Today show weatherman Steve Jacobs makes shock career announcement
Former Today show meteorologist Steve Jacobs has announced he is set to open a new restaurant in one of Sydney’s hottest spots.
The popular breakfast TV star, 56, told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday he has partnered with Tony’s Burger Joint of Bondi to create a new eatery.
He said the restaurant, which opens next Tuesday, will be located in Enmore, a thriving entertainment district just 5km from the CBD.
In an exclusive chat, the father-of-two said the new career move was “kind of a turning point” and did not mean he was quitting television.
“I will still work in television,” he said, adding: “Television is so fragmented now and I have spent the last five years focusing on my daughters.”
Former Today show meteorologist Steve Jacobs (pictured) has announced he is set to open a new restaurant in one of Sydney’s hottest spots.
“It was very difficult for me to travel and work full time, which is what I usually do.”
Elsewhere in the chat, Steve commented on his recent gig hosting Channel 10’s Studio 10, which was canceled last month.
“It’s sad because I thought the show had so much potential… but I think it’s a sign of the times that free TV has arrived.”
Steve said the new restaurant would be located in Enmore, a thriving entertainment precinct just 5km from Sydney’s CBD. Pictured: Steve and girlfriend Amanda King on the red carpet at Richard Branson’s Resilient Lady launch event in Sydney on Tuesday.
The popular breakfast TV star, 56, told the Daily Mail on Tuesday he has partnered with Tony’s Burger Joint of Bondi to create a new eatery (pictured).
Steve also revealed that he will continue to air with 2GB in Sydney after a new restaurant called Tony’s Enmore opens next week.
Meanwhile, Steve said he and his new business partner, former music promoter Tony Gosden, are planning to expand the Tony’s burger franchise to other locations, including Byron Bay.
Steve says the new Enmore eatery will be “the coolest burger joint in Australia” and will feature live music.
He also said things are still going well with girlfriend Amanda King, who has been romancing him since 2019.
The couple were spotted at Sydney’s Endeavor Brewing & Tap Room on Tuesday.
Steve was previously married to TV presenter Rosie Jacobs, mother of his two daughters Isabella, 12, and Francesca, 10, but they split in 2017.
They split just months after moving to Vanuatu in what friends described at the time as a “last attempt” to save their troubled seven-year marriage.
Steve rose to fame on Nine’s Today channel as a weather presenter and left in 2019 after a marathon 12-year stint in the role.after being replaced by Tim Davis as the Today show’s weather anchor.
Steve was previously married to TV presenter Rosie Jacobs, mother of his two daughters, Isabella, 12, and Francesca, 10, but they separated in 2017. The photo shows Steve with his daughters.