I’ve been watching (I’d like to say researching) cooking programs for a very long time. I don’t expect to feel the joy I felt when seeing groundbreakers like The Two Fat Ladies and Iron Chef for the first time. So I don’t watch them much anymore. Despite all the razzle dazzle and even Maggie Beer, Masterchef was unwatcheable after a couple of seasons, though I will admit to watching those.
But I do flick onto the SBS food channel from time to time. Rick Stein, Adam Liaw, Poh Ling Yeow, Gordon Ramsey, Jamie Oliver, the late lamented Anthony Bourdain and others will all keep me interested and teach me something I may never use in my lifetime.
Yes, my TV cookery palate is jaded. So it was a nice surprise to land on Pacific Food Revolution.
I’ve only seen one episode but it’s top of my “to binge” list. So basically it seems there are teams of two from various Pacific nations. And they’re cooking with ingredients we’ve just never seen, except for sweet potato.
Yes they’ve adopted the Masterchef-style confessions of undying gratitude to various aunties and uncles but these passionate cooks produce food that just jumps from the screen and the judging panel are gracious and wise. Not a Calombaris in sight.
Love to know what you think. Binge with me?
That’s a cooking show I’d be interested in- I’ll definitely take the recommendation x