Julia Busuttil Nishimura is a cook, author and presenter.

Julia's food is influenced by her Maltese heritage, the ebb and flow of the seasons, and by her time spent living in Tuscany, where she learned the joys of the Italian kitchen.

Julia is a columnist for Gourmet Traveller and Good Weekend and the author of four bestselling cookbooks: Ostro, A Year of Simple Family Food, Around the Table and Good Cooking Every Day.

Julia’s debut picture book, Sundays Under the Lemon Tree, was published in 2025 and was recently awarded an ABIA for Small Children’s Publisher Book of the Year.

She lives in Melbourne with her husband, Nori, and their three children.

Her fifth cookbook, Simple Pleasures will be published in September 2026.