The Cook And The Chef
The Cook And The Chef is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 133 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2025.
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Simon and Maggie marvel at the British success in putting their own stamp on a Pakistani curry and then celebrate the cross-cultural cuisine of Australia's own 'Father Of Fusion', Cheong Liew.
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25:59From pasta to gelati, tomatoes to octopus - Italian migrants have contributed enormously to our Australian way of life. Maggie's love of Italian opera and food is well known and she reminisces about her childhood visits with her family to an Italian restaurant in Sydney where she fell in love with pasta.
25:59Simon and Maggie reflect on the state of the Australian food scene in 2008 and prepare what they consider to be truly Australian meals. Maggie tells Simon about the amazing changes she's seen in her time as a cook and reminisces about the day in 1980 when she first got her hands on a bunch of fresh basil.
Season 3
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26:28The East Coast of Tasmania has to be one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline anywhere in the world, but when Simon visits he’s not just interested in the dazzling scenery; he’s also come to find out what makes Tasmanian seafood so great.
25:58Kangaroo Island is one of Maggie’s favourite destinations, its magnificent coastline and pristine waters provide an abundance of superb seafood for the locals.
26:29South of Hobart in the delightfully named Sandlfy Simon found Gordon and Jane Brown growing an unusual crop: Green Tea. After getting over the shock of finding tea growing in Tassie, Simon found out that most black tea is actually grown in highland regions so it’s not actually all that unusual to grow tea in such a cold cl...
25:58Maggie replicates beautiful lamb pies that she created for a charity event, while Simon gives shepherd’s pie a vegetarian spin. Also on the menu is chocolate and lots of it, with a wicked chocolate ganache tart and a light, chocolate soufflé.
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On a recent trip to the Tweed Valley, Maggie was really taken with how all the banana plantations were scattered high across the mountain slopes. Third generation grower, Andrew Everest, explains to Maggie that sub-tropical bananas have to be grown up high to protect them from frost. 26:00 Expired
When it comes to fine cheeses we’re spoilt for choice in Australia, there are over one hundred different varieties being produced by Cheese Wright’s all around the country. 25:58 Expired
This week take a trip with Maggie to the stunning sub tropical hinterland of Northern New South Wales where she explores a macadamia plantation and sips locally grown coffee. In the kitchen Maggie and Simon use our native bush nut and coffee to create both savoury and sweet delights. 25:59 Expired
The little village of Nimbin, in the Byron Bay Hinterland, has embraced its reputation as Australia’s hippie capital and the influence of the counter culture extends way beyond the colourful main street. 25:58 Expired
Maggie and Simon go green with brussels sprouts and avocados. Enjoy their warm winter take on the much maligned sprout and take a trip back to the seventies with Simon's avocado ice cream.
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The beautiful fertile soils of the Northern Rivers Regions of NSW have made possible many amazing subtropical food enterprises. One of Maggie’s favourite food stories from the region is that of Gerard Buchanan, a farmer who discovered that the fruit that would become his most profitable, the native finger lime, was actuall... 25:58 Expired
Working at the Hotel often keeps Simon busy late into the evening so he’s not known for his love of early mornings, but this week he’s made the effort to get up well before the crack of dawn to meet his fruit and veg supplier Chris Abbot at the Adelaide Produce Markets. 25:59 Expired
Back from their New Zealand Food Adventure Maggie and Simon again set their sights on local produce, enjoying two excellent fish - King George Whiting and Mulloway. 25:58 Expired
After the exhilaration of the New Zealand trip, this week’s show opens with Maggie back on home soil - and almost knee deep in it too. She’s trekking through mud with vegetable grower Dominic Scarfo in search of a vegetable that is often overlooked and undervalued: the swede. 25:59 Expired
Maggie and Simon conclude their six week New Zealand odyssey. Simon checks out New Zealand lamb, one of the most iconic of all that countries products and Maggie returns to Hawkes Bay to find out why Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. 25:57 Expired
Maggie and Simon discover how New Zealanders adopted and realised the commercial potential of two beautiful fruits - feijoa and kiwifruit. 25:59 Expired
Maggie and Simon continue their food Odyssey in the Land of the Long White Cloud. On New Zealand’s North Island, Maggie discovers a microclimate responsible for some wonderful produce while Simon travels across the beautiful, pristine waters of Marlborough Sound in search of the Green Lipped Mussel.