Joe Avati

He entered the restaurant business following university, developing ice cream flavours while working on his stand-up material on the side.

The characters and traits that Avati mentions seem to be universal in Italian families, which is why audiences familiar with this cultures are able to identify with him.

[1] He is not known for use of profanity, however he has touched on controversial subjects such denying climate change,[3] cancel culture, and "the woke brigade".

[2][5] The stage show - IL DAGO - a "boy band" parody act was produced by Avati and toured to major cities and regional centers around Australia from April 2007 until December 2009.

[1][7] In 2009, Avati joined presenter Dr. Renee Lim on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) TV series Food Investigators.