Pete Evans brushes off TGA fine as he launches NSW cooking retreat

Pete Evans is spruiking his latest venture for thousands of dollars after being hit with a hefty $80,000 fine by the TGA.

Celebrity chef Pete Evans has been fined $79,920 by the Therapeutic Goods Administration for breaching advertising regulations.

The former My Kitchen Rules judge unlawfully promoted unregistered goods including a BioCharger device, hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers and two oral medicines through his company, according to the TGA which is part of the Department of Health.

The regulatory agency found Evans implied that some of the products were endorsed by a health professional.

Pete Evans with his mother Joy at his retreat in Uki, NSW. Picture: Instagram

Pete Evans’ wife Nicola Robertson in the retreat’s yoga room which costs up to $5,000 per person. Picture: Instagram

He’s also been ordered to “cease advertising therapeutic goods not entered in the ARTG and to discontinue making various claims about therapeutic products”.

The controversial media personality, who has been criticised for spouting anti-vaxxer views in the past, was previously fined $25,000 by the TGA for promoting a BioCharger “light machine” on Facebook which he claimed could treat COVID-19.

Evans has been banned from various social media platforms including Instagram and Facebook due to his controversial views.

Guests at the Uki retreat are invited on a “journey of self-discovery”.

Pete Evans promoted the retreat on social media.

The father-of-two has brushed off his latest scandal and was seen promoting his weekend wellness retreats on Wednesday morning via social networking app Telegram.

Evans and his wife Nicola Robertson, who sold their Malabar home and moved to Byron Bay last year amid public backlash, are offering two-night wellness and cooking retreats at Evolve Sanctuary in Uki New South Wales.

Guests are invited on a “journey of discovery” and to “just let go” for up to $5,000 per person and several retreats have already sold out.

“Our weekend retreats offer our guests to partake in some, or all of the offerings such as, tea ceremony, yoga practice, ice baths, float tank meditation, breath-work, sauna, cooking demonstrations, campfire conversations, body work treatments, red light, and a whole lot more,” the description states.

Evans is no stranger to criticism after once claiming sunscreen is dangerous and contains poisonous chemicals.

Evans was previously fined $25,000 by the TGA for spruiking a BioCharger, a machine he claimed can treat Covid-19.

His 2017 Netflix documentary The Magic Pill also claims people suffering from illnesses like diabetes, cancer and autism can reduce symptoms and reliance on prescription drugs by adopting a specific diet for just five weeks.

Last year he finished up his $800,000 MKR contract with Channel 7 after sharing controversial views.

He sparked outrage in November after posting a neo-Nazi meme on Facebook which forced him to end various partnerships.