Pete Evans Biography
Pete Evans is an Australian chef and former television host who served as a judge on the reality cooking show My Kitchen Rules. Evans has been extensively chastised for spreading vaccination misinformation, advocating conservative political rhetoric, sharing conspiracy theories with followers, and promoting pseudoscientific dieting notions such as the paleolithic diet.
How old is Pete Evans? – Age
He is 50 years old as of 2023. He was born in 1973 in Melbourne, Australia. His real name is Peter Daryl Evans.
Pete Evans Wife
Evans has two daughters from a previous marriage to Astrid Ellinger. Evans married model Nicola Robinson in 2016.
Pete Evans Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $3 Million.
Pete Evans Paleo Diet
He learned about the paleo diet after reading Nora Gedgaudas’ books. Evans’ marketing of alternative treatments and “activated almonds” has been chastised by Australia’s highest medical authority. His ardent support for the paleo diet, in particular, has sparked controversy. Evans claims to have completed an online course with the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and to be a “health coach” rather than a dietitian.
In 2015, Evans co-wrote Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way for New Mums, Babies, and Toddlers, which caused debate because health authorities found it “extremely lethal for all babies.”
Pete Evans Netflix
Evans created and narrated The Magic Pill, a Netflix video that promoted the ketogenic diet and claimed that it can help manage autism, asthma, and cancer.
Pete Evans Restaurants
Evans relocated to Sydney in 1996 with his brother and David Corsi, and they founded Hugos Bondi in 1996, followed by Hugos Lounge in 2000, Hugos Bar Pizza in 2004, and Hugos Manly in 2008. Hugos Group restaurants received eight Sydney Morning Herald ‘Chef’s Hats,’ 21 ‘Best in Australia’ accolades, and three ‘Best Pizza in Australia’ honors at the Australian Fine Food Show between 1998 and 2011. Hugos earned the ‘Best Pizza in the World’ award at the American Pizza Challenge in New York City in 2005.
Oprah Winfrey sent her ‘ultimate audience’ to Hugos Bar Pizza for a pizza-making and cocktail class with Evans when in Australia for her Oprah’s Ultimate Australian Adventure (2011). Evans has cooked at a number of events in the United States as part of the G’Day USA: Australia Week promotion. Pete Evans was involved in a company endeavor with numerous business partners in 2013 that was reported to owe $769,000 to a variety of creditors, including Evans himself. Evans revamped the food at Perth’s Fraser Suites CBD apartment hotel in 2014 to reflect his paleo ideology.
Pete Evans Cookbooks
Evans co-wrote Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way for New Mums, Babies, and Toddlers in 2015, which sparked controversy as health professionals deemed it “extremely lethal for all babies.” Despite the outcry, the Seven Network, which broadcasts My Kitchen Rules, stated that public reactions to the event were unimportant and backed Evans. Following the backlash, the authors made some adjustments to the book, but experts observed that the recipes in the modified version were still potentially hazardous to babies.
Pete Evans MKR – My Kitchen Rules
Evans began judging the Australian Channel Seven TV cooking game show My cooking Rules (MKR) with co-host Manu Feildel in 2010. MKR’s fourth season premiered in 2013. The series earned the Logie Award for Most Popular Reality Program in 2014. Evans remained a judge on MKR throughout its run, which in 2015 had about two million weekly viewers and was Australia’s highest watched reality television program. Evans was also the host of the PBS show A Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking, which was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2014. The show debuted in 2013, and “Evans takes viewers on a fast-paced journey, serving pop-up feasts in a variety of settings across America.”
Pete Evans Black Sun
Evans faced backlash in November 2020 after posting a picture with the “Black Sun” – a sign popular among neo-Nazis and white supremacists – on his social media channels. This design was utilized in the Christchurch mosque shooter’s propaganda. Evans’ book publisher, Pan Macmillan, dismissed him, and major retailers such as Coles, Woolworths, Target, Kmart, Big W, and Dymocks stopped stocking his items. He also lost brand affiliations with Baccarat and House.
As a result of the incident, he was dropped as an intended candidate on season seven of Network 10’s reality show, I’m a Celebrity…I Need to Get Out of Here!