Peter Daryl Evans was born in 1973 in Melbourne, Australia. He is an Australian chef, author and television personality. Evans launched the Hugos Restaurant Group with his brother David Corsi and they opened Hugos Bondi in 1996, followed by Hugos Lounge in 2000. Over 1998 - 2011, the restaurants in the Hugos Group were awarded eight Sydney Morning Herald 'Chef's Hats', 21 'Best in Australia' awards, and three 'Best pizza in Australia' awards at the Australian Fine Food Show. In 2005, Hugos won 'Best pizza in the world' at the American Pizza Challenge in New York City.

Evans has appeared in, and hosted, a range of television cooking programs. His first television job was for the LifeStyle Channel's Home series (2001- 2005) which he co-presented with Brendan Moar and Shannon Fricke. Evans filmed over 60 episodes of the show, which focused on styling, home, gardens, cooking and casual entertaining. From 2007 - 2009, Evans joined long-running television series Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly with fellow presenter Lyndey Milan.

His book titles include: Fish, My Table, My Grill, My Kitchen, Pizza, Healthy Every Day, Going Paleo, One Pot Favourites, and Lunch Box.

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