Jilted Ready Steady Cook presenter Peter Everett has fired producers at Channel 10 for not inviting him back for the 2024 reboot.
Everett, who hosted the show for five years before being fired by phone in 2011, spoke out New idea magazine on Monday that he was devastated when he heard that chef Miguel Maestre was hosting the program.
“For a few days I felt like a three-year-old child, constantly asking, ‘Why, why, why?’ For some reason they didn’t approach me. Who knows why? It’s a shame,” he lamented, admitting he didn’t sleep well after hearing the news.
The television host insisted there was “always talk” of him co-hosting the reboot with someone else, but admitted he “never raised the issue with producers.”
Everett also suggested that diehard fans of the franchise may even boycott the new series due to his absence.
Jilted Ready Steady Cook presenter Peter Everett (pictured) has fired producers at Channel 10 for not inviting him to the 2024 reboot
“I’ve had a few messages from fans saying we’re not going to watch this show if you don’t do it. “I like that I am remembered fondly,” he said.
Everett joined Ready Steady Cook in 2006, replacing Nick Stratford as host.
However, he was dumped from the show in 2011, saying at the time that he was ‘disappointed’ as he had been fired over the phone just before going on holiday abroad.
Everett, who hosted the show for five years before being fired by phone in 2011, told New Idea magazine on Monday that he was devastated when he heard chef Miguel Maestre was hosting the program.
“For a few days I felt like a three-year-old child, constantly asking, ‘Why, why, why?’ For some reason they didn’t approach me. Who knows why? It’s a shame,” he lamented, admitting he didn’t sleep well after hearing the news. (Maestro and Everett are pictured on the set of The Living Room in April 2021)
Rory Callaghan, the CEO of Southern Star Productions (now Endemol Australia), which produced the series, later defended the decision to fire Everett.
Callaghan told it Television tonight: ‘It was I who called him and said: ‘Don’t come back from Bali.’ It was a tough production for him, so it was time to move on.”
In 2019, Everett told news.com.au: ‘(Callaghan) said I think I’m bigger than the show. I think it meant that I thought I was so indispensable and that they couldn’t do the show without me.”
Everett joined Ready Steady Cook in 2006, replacing Nick Stratford as host
He said he told the director that if his “ego” was as big as they said he was, he would have “asked for a raise,” calling the excuse for firing him “absolute nonsense.”
At the time of Everett’s dismissal, Callaghan took personal responsibility for calling to replace him with a new host.
“I think we’ve reached a point where we all have to move on,” he added.
He was dumped from Ready Steady Cook in 2011 and said at the time he was ‘disappointed’ to be fired by telephone just before going on holiday abroad.
Everett admitted he was “a little stunned” by his firing because the ratings were good.
‘If something works, don’t change it, just leave it alone. It was really hard, really hard. Whatever the reason it happened,” he said.
Everett was replaced by comedian Colin Lane, but admitted he couldn’t bring himself to watch the show after being fired.
Everett was replaced by comedian Colin Lane, but admitted he couldn’t bring himself to watch the show after being fired