Steve Pizzati is an Australian race driver, driving instructor, television presenter and free-lance motoring journalist. He was born in Melbourne to Italian parents; he did not learn to speak English until he was four years old.
In 2008, he was selected from 4,000 applicants to be one of the presenters of Top Gear Australia on SBS TV. In 2010 he was the only host selected by the Nine Network to continue with the new broadcaster thus making him the only host to have been a part of all four series of the show.
In February 2009, Pizzati joined Top Gear UK hosts Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond for ten performances of the Top Gear Live stadium show held at Acer Arena in Sydney. In March 2013, Pizzati joined Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Shane Jacobson to host the first Top Gear Festival at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Pizzati is also Radio 3AW Melbourne's motoring expert, co-hosting a motoring program called 'Menage-a-car' with Peter 'Grubby' Stubbs and Diane 'Dee Dee' Dunleavy every Sunday.
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