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Legendary Australian TV chef Peter Russell-Clarke has died in Melbourne at the age of 89.
The renowned cook, who became one of the country’s first celebrity TV chefs in the 1980s, died on Friday following complications after a stroke, according to News Corp publications. He was surrounded by his wife, Jan, and two children, Peter and Wendy.
TV chef Peter Russell-Clarke has died at the age of 89.Credit: Grant Peterson/Fairfax Media
Russell-Clarke enjoyed a varied career as a writer, illustrator, author and artist. He was best known for his cooking, which he shared on the ABC’s lifestyle show Come and Get It. The series began in 1983 and ran for nine years, resulting in around 900 episodes.
Despite each episode being just five minutes long, Russell-Clarke quickly became a staple in Australian kitchens, recognised particularly for his signature sayings such as “you beauts” and perhaps most famously “where’s the cheese?” .
