Magdalena Roze Biography
Magdalena Roze is a Television weather presenter and meteorologist in Australia, she has worked on various programs including Breakfast, Ten Morning News and The Weather Channel. She also runs a weather lifestyle blog.
Magdalena Roze Age
Roze was born on February 6, 1982, in Austria. She is 37 years old as of 2019.
Magdalena Roze Family
When she was asked about her origin and Family by the beast. the station she said “I was born in Austria, a safe haven for many Polish refugees escaping the threat of military rule at the time. From there, Australia accepted my family as refugees when I was six weeks old and my sister was three. I feel Australian because I’ve been here pretty much since day dot and my parents totally embraced Australia from the beginning. They always told us that when we watch sport we have to support Australia first, and if they lose, only then we can cheer for Poland!”
Magdalena Roze Husband
Roze announced in January 2015 that she was engaged with partner Darren Robertson. The couple’s got two children together.
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Magdalena Roze Early life
Roze was a scholarship holder and graduate from Sydney University where she finished a Bachelor of Media and Communication Arts degree. In addition to her media qualification, Roze finished a Graduate Diploma in Atmospheric Science at Macquarie University, combining her academic accomplishments with the 2009 Biophysical Environments Prize and the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Prize. She also finished a meteorological training course at the Bureau of Meteorology and was invited back to Macquarie University as a guest lecturer.
Magdalena Roze Career
As a weather specialist and commentator on prime time radio and television programs across Australia, Roze was an anchor, weather presenter, and meteorologist at the Weather Channel and guest appearances. In October 2011, Roze entered Network Ten and became a weather presenter on Ten News at Five: Weekend. Roze joined Network Ten’s Breakfast as a weather presenter in January 2012. She broadcasted from London during the 2012 London Olympics. From August 2012, she was the weather presenter at Ten Morning News.
Roze co-hosted The Project as the newsreader on Ten Morning News and guest. In March 2014, Roze’s contract was not renewed by Network Ten. also she appeared on Sunrise on the Kochie’s Angels section in August 2014.
in February 2015 made a weather presentation appearance on ABC News Victoria. Whether she has secured a network agreement is still uncertain.
Magdalena Roze Recipes
Magdalena is a passionate guru of food and lifestyle, lately combining her passions for climate and food as part of the team behind Earth Hour’s Planet to Plate cookbook. Responsible for her understanding and love of food and lifestyle, she frequently hosts food events with chefs including Heston Blumenthal, Massimo Bottura, and Peter Gilmore. At the end of 2014, she introduced her own website exploring food, travel, beauty, fashion, and well-being–through a lens climate, of course.
When the opportunity arose for the Three Blue Ducks to open a restaurant and produce store on a Byron Bay farm, Magdalena Roze and her partner, Darren Robertson, jumped to the chance to be part of a project that would hopefully change the way people eat and think about food. Three Blue Ducks in Byron Bay are committed to ethical, spray-free products and sustainability, and use as many products as possible that are grown on the farm itself, as well as drawing on a network of dozens of farmers within a 400 km radius for everything else.
The shift of the tree and the ocean has provided Magdalena the liberty to re-ignite her passions for food, travel, and lifestyle, giving them both the chance to bring food beyond the palate and the plate, and to teach and connect individuals with what they eat.
Magdalena Roze book
Roze has published one book known as: Happy and Whole: Recipes and Ideas for Nourishing Your Body, Home and Life
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Where are you originally from?
I was born in Austria, a safe haven for many Polish refugees escaping the threat of military rule at the time. From there, Australia accepted my family as refugees when I was six weeks old and my sister was three. I feel Australian, because I’ve been here pretty much since day dot and my parents totally embraced Australia from the beginning. They always told us that when we watch sport we have to support Australia first, and if they lose, only then we can cheer for Poland!
Is Magdalena Roze your real name?
Not exactly; over the years it has changed. When you go to the family cemetery in Poland, there are slight variations in letters where people have gotten it wrong and it’s stuck. My parents shortened our last name to make it easier for us in Australia. It was originally Jamroziak. Yep, you can see why they changed it!
How did you end up in the Eastern Suburbs?
I guess now’s the time to come clean that I’m actually a proud westie. When my family and I first arrived in Australia we lived in the Villawood Migrant Hostel (now known as the Detention Centre) for ten months to get our feet on the ground. We then lived in Punchbowl, Greenacre and finally Sydney’s north, which made it easier for me to go to James Ruse Agricultural High School. The first time I was in the Eastern Suburbs was when I moved out of home during university. After some stints in London and Balmain, I moved back to the east about a year and half ago with my boyfriend (Three Blue Ducks chef Darren Robertson) because we both surf and missed the ocean!
I believe you’re now splitting your time between Bronte and Byron Bay; where do you call home?
You’re asking a mother to choose her favourite kid! Even though I’ve spent more time in Sydney, Byron really does feel like home and it’s great because while it’s this relaxed lifestyle, there’s a lot going on there. I feel so lucky to be able to work here, see all my mates, and get the best out of city life… and then go back to an oasis!
What do you love about the Eastern Suburbs?
The beaches are number one for me and the Bondi to Bronte is my favourite walk. That was the main reason why I moved to the Eastern Suburbs in the first place. Plus there are so many fantastic restaurants and cafes around here too. There’s nothing better than a weekend brunch and swim in the ocean.
Is there anything that gets your goat about the area?
If we could take away peak hour traffic and make parking free for everyone that would be amazing. No harm in dreaming!
How did you get your first break in television?
I was at Sydney University studying Journalism and in the fourth and final year we got the opportunity to do an internship. At the time I was totally in love with travel and just so passionate about exploring new places; I still am. The big show at the time was Getaway, so my dream was to do my internship there and I was lucky enough to get it. After the internship, Getaway offered me a job as a researcher and that’s how it started. The irony of being a researcher on a travel show is that you actually don’t get to travel at all. You’re a bit of a travel agent, organising the logistics and doing all the research. So eventually I decided to go to Europe to explore all these amazing places myself and they were kind enough to say that if I ever went back, they would always look after me. While I was in London on holiday, I was offered a job with the BBC on a travel program called Unchartered Territory. I ended up staying there for two or three years, working my way up to producing those shows all around Europe, which was amazing. Then I came back here and worked on another travel show for Channel Nine called Things To Try Before You Die with executive producer Karen Warner, who is now one of my best friends. She’s been really influential in my career because she was the one that told me I should be a TV presenter and really pushed me to do it, so we put together this really quick showreel. She asked me what my dream job was and I said National Geographic, so I sent my showreel off to them and I had a job within a week. I guess it was meant to be. I ended up presenting on Nat Geo for two years and then I moved on to the Weather Channel. I became so passionate about the weather and doing it properly that I decided to go back to university to study Atmospheric Science at the same time. It was one of the best but most difficult things I’ve ever done. After the Weather Channel I got a job at Channel Ten, which gave me the opportunity to work on so many different projects including Breakfast, News, The Project, two Olympic Games and the Grand Prix. I stayed there for a few years and now I’ve gone freelance. I’ve been doing a lot of work for Seven, so I think people have assumed that I signed with them, but I haven’t. I’m still waiting for the right opportunity. Before I sign a network contract again, I want to make sure that the role is a new challenge. I’m really looking to the next phase but I don’t know what it will be yet!
You’ve worked as a journalist, a producer and you’ve essentially studied meteorology; are there many other weather presenters who have the same skills as you?
It surprises me that weather in general isn’t given the amount of time or expertise that it should. It’s such a shame that for years and years now, it’s just been a bit of a filler or light entertainment, when actually it’s one of the most important things that people need to know about. There’s still a massive opportunity to do weather better, not just on television but in all forms of media.
You’ve just launched your website and blog, www.magdalenaroze.com, which will explore all things weather, food and lifestyle; are they your main passions in life?
Yes, for sure. It’s no secret that I’m a massive weather nerd but the website also allows me to explore my other passions related to weather like travel, fashion, food and wellbeing. I love lifestyle and I thought that to give the website a point of difference, I would explore all of these topics through a weather lens, which is really easy because we eat with the seasons, dress for the elements, change our beauty regime depending on the weather, etc. Weather affects everything!
You mentioned your boyfriend Darren, who is a co-owner of Bronte’s Three Blue Ducks; how did you guys meet?
We first met in the make up room at Channel Ten before filming Ready, Steady, Cook! It’s when he first started on telly and I was doing Breakfast at the time. There was a celebrity challenge and they paired me with Darren and the host of Breakfast, Kath Robinson, with chef Massimo. We were capsicums and they were tomatoes. He asked me out the next day but it took us six months to actually go out on a date.