Celebrity chef and paleo-diet advocate Pete Evans is forging ahead with the digital publication of his controversial baby recipe book, despite the book being dropped by publishers after public health experts labelled it potentially deadly.

Publisher Pan Macmillan has announced it will not be releasing the book for children, but Evans has vowed to publish it himself.

Celebrity chef Pete Evans.

"Charlotte, Helen and I are thrilled to announce that Bubba Yum Yum: The Paleo Way will be a proudly independent digital worldwide release in April with print to follow," Evans said on his Facebook page.