Alert – Celebrity chef Maggie Beer reveals how horror fall at home changed her ‘workaholic’ lifestyle as she turns 80

Maggie Beer has revealed how she has had to rethink her ‘workaholic’ life after she was rushed to hospital after a horror fall at her Barossa Valley home.

Turning 80 this month, the celebrity chef now says she ‘regrets’ how hard she has worked herself over the years. 

‘I’ve been too much of a workaholic, but that was because we had nothing,’ she tells the Daily Telegraph. 

‘I guess with milestone birthdays, I’ve found in my life from the age of 40, really significant… being almost like a lynch pin,’ she continued. 

‘And this one is absolutely (like that), knowing that there needs to be this change in the way I live my life. 

‘Knowing that I’ve been a workaholic, and this is going to sound funny, but that I do deserve time to slow down. This work ethic has been part of my life, all my life.’ 

Maggie Beer (pictured) has revealed how she has had to rethink her ‘workaholic’ life after she was rushed to hospital after a horror fall at her Barossa Valley home 

Maggie says she was left ‘super exhausted’ after her fall as she went through the long process of recovery and it has taught her to stop and smell the roses. 

She had earlier disclosed harrowing details of her long and slow recovery during a chat with The n late last year. 

Beer said that she has had to be patient as her process of getting back to her old self has taken time.

‘When I first came home I’d be up for an hour and back to bed for an hour,’ she said. 

‘Yesterday, I was up all day without resting – that is a monumental step forward.’

Beer however explained that she has struggled to regain her appetite after the injury and her time in hospital. 

‘I learned what it was to be fed on a tube, and then wanting to make that transition to real food desperately, but not wanting to eat anything,’ she said.

‘I learned that without the scent of food and the visual excitement of small plates, nothing was going to make my appetite come back.’

Turning 80 this month, the celebrity chef now says she ‘regrets’ how hard she has worked herself over the years

She also paid tribute to her husband, Colin, who has been by her side through the difficult process. 

‘He says he knows I’m getting better because I’m wanting to interfere now,’ she said. 

In October, Maggie posted a video to Instagram revealing she was making a slow recovery and hoped to be back to normal soon.

‘The support I’ve had from the whole community, wide, and from friends and family, I’ve just been so thankful and overwhelmed,’ Maggie began.

‘I’ve come such a long way, but I did underestimate the severity of the injuries so even though I want to tell you how good I’m feeling now, I still have a way to go.’ 

Maggie then thanked her fans and said their ongoing support and well wishes was helping through this difficult time. 

‘I will make a full recovery and part of it is the care and the love that I’ve been given.’

Many of Maggie’s celebrity friends quickly took to the comment section to wish her a speedy recovery. 

Maggie is best known as one of the judges on The Great n Bake Off alongside Matt Moran (left) until she left in 2022

‘We love you Maggie’ wrote celebrity trainer Michelle Bridges and MasterChef veteran Gary Mehigan added: ‘Take care, we are all thinking of you.’

In August, Maggie was rushed to hospital after a fall in her South n home left her with fractured bones and bruising.

A family member took to Instagram to update fans on the esteemed chef’s progress.

The loved one assured her followers that the food author and restaurateur was in the best medical hands possible and will likely make a full recovery.

No time frame has been given on Maggie’s recovery as family members explain it will be based on day-to-day advice given by her doctors.

Maggie is a celebrity chef, author and restaurateur who received the Order of in 2012 for her contributions to the food and tourism industry.

She is best known as one of the judges on The Great n Bake Off alongside Matt Moran, until she left in 2022.

Maggie also co-hosted the ABC television cooking program The Cook and The Chef with Simon Bryant and made guest appearances on MasterChef .