Peter Everett fronted court on Saturday, facing charges of sexually touching a teenage boy without consent. 

The former Ready Steady Cook host appeared at Sydney's Parramatta Court this weekend, accused of sexually touching the 16-year-old Central Coast boy in Toukley, NSW, on Friday. 

Everett is understood to have spent Friday night behind bars before facing court the following day.  

The TV star pleaded 'not guilty' to the charges and vehemently denied the allegations when approached by Channel Nine News on Saturday. 

Everett is expected to return to court in September. 

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The television personality has in recent years faced tough times.  

He was unceremoniously sacked from Ready Steady Cook over the phone in 2011, after transforming the show during his five years as host.

In 2022, Everett revealed he was selling off his possessions just 'to survive' after a tough few years during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Everett, who regularly appears at food festivals across the country, told 4BC Afternoons host Rob McKnight he'd 'lost his livelihood' because of the lockdowns.

'There's been a lot of sales on my behalf. I'm selling anything - not down to the garage sale yet - but I've been selling off a lot of things,' Everett said.

'It really hasn't been an easy time. It hasn't. The entertainment industry, a lot of my friends, far less fortunate than I, have had it really, really bad.'

Everett joined Ready Steady Cook in 2006, replacing Nick Stratford as host.

He was dumped from the show in 2011, saying at the time he was 'disappointed' to have been fired over the phone just before heading overseas on holiday.

Rory Callaghan, the CEO of Southern Star Productions (now Endemol Australia), which produced the series, later defended the decision to sack Everett.

Callaghan told TV Tonight: 'It was me who called him and said, "Don't bother coming back from Bali." It was a hard production with him so it was time to move on.'

Speaking to news.com.au in 2019, Everett added: '[Callaghan] was saying that I think I'm greater than the show. I think it meant I thought I was so indispensable and that they couldn't do the show without me.' 

In 2023, Everett unleashed on Channel 10 producers for failing to invite him back for the 2024 reboot.

Everett told New Idea magazine that he was devastated after learning that chef Miguel Maestre was hosting the program.

'I was like a three-year-old for a couple of days, who constantly asks, "Why, why, why?" They didn't approach me for some reason. Who knows why? It's a shame,' he lamented, admitting that he didn't sleep well after hearing the news.