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Food Safari — Storyline

Food Safari is an Australian television series first screened on SBS TV Australia featuring the many cuisines brought to Australia by its immigrants. The series was produced by Kismet Productions in association with SBS TV Australia. Presented by Maeve O'Meara, each episode covers cuisine from a particular culture. Usually starting with commonly used ingredients and where to obtain them in Australia, it then moves onto the preparation and consumption of popular favourites, basic dishes and desserts.

The series was rested in 2008 after the airing of the third series with a spin-off series, Italian Food Safari, airing in 2010, presented by O'Meara and chef Guy Grossi. A second spin-off series, French Food Safari, aired in 2011 and was presented by O'Meara and chef Guillaume Brahimi.

Food Safari was commissioned for a fourth series and will return February 14, 2013.

Cast & Crew

• Starring: Maeve O'Meara

Food Safari — Series Details

Food Safari — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Morocco (2006-12-05) — Moroccan food is one of the most cleverly balanced cuisines on earth – spices are used to enhance the flavour of dishes & there is nothing like the warm waft of beautiful spices th
• E2: Malaysia (2006-12-12) — Malaysian food is heavily influenced by the food of other countries including Chinese, & Indian as well as the native Malay or Peranakan style of cooking. These influences extend f
• E3: Portugual (2006-12-19) — Food Safari plunges into the fiery passionate world of Portuguese food where all the best food has a close relationship with fire, starting with the now famous Portuguese charcoal
• E4: Vietnam (2006-12-26) — Vietnamese dishes are fresh, have a depth of flavour & seem to have amazing health properties at the same time. Have you ever eaten a bowl of pho with all the accompaniments when y
• E5: India (2007-01-02) — The vibrant, intensely colourful world of Indian food in Australia found an ever increasing fan base when Australians began to travel through India during the 1960s & 70s. Each reg
• E6: Greece (2007-01-09) — In Greek culture, food is so much more than sustenance – it’s everything – culture, comfort, family, life. “If you grow up Greek, you grow up with your mother chasing you around th
• E7: China (2007-01-16) — Chinese cuisine is familiar to Australians & a recent survey found that two thirds of Australian households own a wok & use it regularly, but not everyone knows how to use it prope
• E8: Italy (2007-01-23) — Ever since Italians migrated to Australia and introduced us to spaghetti bolognese and pizza, Australians have embraced this wonderful, satisfying cuisine. Spaghetti Bolognese is n
• E9: Thailand (2007-01-30) — Thai food has been a huge hit in Australia with Thai restaurants in many suburbs and parts of our cities serving a range of curry puffs, soups, curries and stir fries. At its best,
• E10: Lebanon (2007-02-06) — Food Safari goes in search of the fresh green flavors of Lebanese food and host Maeve O'Meara finds the biggest mound of fresh parsley being chopped for use in falafel, the delicio
• E11: Mexico (2007-02-13) — Mexican cuisine is one of the most ancient and developed on earth but is little known outside its borders and too many restaurants are more “Tex” than “Mex” according to the small
• E12: Turkey (2007-02-20) — This week Food Safari enters the delicious colorful world of one of the cuisines we know least about in Australia – Turkish food. While kebabs and Turkish delight are well known, s
• E13: Spain (2007-02-27) — The final episode of Food Safari ends with the fire and passion of Spanish cooking – you can smell the heady scents of saffron, paprika and garlic as host Maeve O'Meara investigate

Season 2

• E1: Japan (2007-12-04) — Japanese food is refined and elegant, its preparation and presentation honed over the centuries so its flavours are pure and delicate. Like many of the most highly developed cuisin
• E2: France (Part 1) (2007-12-11) — The French have elevated food into an art form… nowhere else on earth is so much attention paid to what people are going to eat and how they eat it. The reason is steeped in hist
• E3: France (Part 2) (2007-12-18) — The French have elevated food into an art form… nowhere else on earth is so much attention paid to what people are going to eat and how they eat it. The reason is steeped in hist
• E4: Indonesia (2007-12-25) — Indonesian food is one of the most vibrant and colourful cuisines in the world, full of intense flavour and varied textures. With 6,000 islands, there is a huge range of regional s
• E5: Malta (2008-01-01) — The rocky island of Malta is home to some beautiful rustic recipes that sing of Mediterranean flavour and freshness. Maltese cuisine is truly peasant cuisine, using vegetables in s
• E6: Pakistan (2008-01-08) — Pakistani cuisine is the lesser known food of the sub-continent and is rich in tradition, full of marvelous and diverse dishes. Pakistan was created in 1947 when India was partitio
• E7: Croatia (2008-01-15) — Croatia's central location in Europe means its cuisine offers the best of many different regions. From the pristine Dalmatian coast, the food is Mediterranean, with many distinctly
• E8: Singapore (2008-01-22) — Not only has Singapore transformed itself in the last 150 years from a fishing village to one of Asia's most dynamic cities, it's also a centre for some of the best food in South E
• E9: Hungary (2008-01-29) — Hungarian cuisine is a combination of simple peasant food which originated many centuries ago when nomadic tribes rode the great plains of Hungary, some new ingredients which arriv
• E10: Sri Lanka (2008-02-05) — Sri Lanka, the beautiful spice island once known as Ceylon, is a rich melting pot of cuisines. It seems every nationality that has visited and traded over the years has left a mark
• E11: Brazil (2008-02-12) — Brazilian food is an exuberant, colourful mix of Portuguese, African and native foods including some from the Amazon. The native Indians developed ways of preserving meats by smoki
• E12: Korea (2008-02-19) — Korean food is some of the healthiest on earth, with an emphasis on vegetables, meats cooked simply and without much oil and a near obsession with the fermented vegetable kimchi. M
• E13: Mauritius (2008-02-26) — One of the great Creole cuisines, Mauritian food is a combination of native African, French, Chinese and Indian, with many dishes created that are unique to the island of Mauritius

Season 3

• E1: South America (2008-11-30) — From the tango dancing couple who show us how to create the perfect Argentinian asado to the empanada queen and her recipe; from Chilean all purpose salsa to simple Peruvian cevich
• E2: Egypt (2008-12-10) — In this episode we learn how to make true dukkah (the aromatic mix of spices, nuts and seeds) from two experts, discover how easy it is to make a feast from okra and lamb, and see
• E3: Germany (2008-12-17) — What fun we had meeting German expatriates and filming some of their treasured dishes – pork knuckle cooked with caraway seeds, a hearty comforting lentil soup, incredibly flavours
• E4: Persia (2008-12-24) — Elaborate and ancient, delicious and lovingly spiced, we discover how to cook the prized rice dishes of celebration, fragrant with saffron and scattered with nuts and barberries. W
• E5: England (2009-01-07) — This episode is jam-packed with beloved dishes that range from roast beef and Yorkshire pudding to good old fish and chips; rollmops to summer pudding; pork pies to pickles; and ge
• E6: Africa (2009-01-14) — A journey into some of the flavours, dishes and ways of eating across the Horn and West Africa. Recipes include a traditional doro wat (a fabulous slow-cooked chicken dish with spi
• E7: Syria (2009-01-21) — A cuisine full of fresh flavours and clever use of spices. From the marvellous salad called fattoush (made under the Hills Hoist and with herbs just picked from the garden) to a de
• E8: North America (2009-01-28) — A journey through some of the regional specialties of North America takes us into the delicious family recipes from chefs and home cooks who whip up crab cakes, cornbread, Southern
• E9: Jewish (2009-02-04) — The fascinating world of Jewish food stretches across many cuisines. As well as joining an extended family for their Shabbat feast, we join a number of accomplished home cooks to l

Italian Food Safari

• E1: Italian Food Safari Episode 1 (2010-03-18) — Italian Food Safari opens with a celebration of the wood-fired oven, which many Italians constructed in their backyards when they arrived in Australia. Maeve visits the inspiring R
• E2: Italian Food Safari Episode 2 (2010-03-25) — Italian Food Safari goes to Fremantle to join the last sardine fisherman on the Western Australia coast, the charming Jim Mendolia who supplies the fresh fish market. Melbourne coo
• E3: Italian Food Safari Episode 3 (2010-04-01) — Italian Food Safari focuses on the glorious tomato, with presenter Guy Grossi joining tomato grower John Monigatti on Echuca’s black soil plains during harvest. Maeve then shares t
• E4: Italian Food Safari Episode 4 (2010-04-08) — Presenter Guy Grossi visits dedicated Melbourne artisan baker Daniel Chirico and tastes bread straight from the oven drizzled with olive oil and learns why loaves with soul take a
• E5: Italian Food Safari Episode 5 (2010-04-15) — Italian Food Safari goes to the far western end of Australia to visit the crayfishermen of the stunning Abrolhos Islands off Geraldton and Maeve spends time with Justin Pirrottina
• E6: Italian Food Safari Episode 6 (2010-04-22) — Italian Food Safari presenter Guy Grossi meets passionate gardeners Lina and Antonio Siciliano who have created a huge vegetable and herb garden in Melbourne’s suburbs that provide
• E7: Italian Food Safari Episode 7 (2010-04-29) — Italian Food Safari joins professional rock fisherman Alex Bellissimo from Rock and Beach Charters at dawn to learn why so many Italians are drawn to the sea to fish for dinner. Re
• E8: Italian Food Safari Episode 8 (2010-05-06) — Italian Food safari visits Mario Mammone and his family who own large citrus orchards in the fruit bowl of Australia outside Mildura – they came to pick oranges and now own the far
• E9: Italian Food Safari Episode 9 (2010-05-13) — This episode of Italian Food Safari celebrates the tradition of preserving the best in season. Maeve meets the effervescent Italian Australian GP Pietro Demaio whose self-published
• E10: Italian Food Safari Episode 10 (2010-05-20) — Italian Food Safari discovers an Italian breed of cattle called Chianina now being reared in Australia by Daniela Mollica, who brought the Slow Food movement to Melbourne. Chianina
• E11: Italian Food Safari Episode 11 (2010-05-27) — Presenter Guy Grossi goes hunting with his chef friend Daniel Airo-Farula in the wintry hills of Bulla, later cooking up a marvelous Sicilian style sweet and rabbit dish called con
• E12: Italian Food Safari Episode 12 (2010-06-03) — Italian Food Safari savours the seafood introduced to us by Italians – the squid that was once used as bait and is now a delicacy. Maeve joins Claude Basile whose grandfather was o
• E13: Italian Food Safari Episode 13 (2010-06-10) — In this final episode, Italian Food Safari visits the Vanella Cheese Factory in Far North Queensland and presenter Guy Grossi learns how buffalo mozzarella is made and the secret o

French Food Safari

• E1: French Food Safari Episode 1 (2011-06-23) — French Food Safari opens with a tour of the world’s largest wholesale produce market, Rungis, on the outskirts of Paris. It’s as big as a suburb and sells every food you can imagin
• E2: French Food Safari Episode 2 (2011-06-30) — French Food Safari journeys under the ground in Paris to the secret bakery of one of the great Parisian bakers – the rock star of bread Jean-Luc Poujaran, who supplies all the top
• E3: French Food Safari Episode 3 (2011-07-07) — In this episode, we explore the delicious, relaxed, inexpensive style of eating at the bistro – a tradition that's been popular for hundreds of years. We spend time in the kitchen
• E4: French Food Safari Episode 4 (2011-07-14) — Maeve and Guillaume travel to the mountainous Ardeche region of France to meet artisan goat cheese maker Jérôme Herphelin and his happy herd of goats. Then it’s back into the cella
• E5: French Food Safari Episode 5 (2011-07-21) — In this episode, we travel to Lyon and get swept up in the fun of eating in the local bouchons – relaxed eating houses which have existed for hundreds of years, starting as canteen
• E6: French Food Safari Episode 6 (2011-07-28) — French Food Safari spends a delightful day in a small French village in the Ardeche with top selling cookbook author Stephane Reynaud. This is a celebration of the butcher and the
• E7: French Food Safari Episode 7 (2011-08-04) — French Food Safari experiences the thrill of the hunt amongst the oak trees of Perigord. Trained dog Alfonse leads Guillaume, Maeve and truffle king Pierre-Jean Pebeyre to find the
• E8: French Food Safari Episode 8 (2011-08-11) — French Food Safari gets the lowdown on how a top-class kitchen works by joining Guillaume Brahimi for a busy night at his restaurant. We witness how hundreds of exquisite meals are
• E9: French Food Safari Episode 9 (2011-08-18) — French Food Safari is taken on a tour of one of the top Parisienne kitchens with three Michelin-starred chef Guy Savoy, who cooks up some of his signature dishes for Maeve and Guil

Season 6

• E1: Darwin (2013-02-14) — SBSs highly acclaimed and hugely popular food series, Food Safari, returns with an enticing mix of some of the latest cuisines to be making their impact in Australia. With flavours
• E2: Peruvian (2013-02-21) — In the second episode of Food Safari, Maeve O'Meara explores the country considered the gourmet destination of South America – Peru – and its infiltration into Australian culture.
• E3: Cypriot (2013-02-28) — Maeve O'Meara explores some of the simple dishes of Cypriot food, full of goodness and fresh flavour, based on a handful of key ingredients. In Adelaide, Maeve joins Miroula Kastra
• E4: Filipino (2013-03-07) — This week Food Safari explores the exciting mix of ingredients and flavours that make up Filipino food. Maeve meets the Adelaide Hilton's executive chef, Dennis Leslie, who describ
• E5: South African (2013-03-14) — This week Food Safari explores the many cuisines that are part of South Africa's culinary landscape. Cape Town-born chef Graeme Shapiro introduces Maeve to indigenous staples like
• E6: Laotian (2013-03-21) — This week Food Safari explores the many fresh herbs and vegetables used in Lao cuisine and looks at the special techniques and utensils employed in its preparation. Lao-born chef T
• E7: Polish (2013-03-28)
• E8: Afghan (2013-04-04)
• E9: Danish (2013-04-11)
• E10: Broome (2013-04-18)

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Food Safari have? 6 season(s) with 67 episodes.

Where can I watch Food Safari? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.