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(Before I start, I just wanna apologise for a lack of a proper dox or archives of posts. A lot of this happened years ago and 99% has since been wiped and left unarchived. If anyone has archives of any of his posts or social medias it'd be greatly appreciated)
Peter Daryl Evans / Pete Evans / Evolve Network
D.O.B. 29th of August 1973 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
In his own words,
In reality, however, Pete is a 48-year-old washed-up celebrity chef turned self-proclaimed "health coach" (he achieved health coach status through a 12-week online course), conspiracy theorist, and local laughing stock with a bone broth/marrow obsession running a "wellness" compound in rural New South Wales. He is a Father of teenage two children, Indii and Chilli, whom he spoon-fed caviar while growing up (and he thinks you should do this for your kids, too). He has been married twice, his current wife being Nicola Watson/Robinson, a 40-something former glamour model from New Zealand most noted for regretting her breast implants and getting them removed. She regularly posts images and videos of herself playing Tibetan singing bowls, doing bizarre rituals, and overall engaging in the same sort of lunacy as her husband.
Nicola doing a singing ritual.
Briefly featured in the Dietary Cultists thread, Pete had prodigal beginnings. He began kitchen work at 13, a career as a chef at 17, and owned his own restaurant at a mere 19 years old. By 2008 he owned four restaurants, starting with Hugo's Bondi in 1996. His restaurants, all part of the "Hugo's Group", received numerous awards including 'Best Pizza in the World' at the American Pizza Challenge in New York City. Hugo's Bondi also had a spotlight during Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure in 2011. (A list of awards received up to 2008 can be found here)
During his career, he published 9 cookbooks, did numerous Australian and international cooking & motivational speaking tours, hosted a Daytime Emmy-nominated PBS cooking show, held two monthly recipe columns, and in 2017 released his very own Netflix doco The Magic Pill, wherein he touts the benefits of the ketogenic diet, such as managing autism and curing breast cancer. For a while he was Australia's best-selling non-fiction author. To date, Pete's dedicated followers- which he refers to as his "tribe"- remain in the millions.
In 2010, Pete was picked up as a judge for Channel Seven cooking game show My Kitchen Rules, alongside the much more charismatic and interesting Manu Feildel (archive). My Kitchen Rules managed to beat out MasterChef in popularity within a few years, and despite many controversies, Pete remained a popular figure with an $800,000 contract. He held this position until 2020, when he was fired from the show after the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) fined him $25,200 for promoting a $14,990 lightbox, the BioCharger NG (archive), which he claimed to be a "subtle energy revitalisation platform" that had a 'recipe' to cure COVID-19. The fines from the TGA would later escalate to $80,000 to over $100,000 due to repeated violations.
The BioCharger NG in action, modelled by Pete (archive)
While marking a strong turn for Peter, this was far from his first venture into the wide world of woo.....
Activated Almonds, Bubba Yum Yum, & crackpot social media medical advice
As far back as 2012, Pete was making a name for himself as a local and internet laughing stock when on Nov. 4th of that year Melbourne newspaper The Sunday Age posted a food diary of Evans' entitled 'My Day on a Plate', containing several confounding food items such as activated almonds, alkalised water, cultured vegetables, and emu meatballs. Needless to say, this went viral on Twitter and soon made its way to Reddit and later 4Chan, spawning the activated almonds meme.
Social media buzzing with talk of activated almonds
TWITTER literally went nuts when a TV chef's bizarre diet plan involving activated almonds, alkalised water and organic spirulina went viral. (archive)
The shift from prodigal celebrity chef to Master of Woo would be symbolically cemented in 2014, when he overhauled the menu at a Perth CBD apartment hotel to fit his paleo ways.
Later, Pete would co-author Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way for New Mums, Babies & Toddlers. Released on March 1st, 2015, the latest entry in Evans' catalogue would be met with much controversy, being dropped exceedingly quickly by publisher Pan Macmillan after health experts warned the book to be "extremely deadly for all babies" (archive). The most notable/controversial recipe was a milkless "baby formula" made of blended chicken liver and bone broth containing ten times the safe maximum Vitamin A intake for babies, as well as unsafe levels of other nutrients. It also advises you to feed your child runny/uncooked eggs and caviar, to rub yourself (or your child) with a sack of fried onion to cure aches and pains, and for parents trying to conceive to do a six-week detox and consume as much bone broth as humanly possible. The book was pulled back and republished with slight edits, however, it was again met with harsh criticism.
Some choice selections, courtesy of a news.com article (archive).
1. A good egg
This is literally a recipe for boiled egg yolk. “Preparation time: 2 minutes. Cooking time: 4-5 minutes. Allergens: Egg.”
Evans recommends you discard the egg’s white and toss it in a salad. So far my $9.99 isn’t going very far. But eggs certainly are #paleo #friendly.
2. Onion poultice
This “easy, natural remedy” is great if you’re fed up with just how good modern medicine is at curing aches and pains and want to fix your discomfort with vegetables.
Fry up some onion and ginger with a bit of water, chuck it in a cheesecloth and rub it all over yourself instead.
“This simple old-fashioned recipe works well to ease the pain of earaches, as well as helping to ease chest congestion,” the book reads. “Place over the ear or chest for at least 5 minutes.”
Who knew #cleanliving meant sticking ginger in your ear?
3. Happy Tummy Brew
The book is prefaced with caveats that “breastmilk is best”, along with reassurances that mothers shouldn’t feel ashamed if they can’t breastfeed their baby. The infamous bone broth formula has been renamed and resold with a warning it’s unsuitable for babies under 6 months old.
“Commercial formula is the only food approved for children under 6 months of age, who cannot be breastfed. For those over 6 months of age it is a good idea to supplement formula feeds with other nutrient dense foods, suitable for the age group,” the book states.
According to Evans, the World Health Organisation and the National Health and Medical Research Council “advise liver is a great first food for infants from around 6 months of age. A true super food, it is rich in iron, zinc, choline, Vitamin A and B vitamins.”
But the Dietitians Association of Australia says even the revised broth recipe is dangerous.
“This is just another example of the serious dangers of following the health and medical advice of unqualified people,” a DAA spokeswoman said.
4. Soft boiled eggs with salmon roe
Pete Evans’ daughters Indi and Chilli just adore caviar, so naturally, he believes your children will too.
“This is usually what Pete does for Easter as a treat for his girls. Pete’s girls have been enjoying caviar since they were young, and if you mention the work ‘ikura’ (Japanese word for fish roe) in their house, little feet will come running for a spoonful, or two, or three, or more,” the recipe says. Good luck getting your kid to eat fish eggs, mums and dads.
5. Willow’s Pâté
“You know what my 18 month old baby would love to have for lunch today? Pâté,” said no parent ever.
You can use chicken, beef or lamb liver in this recipe, which is named after Carr’s son Willow.
“Pâté is a superfood for babies — it’s so dense in nutrients and it’s a wonderful first food,” the book reads. “It is safe to include pâté in an infant’s diet from 6 months — just ensure the produce is from organic pasture-raised, hormone and chemical-free animals. You will get the added benefits of high omega 3 as well.”
This recipe might actually come in handy at your next dinner party. For adults.
6. ‘Dirty’ vs. ‘clean’ fruits & vegetables
This isn’t a recipe, but Bubba Yum Yum’s food shaming also extends to fruits and vegetables. The authors advise readers to always buy organic foods. But if that’s not possible, we should choose fruit and veg with the “least pesticide residue”.
“If you can’t afford to go all organic, we recommend at least sourcing organic produce for the items on the Dirty Dozen list, while those on the Clean Fifteen are the safest and least conventional options.
The ‘Clean Fifteen’ includes asparagus, avocadoes, cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, frozen sweet peas, grapefruit, kiwis, mangoes, onions, papayas, pineapples, sweet corn, sweet potatoes. Yep, we noticed there’s only 14 listed as well.
But if you’re purchasing anything off the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list - apples, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes, nectarines, peaches, spinach, strawberries, capsicums, imported snap peas or imported potatoes - you’re done for. We’re just as confused as you are.
7. Marrow soldiers
This recipe features beef marrow bones cut into small slices, served with paleo bread.
“Everyone knows that soldiers go really well with eggs, but when they’re served with marrow, you’re stepping things up to a whole new level,” the book says.
“This is one of my favourite recipes because bone marrow is one of my all-time favourie things to eat, and it’s ideal for little growing bodies and brains.”
Thinking of giving your kids Vegemite on toast? Please. That’s so passe.
8. Chicken brawn
Brawn, also affectionately known as meat cheese, is a jellied loaf made from the head and sometimes the feet of a pig or calf. Pete’s spiced his version up and used chicken instead. He’s also thrown in some carrots and celery to up the vege intake.
“Kids just love jellies, so I wanted to include a simple savoury jelly with good-quality protein and some organic vegetables,” he writes.
Throughout 2011-2017, Pete would continue building his reputation; campaigning against fluoride, showing support for other new age maniacs, and associating himself with notable anti-vaxxer and fellow scam artist Joseph Mercola, whom he called “the legend”. One of his most notable moments was an interaction in a 2016 facebook Q&A, wherein he advised a woman recently diagnosed with Osteoporosis to cut all dairy from her diet, claiming that calcium from dairy can remove the calcium from your bones. Most doctors do not know this information.
In another 2016 Facebook post, Pete claimed he does not use sunscreen, due to it being a recipe for disaster and full of dangerous chemicals. Instead, he uses the product Surf Mud (archive).
Again in 2016, he would post an essay via Instagram caption about a perceived conspiracy against the paleo diet by Australian dietians.
My personal favourite moment, in 2018, Pete made an Instagram post recommending that his followers start the day by gazing directly into the sun (archive). He captioned the post:
COVID-19, BioCharger, Black Sun controversy, & Facebook/Instagram Ban
Of course, with years of Anti-Vax buildup behind him, Pete would begin to see repercussions when the Coronavirus pandemic hit, especially once he was spotted hangin' with notable anti-vax campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr, pictured below.
This sparked the ire of medical professionals over Australia, proclaiming his alternative medicine buffoonery to have gone on unchecked long enough. In early 2020, the president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Harry Nespolon commented "Pete Evans should stick to talking about 'activated almonds' and leave vaccinations alone". Evans did not like this, saying the comments had caused him to be laughed at and ridiculed. After Harry Nespolon passed from pancreatic cancer, Pete remarked that Nespolon simply didn't know how to deal with his illness and that he wished they could've chatted before his passing, as he could have saved him through holistic methods.
Throughout the pandemic, he would fall deep into the QAnon rabbit hole, bringing most of the Tribe with him through reposting boomer-tier memes. He would constantly discuss the 'great awakening', encourage people to stop wearing masks, and claim that COVID-19 cases were not being counted correctly. Since decrying the 'MSM' (mainstream media) is a favourite bit of his, he would of course claim C19 as a product of it. He would show support for Donald Trump and the MAGA movement and accuse random celebrities and public figures of paedophilia and/or claim they were secretly being executed. Sadly, aside from some memes he reposted, most of this is now lost. According to Pete, we also need to 'flatten the autism curve', reposted from Robert.
In May, Pete would again create controversy after sharing content by notable schizo holocaust denialist and former BBC sports presenter David Icke claiming that COVID-19 both did not exist and was caused by 5G antennas. He captioned the interview:
The same month, Pete would find his aforementioned $800,000 contract with Channel Seven terminated. His role on My Kitchen Rules is to be filled by Nigella Lawson in an upcoming reboot of the show. Still, the biggest career-damaging mishap was yet to come.
In November, Pete would share an Instagram post containing the Nazi Black Sun symbol, and a caterpillar with a MAGA hat.
In the comments, Pete would not deny knowing the meaning behind the symbol, complimenting a fan for noticing. He also encouraged fans to research 'the true history of Germany' and liked/engaged with several comments claiming the Nazis were in the right during WWII. Despite this, he would claim that he had been misunderstood and was looking forward to researching "all symbols everywhere" before posting further. This would lead to his publisher and 15 sponsors and companies including Coles, Big W, and Dymocks dropping him within the span of 48 hours.
The following Tuesday, he would post a video to Instagram hanging out in front of a horse in which he claimed he didn't even know what 'Neo-Nazi' meant, and had to google the term (archive).
That year, Pete would launch his Evolve network in response and go on to repeatedly promote ketamine therapy, as well as the use of other typically recreational drugs. A far cry from his former clean-cut self, who describes deciding to live healthily and escape an LSD and MDMA-fueled kitchen scene in Melbourne after reading a self-help book at the hairdressers (archive). Pete would continue promoting, discussing and using illicit substances, appearing visibly high in many social media posts and Evolve network interviews, rumoured at the time to be ketamine or cocaine. It is unknown how many drugs Pete is actually on, however, in a 2018 Instagram video he revealed himself as having a shed dedicated to growing mushrooms (archive). He also used to have a psychedelic cactus in his backyard (archive). In a 2020 Instagram video, you can see what is likely a San Pedro cactus, which contains mescaline. He has also encouraged followers to take ayahuasca to cure depression (archive). Pete also fancies himself an advocate for medical cannabis and has dedicated a large portion of Evolve TV's lineup to discussing it.
In December 2020, Facebook would remove his page due to Coronavirus misinformation. His Instagram would also later be removed.
Lofty Goals, seeking higher callings, Nightcap, & Evolve
In the wake of the ban, Pete would begin to see himself as a martyr of the anti-vax cause, and a 'catalyst' for a 'very important conversation about free speech'. Prominent members of the Reignite Democracy (archive) / Freedom / Anti-Lockdown movements showed their support, and partly thanks to an already existing overlap between the movements their followers flocked to join the Tribe. Pete was shunned by the public, but more popular than ever.
During this era, the aforementioned members of the Freedom / QAnon / Etc. movements would function as orbiters. Most of them still consider themselves in cahoots with Pete, and they can be seen discussing each other's work to this day. One of the more notable Pete orbiters is Reignite Democracy Australia leader and self-proclaimed 'freedom activist' / grifter (archive) Monica Smit (archive). Monica is a 34-year-old former home design saleswoman and current "independent journalist" from Pakenham, Victoria whose self-admitted dream in life was to be the centre of attention, which she aimed to achieve by auditioning for Survivor. Monica would eventually find the RDA social media pages taken down and turn to a 'paid newsletter/paid group chat' model similar to Evolve, though it is unknown if one influenced the other. Pete would go on to speak at and show support for many anti-lockdown, anti-mask, and anti-vax protests organised by RDA and its offshoots, though pay little attention to Monica herself. He would also interview and give platforms to right-wing MPs who aligned with the anti-lockdown movement, such as Liberal-turned-United Australia Party menace and coal mining shill Craig Kelly (archive).
Pete speaking at the February 2021 Millions March Against Mandatory Covid Vaccination, which attracted hundreds.
This hero complex of Pete's would begin to escalate, and in 2021 he would attempt a brief foray into politics, announcing he would run for the Senate with equally laughable and murder-suicide-ridden One Nation offshoot The Great Australian Party, which promotes nationalisation of the Commonwealth Bank, abolition of Family Court, abolition of personal income tax, and the restoration of the true Australian Constitution. He would bow out of the running by October of 2021.
Evans' promotion of the commune aimed to pique the interest of investors, considering the $39.8 million price tag. This would've only covered minor works on internal roads, and been one of twelve stages. The commune would've been built on 1,500 hectares of land in the foothills of Mt. Warning, extremely close to Pete's current Evolve compound. Thankfully, the Northern Regional Planning Panel rejected the plans (archive) on account of the massive environmental destruction it would've entailed (over 100 hectares of native vegetation) and it being right in the middle of an extremely bushfire-prone area. Channel 9's A Current Affair approached Pete about Nightcap (archive), and he appeared shaking and dishevelled. For more on the Nightcap saga, you can find him rambling about the philosophy behind it on the commune's YouTube channel, or, an extremely comprehensive blog on Nightcap and the thread-worthy drama surrounding it can be found here (archive).
Pete and Nightcap's founders.
Despite all this, Pete's cult dreams would soon come to fruition....
Banished from social media and delusions of heroism in full swing, Pete would turn to private Telegram groups and alternative social media to get his message across, eventually forming the Evolve Network in 2020 to accommodate. Evolve is a $100 p/y subscription service for all things paleo, keto, new age, conspiratorial, and alternative medicine. It hosts documentaries such as Ayahuasca and the path of a Shaman, The Perfect Human Diet, and The Magic Plant. It also hosts Evans' Awaken series, wherein he films himself taking ketamine, discussing and interviewing 'experts' on the use of cannabis, and making 'fat bomb' smoothies and more bone broth. You can also find a recipes section, binaural beats, samadhi core guided meditations, podcasts, and other pseudoscientific and conspiratorial sideshows. Briefly, you could find the Evolve Health Labs in Byron Bay, where a DailyMail journalist describes (archive) the use of a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and a cryotherapy facial, as well as being made to sign a waiver stating she understands the potential permanent side effects of the treatments. It closed in under a year.
Pete emerging from a cryo-treatment at the Evolve Health Labs.
The Evolve Network & Health Labs would later... Evolve... into the Evolve Sanctuary, Pete's personal cult compound. Located in Northern NSW, right in the foothills of Wollumbin National Park, the Evolve Sanctuary hosts year-round wellness retreats, including $2,000 retreats to watch Pete cook, fasting & detox retreats, Men's and Women's retreats, and yoga and pilates. A day at Evolve involves bushwalking, connection star-gazing, "an ancient tea ceremony ritual", a cooking school, and so much more (archive)! It even has a magnesium pool, whatever that is.
They also provide various 'treatments' (archive), including float tanks, a red light treatment that "emits red and near-infrared light at special wavelengths and intensities that deeply penetrate the body and offer numerous benefits", and 'equine facilitated learning', described as an opportunity to "be guided deeper into remembrance & authentic being by the Spirit of The Horse."
It also boasts a 'food philosophy', using only fresh local produce, natural spring water, pickles, and stir fry's.
The Evolve Sanctuary is located on a neighbouring property to Pete's, and the starting price for a single sleeper cabin on a wellness retreat is $2,500. You do not find out the address of Evolve until after booking your retreat, and it seems like no one is allowed to talk about it, either. There are no reviews for the Evolve Sanctuary available, nor is there any information on what it's actually like aside from what's on the sanctuary's website, which is sparse as it is. All meals are eaten communally. Rooms at Evolve are even sparser, with a single "eco-friendly" bed, white walls, white ceilings, white carpets, and a single bathroom. There are only seven cabins at Evolve, leftover from the previous owners and refurbished. This also seems to apply to the furniture. The rooms use spring water from a nearby creek, and boast blue blocking lights, 'joovv red lights', infared saunas, cryotherapy, and no wi-fi or phone reception.
Meanwhile, Pete lives next door in his 'ultra private' 5 bed 3 bath $1.2mil farmhouse. It lies on 180 acres and has horse stables, a private walking track, a separate guest house, and an auto-irrigated orchard with 12 different cultivars, including lemon, lime, grapefruit, mandarin, orange and pomelo. It also has a hot tub and wi-fi / phone reception.
You vs Pete
Trap yourself in the wilderness with a drug addict and no idea what you're walking into for a mere $3k!
Pete living a true Paleo life and stacking some rocks at his sanctuary.
These days, since his removal from social media, to stay updated with Pete you've had to be in the 'right' circles. Outside of Evolve, he and the tribe found themselves a place in Telegram group chats and paid email newsletters. He can also be found on the Evolve Facebook & Instagram pages, but mostly locks himself behind paywalls. Despite being forced into obscurity, he still gets up to his old antics, such as curing someone's Alzheimer's with the paleo diet. Thanks Pete!
Personal Website (archive)
Evolvenetwork.TV (archive)
Evolve Sanctuary (archive)
Link Tree (archive)
Official Telegram Channel
Currently residing at his 'extremely private' 72-hectare farm in Byrrill Creek, NSW
Likely Dox by @Pee Cola below
Peter Daryl Evans / Pete Evans / Evolve Network
D.O.B. 29th of August 1973 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
In reality, however, Pete is a 48-year-old washed-up celebrity chef turned self-proclaimed "health coach" (he achieved health coach status through a 12-week online course), conspiracy theorist, and local laughing stock with a bone broth/marrow obsession running a "wellness" compound in rural New South Wales. He is a Father of teenage two children, Indii and Chilli, whom he spoon-fed caviar while growing up (and he thinks you should do this for your kids, too). He has been married twice, his current wife being Nicola Watson/Robinson, a 40-something former glamour model from New Zealand most noted for regretting her breast implants and getting them removed. She regularly posts images and videos of herself playing Tibetan singing bowls, doing bizarre rituals, and overall engaging in the same sort of lunacy as her husband.
Briefly featured in the Dietary Cultists thread, Pete had prodigal beginnings. He began kitchen work at 13, a career as a chef at 17, and owned his own restaurant at a mere 19 years old. By 2008 he owned four restaurants, starting with Hugo's Bondi in 1996. His restaurants, all part of the "Hugo's Group", received numerous awards including 'Best Pizza in the World' at the American Pizza Challenge in New York City. Hugo's Bondi also had a spotlight during Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure in 2011. (A list of awards received up to 2008 can be found here)
During his career, he published 9 cookbooks, did numerous Australian and international cooking & motivational speaking tours, hosted a Daytime Emmy-nominated PBS cooking show, held two monthly recipe columns, and in 2017 released his very own Netflix doco The Magic Pill, wherein he touts the benefits of the ketogenic diet, such as managing autism and curing breast cancer. For a while he was Australia's best-selling non-fiction author. To date, Pete's dedicated followers- which he refers to as his "tribe"- remain in the millions.
In 2010, Pete was picked up as a judge for Channel Seven cooking game show My Kitchen Rules, alongside the much more charismatic and interesting Manu Feildel (archive). My Kitchen Rules managed to beat out MasterChef in popularity within a few years, and despite many controversies, Pete remained a popular figure with an $800,000 contract. He held this position until 2020, when he was fired from the show after the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) fined him $25,200 for promoting a $14,990 lightbox, the BioCharger NG (archive), which he claimed to be a "subtle energy revitalisation platform" that had a 'recipe' to cure COVID-19. The fines from the TGA would later escalate to $80,000 to over $100,000 due to repeated violations.
While marking a strong turn for Peter, this was far from his first venture into the wide world of woo.....
Activated Almonds, Bubba Yum Yum, & crackpot social media medical advice
As far back as 2012, Pete was making a name for himself as a local and internet laughing stock when on Nov. 4th of that year Melbourne newspaper The Sunday Age posted a food diary of Evans' entitled 'My Day on a Plate', containing several confounding food items such as activated almonds, alkalised water, cultured vegetables, and emu meatballs. Needless to say, this went viral on Twitter and soon made its way to Reddit and later 4Chan, spawning the activated almonds meme.
Social media buzzing with talk of activated almonds
TWITTER literally went nuts when a TV chef's bizarre diet plan involving activated almonds, alkalised water and organic spirulina went viral. (archive)
The shift from prodigal celebrity chef to Master of Woo would be symbolically cemented in 2014, when he overhauled the menu at a Perth CBD apartment hotel to fit his paleo ways.
Later, Pete would co-author Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way for New Mums, Babies & Toddlers. Released on March 1st, 2015, the latest entry in Evans' catalogue would be met with much controversy, being dropped exceedingly quickly by publisher Pan Macmillan after health experts warned the book to be "extremely deadly for all babies" (archive). The most notable/controversial recipe was a milkless "baby formula" made of blended chicken liver and bone broth containing ten times the safe maximum Vitamin A intake for babies, as well as unsafe levels of other nutrients. It also advises you to feed your child runny/uncooked eggs and caviar, to rub yourself (or your child) with a sack of fried onion to cure aches and pains, and for parents trying to conceive to do a six-week detox and consume as much bone broth as humanly possible. The book was pulled back and republished with slight edits, however, it was again met with harsh criticism.
Some choice selections, courtesy of a news.com article (archive).
1. A good egg
This is literally a recipe for boiled egg yolk. “Preparation time: 2 minutes. Cooking time: 4-5 minutes. Allergens: Egg.”
Evans recommends you discard the egg’s white and toss it in a salad. So far my $9.99 isn’t going very far. But eggs certainly are #paleo #friendly.
2. Onion poultice
This “easy, natural remedy” is great if you’re fed up with just how good modern medicine is at curing aches and pains and want to fix your discomfort with vegetables.
Fry up some onion and ginger with a bit of water, chuck it in a cheesecloth and rub it all over yourself instead.
“This simple old-fashioned recipe works well to ease the pain of earaches, as well as helping to ease chest congestion,” the book reads. “Place over the ear or chest for at least 5 minutes.”
Who knew #cleanliving meant sticking ginger in your ear?
3. Happy Tummy Brew
The book is prefaced with caveats that “breastmilk is best”, along with reassurances that mothers shouldn’t feel ashamed if they can’t breastfeed their baby. The infamous bone broth formula has been renamed and resold with a warning it’s unsuitable for babies under 6 months old.
“Commercial formula is the only food approved for children under 6 months of age, who cannot be breastfed. For those over 6 months of age it is a good idea to supplement formula feeds with other nutrient dense foods, suitable for the age group,” the book states.
According to Evans, the World Health Organisation and the National Health and Medical Research Council “advise liver is a great first food for infants from around 6 months of age. A true super food, it is rich in iron, zinc, choline, Vitamin A and B vitamins.”
But the Dietitians Association of Australia says even the revised broth recipe is dangerous.
“This is just another example of the serious dangers of following the health and medical advice of unqualified people,” a DAA spokeswoman said.
4. Soft boiled eggs with salmon roe
Pete Evans’ daughters Indi and Chilli just adore caviar, so naturally, he believes your children will too.
“This is usually what Pete does for Easter as a treat for his girls. Pete’s girls have been enjoying caviar since they were young, and if you mention the work ‘ikura’ (Japanese word for fish roe) in their house, little feet will come running for a spoonful, or two, or three, or more,” the recipe says. Good luck getting your kid to eat fish eggs, mums and dads.
5. Willow’s Pâté
“You know what my 18 month old baby would love to have for lunch today? Pâté,” said no parent ever.
You can use chicken, beef or lamb liver in this recipe, which is named after Carr’s son Willow.
“Pâté is a superfood for babies — it’s so dense in nutrients and it’s a wonderful first food,” the book reads. “It is safe to include pâté in an infant’s diet from 6 months — just ensure the produce is from organic pasture-raised, hormone and chemical-free animals. You will get the added benefits of high omega 3 as well.”
This recipe might actually come in handy at your next dinner party. For adults.
6. ‘Dirty’ vs. ‘clean’ fruits & vegetables
This isn’t a recipe, but Bubba Yum Yum’s food shaming also extends to fruits and vegetables. The authors advise readers to always buy organic foods. But if that’s not possible, we should choose fruit and veg with the “least pesticide residue”.
“If you can’t afford to go all organic, we recommend at least sourcing organic produce for the items on the Dirty Dozen list, while those on the Clean Fifteen are the safest and least conventional options.
The ‘Clean Fifteen’ includes asparagus, avocadoes, cabbage, cauliflower, eggplant, frozen sweet peas, grapefruit, kiwis, mangoes, onions, papayas, pineapples, sweet corn, sweet potatoes. Yep, we noticed there’s only 14 listed as well.
But if you’re purchasing anything off the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list - apples, celery, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, grapes, nectarines, peaches, spinach, strawberries, capsicums, imported snap peas or imported potatoes - you’re done for. We’re just as confused as you are.
7. Marrow soldiers
This recipe features beef marrow bones cut into small slices, served with paleo bread.
“Everyone knows that soldiers go really well with eggs, but when they’re served with marrow, you’re stepping things up to a whole new level,” the book says.
“This is one of my favourite recipes because bone marrow is one of my all-time favourie things to eat, and it’s ideal for little growing bodies and brains.”
Thinking of giving your kids Vegemite on toast? Please. That’s so passe.
8. Chicken brawn
Brawn, also affectionately known as meat cheese, is a jellied loaf made from the head and sometimes the feet of a pig or calf. Pete’s spiced his version up and used chicken instead. He’s also thrown in some carrots and celery to up the vege intake.
“Kids just love jellies, so I wanted to include a simple savoury jelly with good-quality protein and some organic vegetables,” he writes.
Throughout 2011-2017, Pete would continue building his reputation; campaigning against fluoride, showing support for other new age maniacs, and associating himself with notable anti-vaxxer and fellow scam artist Joseph Mercola, whom he called “the legend”. One of his most notable moments was an interaction in a 2016 facebook Q&A, wherein he advised a woman recently diagnosed with Osteoporosis to cut all dairy from her diet, claiming that calcium from dairy can remove the calcium from your bones. Most doctors do not know this information.
In another 2016 Facebook post, Pete claimed he does not use sunscreen, due to it being a recipe for disaster and full of dangerous chemicals. Instead, he uses the product Surf Mud (archive).
Again in 2016, he would post an essay via Instagram caption about a perceived conspiracy against the paleo diet by Australian dietians.
My personal favourite moment, in 2018, Pete made an Instagram post recommending that his followers start the day by gazing directly into the sun (archive). He captioned the post:
COVID-19, BioCharger, Black Sun controversy, & Facebook/Instagram Ban
Of course, with years of Anti-Vax buildup behind him, Pete would begin to see repercussions when the Coronavirus pandemic hit, especially once he was spotted hangin' with notable anti-vax campaigner Robert F. Kennedy Jr, pictured below.
This sparked the ire of medical professionals over Australia, proclaiming his alternative medicine buffoonery to have gone on unchecked long enough. In early 2020, the president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Harry Nespolon commented "Pete Evans should stick to talking about 'activated almonds' and leave vaccinations alone". Evans did not like this, saying the comments had caused him to be laughed at and ridiculed. After Harry Nespolon passed from pancreatic cancer, Pete remarked that Nespolon simply didn't know how to deal with his illness and that he wished they could've chatted before his passing, as he could have saved him through holistic methods.
Throughout the pandemic, he would fall deep into the QAnon rabbit hole, bringing most of the Tribe with him through reposting boomer-tier memes. He would constantly discuss the 'great awakening', encourage people to stop wearing masks, and claim that COVID-19 cases were not being counted correctly. Since decrying the 'MSM' (mainstream media) is a favourite bit of his, he would of course claim C19 as a product of it. He would show support for Donald Trump and the MAGA movement and accuse random celebrities and public figures of paedophilia and/or claim they were secretly being executed. Sadly, aside from some memes he reposted, most of this is now lost. According to Pete, we also need to 'flatten the autism curve', reposted from Robert.
In May, Pete would again create controversy after sharing content by notable schizo holocaust denialist and former BBC sports presenter David Icke claiming that COVID-19 both did not exist and was caused by 5G antennas. He captioned the interview:
The same month, Pete would find his aforementioned $800,000 contract with Channel Seven terminated. His role on My Kitchen Rules is to be filled by Nigella Lawson in an upcoming reboot of the show. Still, the biggest career-damaging mishap was yet to come.
In November, Pete would share an Instagram post containing the Nazi Black Sun symbol, and a caterpillar with a MAGA hat.
In the comments, Pete would not deny knowing the meaning behind the symbol, complimenting a fan for noticing. He also encouraged fans to research 'the true history of Germany' and liked/engaged with several comments claiming the Nazis were in the right during WWII. Despite this, he would claim that he had been misunderstood and was looking forward to researching "all symbols everywhere" before posting further. This would lead to his publisher and 15 sponsors and companies including Coles, Big W, and Dymocks dropping him within the span of 48 hours.
The following Tuesday, he would post a video to Instagram hanging out in front of a horse in which he claimed he didn't even know what 'Neo-Nazi' meant, and had to google the term (archive).
That year, Pete would launch his Evolve network in response and go on to repeatedly promote ketamine therapy, as well as the use of other typically recreational drugs. A far cry from his former clean-cut self, who describes deciding to live healthily and escape an LSD and MDMA-fueled kitchen scene in Melbourne after reading a self-help book at the hairdressers (archive). Pete would continue promoting, discussing and using illicit substances, appearing visibly high in many social media posts and Evolve network interviews, rumoured at the time to be ketamine or cocaine. It is unknown how many drugs Pete is actually on, however, in a 2018 Instagram video he revealed himself as having a shed dedicated to growing mushrooms (archive). He also used to have a psychedelic cactus in his backyard (archive). In a 2020 Instagram video, you can see what is likely a San Pedro cactus, which contains mescaline. He has also encouraged followers to take ayahuasca to cure depression (archive). Pete also fancies himself an advocate for medical cannabis and has dedicated a large portion of Evolve TV's lineup to discussing it.
Lofty Goals, seeking higher callings, Nightcap, & Evolve
During this era, the aforementioned members of the Freedom / QAnon / Etc. movements would function as orbiters. Most of them still consider themselves in cahoots with Pete, and they can be seen discussing each other's work to this day. One of the more notable Pete orbiters is Reignite Democracy Australia leader and self-proclaimed 'freedom activist' / grifter (archive) Monica Smit (archive). Monica is a 34-year-old former home design saleswoman and current "independent journalist" from Pakenham, Victoria whose self-admitted dream in life was to be the centre of attention, which she aimed to achieve by auditioning for Survivor. Monica would eventually find the RDA social media pages taken down and turn to a 'paid newsletter/paid group chat' model similar to Evolve, though it is unknown if one influenced the other. Pete would go on to speak at and show support for many anti-lockdown, anti-mask, and anti-vax protests organised by RDA and its offshoots, though pay little attention to Monica herself. He would also interview and give platforms to right-wing MPs who aligned with the anti-lockdown movement, such as Liberal-turned-United Australia Party menace and coal mining shill Craig Kelly (archive).
Pete speaking at the February 2021 Millions March Against Mandatory Covid Vaccination, which attracted hundreds.
This hero complex of Pete's would begin to escalate, and in 2021 he would attempt a brief foray into politics, announcing he would run for the Senate with equally laughable and murder-suicide-ridden One Nation offshoot The Great Australian Party, which promotes nationalisation of the Commonwealth Bank, abolition of Family Court, abolition of personal income tax, and the restoration of the true Australian Constitution. He would bow out of the running by October of 2021.
Assumedly, this applies to Pete's land too.
2021 would also find Pete involved with a controversial planned mega-commune in rural New South Wales, The Nightcap Village. Nightcap described itself as a rural land-sharing community to "get back to the tribal wisdom of living in harmony with Mother Nature as well as the fundamental lore of Doing No Harm." Nightcap emphasised its dedication to living in tune with "sacred land" by grifting money from Minjungbal (traditional owners of the land Nightcap was to be built on) tribal elders, offering them "tribal title" of a block of land in exchange for a $100,000 deposit. Tweed Shire locals also strongly opposed Nightcap, expressing concern about the impact 400 tightly packed dwellings with no functioning sewage system might have on their waterways.
Evans' promotion of the commune aimed to pique the interest of investors, considering the $39.8 million price tag. This would've only covered minor works on internal roads, and been one of twelve stages. The commune would've been built on 1,500 hectares of land in the foothills of Mt. Warning, extremely close to Pete's current Evolve compound. Thankfully, the Northern Regional Planning Panel rejected the plans (archive) on account of the massive environmental destruction it would've entailed (over 100 hectares of native vegetation) and it being right in the middle of an extremely bushfire-prone area. Channel 9's A Current Affair approached Pete about Nightcap (archive), and he appeared shaking and dishevelled. For more on the Nightcap saga, you can find him rambling about the philosophy behind it on the commune's YouTube channel, or, an extremely comprehensive blog on Nightcap and the thread-worthy drama surrounding it can be found here (archive).
Pete and Nightcap's founders.
Despite all this, Pete's cult dreams would soon come to fruition....
Banished from social media and delusions of heroism in full swing, Pete would turn to private Telegram groups and alternative social media to get his message across, eventually forming the Evolve Network in 2020 to accommodate. Evolve is a $100 p/y subscription service for all things paleo, keto, new age, conspiratorial, and alternative medicine. It hosts documentaries such as Ayahuasca and the path of a Shaman, The Perfect Human Diet, and The Magic Plant. It also hosts Evans' Awaken series, wherein he films himself taking ketamine, discussing and interviewing 'experts' on the use of cannabis, and making 'fat bomb' smoothies and more bone broth. You can also find a recipes section, binaural beats, samadhi core guided meditations, podcasts, and other pseudoscientific and conspiratorial sideshows. Briefly, you could find the Evolve Health Labs in Byron Bay, where a DailyMail journalist describes (archive) the use of a hyperbaric oxygen chamber and a cryotherapy facial, as well as being made to sign a waiver stating she understands the potential permanent side effects of the treatments. It closed in under a year.
Pete emerging from a cryo-treatment at the Evolve Health Labs.
The Evolve Network & Health Labs would later... Evolve... into the Evolve Sanctuary, Pete's personal cult compound. Located in Northern NSW, right in the foothills of Wollumbin National Park, the Evolve Sanctuary hosts year-round wellness retreats, including $2,000 retreats to watch Pete cook, fasting & detox retreats, Men's and Women's retreats, and yoga and pilates. A day at Evolve involves bushwalking, connection star-gazing, "an ancient tea ceremony ritual", a cooking school, and so much more (archive)! It even has a magnesium pool, whatever that is.
They also provide various 'treatments' (archive), including float tanks, a red light treatment that "emits red and near-infrared light at special wavelengths and intensities that deeply penetrate the body and offer numerous benefits", and 'equine facilitated learning', described as an opportunity to "be guided deeper into remembrance & authentic being by the Spirit of The Horse."
It also boasts a 'food philosophy', using only fresh local produce, natural spring water, pickles, and stir fry's.
The Evolve Sanctuary is located on a neighbouring property to Pete's, and the starting price for a single sleeper cabin on a wellness retreat is $2,500. You do not find out the address of Evolve until after booking your retreat, and it seems like no one is allowed to talk about it, either. There are no reviews for the Evolve Sanctuary available, nor is there any information on what it's actually like aside from what's on the sanctuary's website, which is sparse as it is. All meals are eaten communally. Rooms at Evolve are even sparser, with a single "eco-friendly" bed, white walls, white ceilings, white carpets, and a single bathroom. There are only seven cabins at Evolve, leftover from the previous owners and refurbished. This also seems to apply to the furniture. The rooms use spring water from a nearby creek, and boast blue blocking lights, 'joovv red lights', infared saunas, cryotherapy, and no wi-fi or phone reception.
Meanwhile, Pete lives next door in his 'ultra private' 5 bed 3 bath $1.2mil farmhouse. It lies on 180 acres and has horse stables, a private walking track, a separate guest house, and an auto-irrigated orchard with 12 different cultivars, including lemon, lime, grapefruit, mandarin, orange and pomelo. It also has a hot tub and wi-fi / phone reception.
You vs Pete
Trap yourself in the wilderness with a drug addict and no idea what you're walking into for a mere $3k!
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Pete living a true Paleo life and stacking some rocks at his sanctuary.
These days, since his removal from social media, to stay updated with Pete you've had to be in the 'right' circles. Outside of Evolve, he and the tribe found themselves a place in Telegram group chats and paid email newsletters. He can also be found on the Evolve Facebook & Instagram pages, but mostly locks himself behind paywalls. Despite being forced into obscurity, he still gets up to his old antics, such as curing someone's Alzheimer's with the paleo diet. Thanks Pete!
Personal Website (archive)
Evolvenetwork.TV (archive)
Evolve Sanctuary (archive)
Link Tree (archive)
Official Telegram Channel
Currently residing at his 'extremely private' 72-hectare farm in Byrrill Creek, NSW
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