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ABC
Feb 13, 2008

ABC
Feb 13, 2008

Summary Set in Maggie Beer's kitchen in Barossa Valley, this cooking show takes a detailed look at each ingredient that goes into their fabulous dishes, often visiting local growers from the area to further illuminate their culinary creations.

Documentary

ABC
Feb 13, 2008

ABC
Feb 13, 2008

The Cook and the Chef

Season 3

Season Premiere: Feb 13, 2008

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Summary Set in Maggie Beer's kitchen in Barossa Valley, this cooking show takes a detailed look at each ingredient that goes into their fabulous dishes, often visiting local growers from the area to further illuminate their culinary creations.

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Episode 1 • Feb 13, 2008 • 25 m

Raspberries & Barramundi

Simon and Maggie dish up a refreshing summer feast. Maggie uses raspberries to adorn a sponge. Simon treats us to a fish curry using fresh barramundi from the Northern Territory.

Episode 2 • Feb 20, 2008 • 25 m

Salt and pepper crocodile is on the menu with Simon while Maggie can't resist combining chicken with fresh figs and honey. Also on offer are honey pancakes and baklava.

Episode 3 • Feb 27, 2008 • 25 m

Maggie and Rick Stein discuss the art of cooking fish. Back in the kitchen, Maggie cooks an impressive piece of farmed Kingfish while Simon is inspired to try out one of Rick's recipes, a mouth-watering fish pasty.

Episode 4 • Mar 5, 2008 • 26 m

Mangoes & Cheese

Maggie and Simon dish up a bit of mango madness with two tropically inspired dishes that showcase the unique flavours of green, unripe mangoes.

Episode 5 • Mar 12, 2008 • 25 m

Maggie and Simon make salad magic with baby herbs. After salads its seafood, as Simon introduces Maggie to pearl meat.

Episode 6 • Mar 19, 2008 • 25 m

Jackfruit & Goat

Simon makes a jackfruit biryani, a combination of rice, jackfruit, herbs and spices. Maggies also produces a superb pot roasted shoulder of goat which she serves with eggplant pickle.

Episode 7 • Mar 26, 2008 • 27 m

Maggie and Simon cook with lamb and cockles. Maggie creates a Spanish-inspired dish of cockles, chickpeas and blood sausage. Simon also shows us his take on the classic French seafood dish, Bouillabaisse.

Episode 8 • Apr 2, 2008 • 25 m

Darwin Market & Sea Cucumber

Expect to see creepy-crawlies in the kitchen as Maggie shares some great tips on how to prepare succulent octopus and Simon tackles another exotic ingredient from the far North, sea cucumber.

Episode 9 • Apr 9, 2008 • 26 m

Chocolate & Lamb

Maggie makes a chocolate cake with whiskey soaked raisins followed by traditional Moussaka with a twist. Meanwhile, Simon makes a Bombe Alaska.

Episode 10 • Apr 16, 2008 • 25 m

There's something for everyone's palate with Simon whipping up an irresistible crispy fried chicken while Maggie performs some magic with a light lemony cake cooked with plump sultana grapes.

Episode 11 • Apr 23, 2008 • 25 m

Oats & Goats Cheese

Maggie makes tasty oat, raisin and fennel bread, while Simon creates a delicious 'granola' style cereal, with a unique kick to start your day.

Episode 12 • Apr 30, 2008 • 25 m

Simon makes a real pepper sauce that turns a steak into so much more than a pub meal, while Maggie pot roasts a pheasant to perfection.

Episode 13 • May 7, 2008 • 25 m

The star of this menu is smoked trout. Simon shows us how to smoke our own trout while Maggie transforms the humble egg into a melt in the mouth egg and bacon pie and superb egg ravioli.

Episode 14 • May 14, 2008 • 25 m

Bush Tucker & Buffalo Mozzarella

Come with Maggie and Simon on their adventure through Australian culinary history. He might be a chef and she might insist on calling herself a cook, but together they are a celebration of Australian food.

Episode 15 • May 21, 2008 • 26 m

A Diabetic Diet

Maggie produces spelt pasta with pumpkin, and mushroom, barley, and sherry soup while Simon creates a noodle broth with his trade mark layering of flavours.

Episode 16 • May 28, 2008 • 26 m

Dried Food and Eels

Simon visits a Vietnamese supermarket to pick up some bonito and dried shiitake mushrooms for Maggie, while also looking for inspiration for his own dish.

Episode 17 • Jun 4, 2008 • 24 m

Maggie prepares a Quince dessert that emerges from the oven as a burnished orange masterpiece.

Episode 18 • Jun 11, 2008 • 25 m

The Cook and the Chef is 100 episodes old and to celebrate Simon's organised a visit from Peter Cundall of gardening Australia.

Episode 19 • Jun 18, 2008 • 25 m

Land of the Long White Cloud

Maggie and Simon kick off their New Zealand journey in Rotorua, where they find out how the local Maori people have cleverly harnessed the famous geothermal properties of the area for cooking purposes.

Episode 20 • Jun 25, 2008 • 25 m

New Zealand Kumara and Venison

Maggie and Simon show us more beautiful produce from the Land of the Long White Cloud. Maggie finds some delicious Kumara, a Maori word for sweet potato while Simon discovers New Zealand Venison.

Episode 21 • Jul 2, 2008 • 25 m

New Zealand Salmon and Wasabi

Maggie and Simon's culinary adventure in New Zealand continues as Simon visits an amazing Wasabi plant and a salmon farm on the South Island.

Episode 22 • Jul 9, 2008 • 25 m

Olives & Mussels

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.

Episode 23 • Jul 16, 2008 • 25 m

Feijoa & Kiwi Fruit

Maggie and Simon discover how New Zealanders adopted and realised the commercial potential of two beautiful fruits - feijoa and kiwifruit.

Episode 24 • Jul 23, 2008 • 25 m

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.

Episode 25 • Jul 30, 2008 • 25 m

Root Veg & Guinea Fowl

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.

Episode 26 • Aug 6, 2008 • 26 m

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.

Episode 27 • Aug 13, 2008 • 26 m

Cauliflower and Passionfruit

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.

Episode 28 • Aug 20, 2008 • 25 m

Maggie visits Gerard Buchanan in the Northern Rivers Regions of NSW. Gerard's a farmer who discovered that native finger limes were actually growing wild on his property.

Episode 29 • Aug 27, 2008 • 25 m

Brussels Sprouts and Avocado

Maggie and Simon go green with brussel 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.

Episode 30 • Sep 3, 2008 • 25 m

Lemon Myrtle and Pizzas

The little village of Nimbin, in the Byron Bay Hinterland has embraced its reputation as Australia's hippy capital and the influence of the counter culture extends way beyond the main street.

Episode 31 • Sep 24, 2008 • 25 m

Coffee and Macadamia Nuts

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.

Episode 32 • Oct 1, 2008 • 25 m

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.

Episode 33 • Oct 8, 2008 • 26 m

Bananas & Artichokes

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.

Episode 34 • Oct 15, 2008 • 25 m

Cooking in a Restaurant

Simon is deep in discussion with the Hotel's Maitre d' Atef. Simon and Atef are looking at some changes in the menu and deciding on a corresponding change in the recommended wine match.

Episode 35 • Oct 22, 2008 • 26 m

Anlaby: A Country Homestead

Maggie 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.

Episode 36 • Oct 29, 2008 • 26 m

Produce of Two Islands

South of Hobart, Tasmania in the delightfully named Sandfly, Simon found Dr. Gordon Brown and his wife Jane Brown growing an unusual crop: Green Tea.

Episode 37 • Nov 5, 2008 • 27 m

Lobster & Mushrooms

Kangaroo Island is one of Maggie's favourite destinations, its magnificent coastline and pristine waters provide an abundance of superb seafood for the locals.

Episode 38 • Nov 12, 2008 • 25 m

Seaweed & Scallops

The 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.

Episode 39 • Nov 19, 2008 • 25 m

Beetroot & Pepper

Maggie and Simon demonstrate how to bring out the best of the brilliant beetroot, and then spice up some delicious dishes with Native Tasmanian Pepper berry.

Episode 40 • Nov 26, 2008 • 25 m

Christmas Holidays

At Christmas time, Maggie loves to get as much food preparation as possible out of the way before Christmas day. This year she's managed to enlist the help of her five grandchildren.

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