Ajay Rochester Biography
Ajay Rochester is an actor, author, and producer from Australia. She hosted the Australian version of the reality weight-loss television series The Biggest Loser for four seasons between 2006 and 2009.
How old is Ajay Rochester? – Age
She is 54 years old as of 17 April 2023. She was born in 1969 in Sydney, Australia.
Ajay Rochester Family
Rochester was adopted as a child and claims her adoptive mother tortured her mentally and physically. After years of searching, she finally found her birth mother in 1992. A year later, her birth mother committed suicide.
Ajay Rochester Son
Kai, Rochester’s kid, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when he was five years old.
Ajay Rochester Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Ajay Rochester Weight Loss
Rochester was overweight, which she blamed on the death of her original mother and her estrangement from her adoptive mother. She determined to reduce weight after the birth of her child and has lost almost 50 kg since then. She filmed the documentary Larger Than Life, which aired on The Lifestyle channel, to show her weight loss after the birth of her son. It follows Rochester for a year as she shed pounds and reclaimed her life.
She has since been involved in various weight loss ventures, including four seasons of The Biggest Loser on Network Ten (2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009). Rochester appeared as a celebrity contestant on Excess Baggage, a weight loss reality show that aired from January to March 2012. Rochester won the competition, and her charity, the NOH8 Campaign, earned a $60,000 gift as a result of her efforts.
She gained weight after quitting Biggest Loser and has acknowledged that she used to starve herself in order to keep her present job. She is Reality Wanted’s Hollywood Host for reality shows, covering the greatest reality series in Hollywood such as Survivor, and she is now the backstage reporter for FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance.
Ajay Rochester Website
She started “The Healthy Body Club” and wrote Confessions of a Reformed Dieter, Blubberguts, and The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Losing Weight and Getting Fit.
Ajay Rochester Books
Rochester’s most memorable book Admissions of an Improved Health food nut was named for an Audie grant for the most rousing talking book – presented every year in the USA for exceptional book recordings yet was beaten by Dr Phil’s A Definitive Weight Arrangement. The eighth edition of Confessions of Reformed Dieter is currently available. Random House published Rochester’s Lazy Girl’s Guide to Losing Weight and Getting Fit in 2005, which made the Sydney Morning Herald’s list of the top five best sellers.
Her latest books are The 5-Minute Eating Regimen Book and a recipe book called Food You Love. Rochester is presently living and working in the USA and dealing with her most recent books to be distributed there and is right now being addressed by scholarly specialist Jennifer Unter from The Unter Office in New York. Been There Done Fat is the title of her next book, which she promises will be her last on weight loss.
Coming to the Rescue, Rochester’s book about her son’s autism is also in the works. She has also written Blubberguts, a book for kids.
Ajay Rochester Career
One of the stars of the MyxTv show “Cast Me” was Rochester, who was one of four casting producers who cast various roles for wannabe actors.
Rochester and her Pomeranian, “Bootsie,” made an appearance on the reality television show Celebrity Dog School. She also co-hosted the SBS television show Mum’s The Word. On Channel 9 Australia in 2012, Rochester and teammate Matthew Palmer won the reality show Excess Baggage.
She has appeared on America’s Court and has a recurring role in the Reelz Channel series Beverly Hills Pawn. Rochester appeared in the fifth season of the Australian I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! competition in 2019. Rochester made an appearance on First Dates Australia in March 2020.
While she was performing on the Australian comedy circuit in the latter part of the 1990s, Rochester also co-wrote and produced a number of short films. Her 1998 film BruiZer won the best short at the Scenefest Short Film Celebration and was the sprinter up at the Brisbane Schlock-fest Film celebration. Additionally, she hosted a comedy segment every week on Channel 7’s AM Adelaide.
Rochester graduated from The Australian Academy of Dramatic Arts with a degree in acting. Rochester made her acting debut in the 1988 film To Make a Killing. Her next film was The Intersection (1990), which featured Russell Crowe. She acted under the name Lea-Ann Towler. She also made an appearance in the miniseries Shadow of the Cobra, which told the story of Charles Sobraj, a serial killer. She portrayed one of his assailants.