Jimmy Doherty's New Zealand Escape

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Jimmy Doherty's New Zealand Escape

Jimmy is in Auckland meeting some of the incredible market gardeners and produce sellers who have put New Zealand's fresh produce on the map and mixes it up with the godfather of fusion food.

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Season 1
Jimmy harvests sea clams with local fisherman who invented an extraordinary method of farming, then heads to Blenheim's wine country and Wairau Valley as 'Key puta te Wairau'.
Jimmy learns why Clydesdale horses still rule supreme as farm workers over tractors and trucks; then heads to Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere and learns about the traditional Maori food basket.
Jimmy Doherty heads to Aotearoa to sample the finest and most surprising foods on the planet. He learns to gravity-fish and trade, heads to a women-only farm, and the oldest illegal distillery.
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