06-07-2025
BREAKING NEWS Groundbreaking Aussie TV chef Peter Russell-Clarke dies after stroke complications
Pioneering Australian TV chef Peter Russell-Clarke has died in Melbourne aged 89.
Russell-Clarke, who was the face of Coon cheese in television advertisements during the early 1990s, passed away on Friday after suffering complications following a stroke.
He was surrounded by his beloved wife Jan and two children Peter and Wendy.
His close friend Beverley Pinder paid tribute to the TV chef, telling the Herald Sun on Sunday: 'Peter Russell-Clarke was a phenomenon – years ahead of his time.'
'His wife Jan was his backbone. A loveable, larrikin artist and gentleman of the art of relaxed cooking.'
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Russell-Clarke was best known for his ABC series Come and Get It which aired in the 1980s.
He became known for his catchphrase 'G'day' on the five-minute cooking program.
The chef has written and illustrated 25 cookbooks, including an encyclopaedia of food.
Russell-Clarke has cooked for Victoria's State Premiers, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales' Silver Jubilee dinner in Australia.
A chef who always appealed to a family audience, Peter found himself at the centre of controversy in 2008 when an expletive-ridden 'blooper reel' surfaced on YouTube.
Speaking to in 2014, Russell-Clarke said that he believed the video had 'cost him work'.
