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The Aussie TV host's onscreen career started when he was featured as an interior designer on the show Changing Rooms in 1998, before presenting on Location Location Location and Renovation Rescue. He went on to appear in the reality shows Skating on Thin Ice in 2005 and The Celebrity Apprentice Australia in 2013. Mr Everett hosted the long-running cooking program for five years until he was replaced by Lano and Woodley comedian Colin Lane in 2011. The show was cancelled in 2013 before it was revived a decade later, in 2023, and continues to air on Network 10. Former Ready Steady Cook host Peter Everett has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy. Mr Everett, 66, has been charged with sexually touching another person without consent after he was arrested at his Toukley home on NSW's Central Coast on July 26. An investigation into the alleged assault of a teenager was started on July 25, and Mr Everett was arrested the following day, police said. 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Mr Everett hosted the long-running cooking program for five years until he was replaced by Lano and Woodley comedian Colin Lane in 2011. The show was cancelled in 2013 before it was revived a decade later, in 2023, and continues to air on Network 10. Former Ready Steady Cook host Peter Everett has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy. Mr Everett, 66, has been charged with sexually touching another person without consent after he was arrested at his Toukley home on NSW's Central Coast on July 26. An investigation into the alleged assault of a teenager was started on July 25, and Mr Everett was arrested the following day, police said. "Following extensive inquiries, about 1.30pm today, police arrested a 66-year-old man at a home at Toukley," NSW Police said in a statement. "The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with sexually touch another person without consent." 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Mr Everett, 66, has been charged with sexually touching another person without consent after he was arrested at his Toukley home on NSW's Central Coast on July 26. An investigation into the alleged assault of a teenager was started on July 25, and Mr Everett was arrested the following day, police said. "Following extensive inquiries, about 1.30pm today, police arrested a 66-year-old man at a home at Toukley," NSW Police said in a statement. "The man was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with sexually touch another person without consent." He pleaded not guilty to the charge as he faced Parramatta Local Court on July 27, after spending the night behind bars. He is expected to appear at Wyong Local Court on September 3. The presenter was on Australian television for more than a decade before he stepped away from the limelight. The Aussie TV host's onscreen career started when he was featured as an interior designer on the show Changing Rooms in 1998, before presenting on Location Location Location and Renovation Rescue. He went on to appear in the reality shows Skating on Thin Ice in 2005 and The Celebrity Apprentice Australia in 2013. Mr Everett hosted the long-running cooking program for five years until he was replaced by Lano and Woodley comedian Colin Lane in 2011. The show was cancelled in 2013 before it was revived a decade later, in 2023, and continues to air on Network 10.
