Original title
Destination Flavour
Released
8/16/2012
Origin country
AU
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
SBS
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
10
Hosts Adam Liaw, Renee Lim and Lily Serna embark on a road trip around Australia and meet passionate growers, celebrated chefs and local food heroes. Every episode features a batch of inspiring recipes, reflecting the seasons, the regions and the diversity of Australia's wonderful food culture.
This program brings together the extraordinary talents of the SBS Food chefs to create a rich celebration feast that truly reflects Australia's cultural diversity.
In this special television event, presenter Adam Liaw draws on Asian traditions and childhood Christmas memories to create a mouth-watering spread for family and friends. As he prepares for the celebrations, the SBS Food stars share their Christmas stories and recipes from kitchens around Australia and the world. Luke Nguyen, Matthew Evans, Shane Delia, Peter Kuruvita and Gabriel Gate also create their delicious Christmas favourites.
Renee meets a master wine maker turned lamb farmer in WA, Adam learns about the new craze for hot and cold smoking in Melbourne, while Lily catches up with Australia's pioneer providore Simon Johnson on Sydney's beautiful Hawkesbury River.
Lily samples gourmet figs tarts and snacks on raw potato in the southern highlands of NSW, while Renee experiences the buzz behind the Latin American food scene in Melbourne, and Adam pairs lobster with superb cool-climate wine in Tasmania.
Adam tries the award-winning Holy Goat cheese and discovers Alla Wolf-Tasker's Russian food heritage in Central Victoria. Renee spends a revealing day with Peter Kuruvita on Sydney Harbour, while Lily is treated to a stunning kaiseki menu as a personal guest of the Japanese ambassador in Canberra.
Renee finds fusion food and real bush tucker in tropical Queensland; Adam drops in for lunch with Matthew Evans in Tasmania, and Lily meets a top Brisbane chef with a passion for sustainable seafood.
Adam finds Tasmania's freshest oysters and two of Hobart's most intriguing cafes; Renee samples truffles and marron in Western Australia, while Lily joins a top Sydney caterer preparing a lavish feast for Opera Australia.
Lily finds a two-hatted family-run restaurant and an Italian family who make authentic salami in northern NSW; Renee gets a taste for real 'nose to tail' eating in Perth, while Adam goes to Kangaroo Island for a remarkable 'lamb ham'.
Renee finds prime pork and wild fallow deer in the NSW central west; Lily has lunch with two of Brisbane's best Spanish chefs, and Adam meets a Turkish chef whose obsession with authenticity won him first prize in the 2012 'Taste of Sydney' awards.
Adam finds premium Wagyu beef and his first food hero in his home state of South Australia; Renee meets a Michelin star chef who has set up shop in Port Douglas, and Lily hangs out with Luke Nguyen at the opening of his new restaurant in Sydney.
Lily tracks down the best food in Queensland's Darling Downs, from organic olives to Boer goats; Adam pairs a magnificent duck dish with a classic Tasmanian pinot, and Renee finds Australia's best butter in Sydney.
Adam meets the chefs behind two of Melbourne's top restaurants; Lily finds out why some of our favourite foods are fermented, and Renee discovers two food pioneers in tropical Queensland growing cocoa and vanilla.
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