Peter Daryl "Pete" Evans (born 1973 in Melbourne) is an Australian chef, author and television personality.

Restaurateur / chef

Evans opened his first restaurant, The Pantry, in 1993 with his brother Dave. They went on to open the Hugos Group, which includes a chain of restaurants and catering and events divisions.

Evans also opened a pizzeria six years ago called Hugo's Bar Pizza and won "Best Pizza in the World" in 2005 during a New York competition.

Television host

Evans has appeared in or hosted a range of television cooking programs, including Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly

Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly

Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly was an Australian television program. It aired for half an hour at on the Nine Network. It was hosted by Pete Evans and Lyndey Milan....

(2007 - 2009), Home, Fish and Cooking For Our Princess Mary.

Since 2010, he has been the co-host and judge on My Kitchen Rules

My Kitchen Rules

My Kitchen Rules is an Australian competitive cooking game show broadcast on the Seven Network. The series is produced by the team who created the Seven reality show My Restaurant Rules, and was put into production based on the success of Network Ten's MasterChef Australia.-Format:The show sees...

. along with Manu Feildel

Manu Feildel

Manu Feildel is a French celebrity chef most widely known for his participation in Australia's cookery competition programs Ready Steady Cook , MasterChef Australia and My Kitchen Rules although he also achieved a solid reputation as a head chef at the restaurant Bilson's before moving to open his...

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Author

Evans has written the following books:

• Fish (2007) ISBN 9781921208584
• My Table (2008) ISBN 9781741962406
• My Grill (2009) ISBN 9781741965438
• My Pantry (2010) ISBN 9781741968163
• My Kitchen (2011) ISBN 9781741968286