Chef Pete Evans: Critics, Controversy, and Paleo Cooking

Chef Pete Evans — author and co-star of My Kitchen Rules — discusses how and why he’s changing the food climate in Australia.

 

Here's what we talked about: 

 

2:25 – How Pete went from being a cook at McDonalds to an influential high-profile celebrity chef. 

 

4:51 – Why don’t people cook anymore? Why being a good cook probably isn’t as difficult as many people may think. 

 

8:10 – The best ways to overcome your fears and controversy and why it’s so important to do so. 

 

14:12 – The common sense approach Pete has used to find the best diet, how he was finally “outed” as paleo and why he doesn’t regret causing a stir in the media. 

 

23:53 – How Chef Pete stays positive among all the negativity and how you can, too. 

 

28:57 – Paleo politics: What “paleo” means to Pete and why what we call a diet doesn’t really matter. 

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