Peter Kuruvita

About Peter

Peter Kuruvita is an award-winning chef and restaurateur with a career spanning three decades and restaurants in Australia and the Pacific. He has presented cooking programs on SBS and many networks worldwide, authored several cookbooks, and built a reputation as both a skilled restaurant consultant and an engaging broadcaster. His work across multiple countries and cooking cultures gives him a genuinely broad perspective on food, hospitality, and the restaurant industry.

Peter's range is one of the defining qualities of his career. He is not a single-cuisine specialist — he is a professional who has worked across a variety of environments, consulted widely, and communicated about food to audiences around the world. That breadth makes him a speaker who can address industry audiences on the realities of building and running restaurants, or engage broader audiences with the story of a life spent in food.

For hospitality industry events, food festivals, corporate occasions, and culinary programs, Peter Kuruvita brings the authority of a working chef and restaurateur with the communication skills of a broadcaster. He speaks from a career that has taken him across continents and into kitchens that most people will never see — and he shares that experience with the straightforwardness of someone who has spent thirty years doing the work.