (11 April 2013). "Wilson whips up vaccination storm". news.com.au. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
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  27. ^ Berry, Sarah (10 March 2017). "Sarah Wilson: Anxiety should be embraced and seen as beautiful". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  28. ^ Dennehy, Luke. "MasterChef recipe for recovery". Herald Sun. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  29. ^ Sarah Wilson | About Me. sarahwilson.com
  30. ^ Berry, Sarah (10 March 2017). "Sarah Wilson: Anxiety should be embraced and seen as beautiful". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
Preceded by
program started
 MasterChef Australia
Host
April 2009– July 2009 		Succeeded by

External links

Official website

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