Mary Josephine "Mary Jo" Eustace (born May 1, 1962) is a Canadian actress, singer-songwriter, comedian, model, author, and sous-chef best known as co-host of the Canadian cooking TV series What's for Dinner?.
Eustace was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.
She attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute and McGill University studying English.
She later graduated from George Brown College's culinary program.
1993
Eustace married actor Dean McDermott on July 24, 1993.
She moved to Los Angeles when McDermott went south to develop his acting career.
1994
In 1994, Eustace recorded a solo musical album entitled Bone & Marrow.
1995
In 1995 Eustace appeared on What's for Dinner?, on Life Network, co-hosting with Ken Kostick throughout its run during the late 1990s.
Eustace has also acted, appearing in one episode each of Forever Knight in 1995, The Newsroom in 1997 and Power Play in 2000, as well as the television movie What Kind of Mother Are You? (1996), the feature film That Old Feeling (2000) and the short film Break Dreams (2014).
In addition to her book about the break-up of her marriage,
1998
They had one child, Jack Montgomery McDermott (born October 6, 1998) and were in the process of adopting a baby girl when McDermott began his affair with Tori Spelling.
2000
From 2000 to 2001, Eustace served as a regular on Canada AM.
2004
She later finished the adoption of her daughter Lola Eustace (born July 7, 2004) as a single parent.
Although McDermott was awarded joint custody of their son Jack, Eustace moved back to Canada with her children.
2006
After 13 years of marriage, McDermott and Eustace divorced on February 12, 2006, and he married Spelling that May.
2007
In April 2007, Eustace reunited with Kostick as the original morning hosts of What's for Breakfast on new Toronto radio station PROUD FM, a station licensed to appeal to the city's LGBT community.
2008
She stepped down from the show in June 2008, and subsequently co-hosted He Said, She Said with Ken and Mary Jo, a cooking show similar to What's for Dinner?, which debuted in July 2008 on W Network.
She returned to Los Angeles in 2008, and has been based there since.
