Ajay Rochester Biography – Ajay Rochester Wiki
Ajay Rochester is an Australian actress, author, and producer. She was the host of the Australian version of the reality weight-loss television series The Biggest Loser, for which she hosted a total of four series between 2006 and 2009. She was one of the stars of the MyxTv television series “Cast Me” where four casting producers (including Rochester) cast various roles for wannabe actors. She
appeared on the reality television series Celebrity Dog School with her Pomeranian, “Bootsie”.
She was also the co-host of the SBS TV series Mum’s The Word. Rochester and teammate Matthew Palmer won the 2012 reality TV show Excess Baggage on Channel 9 Australia. She has a recurring role in the Reelz Channel series Beverly Hills Pawn and appeared on America’s Court. In 2019, Rochester participated in the fifth season of the Australian version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! In March 2020, Rochester appeared on First Dates Australia.
Rochester is the ambassador for the Eating Disorders Foundation. She has worked with The Make A Wish Foundation and is an advocate for breast cancer research lending her time to multiple breast cancer charities including the Field of Women and BCNA. Rochester is also the face and ambassador for Triathlonpink.com and walked the Great Wall of China to raise funds to build the Olivia Newton-John Wellness Centre.
In the late 1990s, she also co-wrote and produced several short films while she was working the comedy circuits in Australia. Her 1998 film BruiZer won the best short at the Scenefest Short Film Festival and was the runner-up at the Brisbane Schlock-fest Film festival. She also had a weekly comedy segment on AM Adelaide on Channel 7. She is a trained actress having graduated from The Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Rochester began her career as an actress in the film To Make a Killing (1988). Her next film was The Crossing (1990), which starred Russell Crowe. She acted under the name Lea-Ann Towler. She also appeared in the Mini Series Shadow of The Cobra – a story on the life of serial killer Charles Sobhraj. She played one of his murder victims.
Her first book Confessions of a Reformed Dieter was nominated for an Audie award for most inspirational talking book – bestowed annually in the USA for outstanding audiobooks but was beaten by Dr. Phil’s The Ultimate Weight Solution. Confessions of Reformed Dieter is now in its eighth print run. In 2005, Rochester’s book Lazy Girl’s Guide to Losing Weight and Getting Fit was published by Random House and made the Sydney Morning Herald’s top five bestseller list.
Her most recent books are The 5-Minute Diet Book and a recipe book called Food You Love. She is now living and working in the USA and working on her latest books to be published there and is currently represented by literary agent Jennifer Unter from The Unter Agency in New York. Her next book, which she says will be her final weight loss book is titled Been There Done Fat. Rochester is also working on a book about her son’s autism called Coming to the Rescue. She has also written a children’s book titled Blubberguts.
Ajay Rochester Age
She was born on April 17, 1969, in Sidney, Australia.
Ajay Rochester Children
She has a son Kai, who was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at the age of five.
Ajay Rochester Family
She was adopted as a child and states she was emotionally and physically abused by her adoptive mother. She located her birth mother in 1992 after years of searching. Her birth mother died from suicide a year later. Rochester suffered from obesity, which she attributed to the death of her birth mother and her estrangement from her adoptive mother. She resolved to lose weight after the birth of her child and shed over 50 kilograms since giving birth.
Ajay Rochester Weight Loss
Recording her weight loss after her son’s birth, she filmed the documentary Larger Than Life which aired on The Lifestyle channel. It followed Rochester for a year as she lost weight and took back her life. Since then, she has been involved in several weight loss projects, including as host of four seasons (2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009) of The Biggest Loser on Network Ten.
She founded a website, “The Healthy Body Club”, and authored the books Confessions of a Reformed Dieter, Blubberguts, and The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Losing Weight and Getting Fit. Rochester also published a children’s book called Blubberguts with Hodder Headline’s Hotshots series. She has also published two more titles with new Holland including the cookbook Food You Love and the self-help inspirational book 5-Minute Diet Book.
She joined a weight loss reality show as a celebrity contestant, Excess Baggage which was broadcast from January through March 2012. Rochester won the show and her charity the NOH8 Campaign received a $60,000 donation for her efforts. After leaving Biggest Loser she gained some weight and has admitted she used to starve herself to keep her presenting job. She is Reality Wanted’s Hollywood Host for reality shows, covering the biggest reality shows in Hollywood including Survivor, and is currently the backstage reporter for So You Think You Can Dance on FOX.
