The Food Lovers Guide To Australia

Season 5

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The Food Lovers' Guide to Australia is an Australian food and travel television show presented by Maeve O'Mara and Joanna Savill. It is produced and broadcast by the Special Broadcasting Service.

The series travels around Australia to discover its multicultural culinary delights, encompassing five series so far. The series won the 2005 World Food Media Award for 'Best Food/Drink TV show.'

Where to Watch Season 5

13 Episodes

  • Fish Soup and Rice
    E1
    Fish Soup and RiceMaeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill continue to explore the best food and produce around. In this episode: Maeve gets an old family recipe from a famous Broome clan - the singing Pigram Brothers; and Joanna hangs out with chef Simmon Hawke, who cooks snails Italian style.
  • Sea Cucumber
    E2
    Sea CucumberIn this episode, Joanna goes on a fishing trip with the sea cucumber divers of the far north, and Maeve meets the most passionate eggplant grower ever in Carnarvon, Western Australia.
  • The Desert Taverna
    E3
    The Desert TavernaIn this episode: Maeve stops at a Greek taverna at the edge of the desert for bouzouki and souvlaki among the opal mines; and Joanna joins a group of lotus eaters (literally) in far north NSW.
  • Hmong Banana Growers
    E4
    Hmong Banana GrowersIn this episode, Joanna visits the Hmong community of Innisfail in far north Queensland; and Maeve sits down to Sunday lunch Sri Lankan-style with Perth crooner Malcolm de Kauwe.
  • Cheddar
    E5
    CheddarIn this episode, Maeve learns some of the secrets of our best cheddar from Tasmania, while Joanna gets to taste several varieties of pomegranates at a farm in Robinvale, Victoria.
  • Buffalo
    E6
    BuffaloIn this episode, Joanna helps build a pit oven overlooking the Kakadu wetlands, and Maeve joins an extended Greek family for Greek Easter celebrations.
  • Walnuts
    E7
    WalnutsIn this episode, Maeve visits a walnut farm in Tasmania where she helps with the harvest and enjoys a walnut loaf, and Joanna tries goat meat - tandoori and Moroccan style - in Yass.
  • Han Sun
    E8
    Han SunIn this episode, Joanna is in Broome to hear the stories of the Chinese settlers who live there, and taste some fantastic Cantonese cooking, while Maeve revels in the lusciousness of persimmons in season.
  • Southern Blue Fin Tuna
    E9
    Southern Blue Fin TunaMaeve visits the southern blue-fin tuna pens off the South Australian coast, and Joanna finds out why taro should be the new miracle ingredient, before heading to Dunk Island for an elegant taro dinner.
  • Slow Food
    E10
    Slow FoodIn this episode, Maeve discovers the secrets of saffron and a few facts about the world's most expensive spice, and later we revel in Byron Bay cookery writer Nadine Abensur's 'new vegetarian' creations.
  • Blue Swimmer Crab
    E11
    Blue Swimmer CrabIn this episode, Maeve takes us blue swimmer crab harvesting in Western Australian waters, while Joanna wades through the rice paddies of the Riverina and has lunch with a four-generation Italian rice-farming family.
  • Bullboars
    E12
    BullboarsMaeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill continue to explore the best food and produce around. Today, Marjorie Bligh, popular author of cooking books in Tasmania; sushi making in Ultimo; Byron Bay Native Produce; and spit roast in Adelaide.
  • Sun Pictures
    E13
    Sun PicturesIn this episode, Maeve visits the old Sun Pictures, a Broome institution, and Joanna discovers a new addiction - fresh pistachios. We finish with a giant Argentinean barbecue.

 

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