December 16, 2009
November 30, 2009
California Rolls
Update 2 December, 2009: Couldn’t help but have a good hearty laugh over the oddest news coming out of the US of A over the last couple of days! In a hullabaloo over an episode of FlashForward which was screened first here in Australia (screened here on Monday night, November 30, 2009 in Australia) before its scheduled screening in America (Thursday December 3, 2009) due to Thanksgiving holiday over in America last week, the American medias have invented a new holiday for Australia, supposedly we have a ‘Thanksgiving’ holiday in May here in Australia which no one in Australia is awared of! Turkey, anyone? Just go to show we cannot trust anything on the net! LOL…
November 29, 2009
Southgate Recipe Calendar 2010
Sent in for this free Southgate Recipe Calendar last week and received it in the mail on Friday. It is only available within Australia only, with limited editions! There are recipes from many of the Southgate restaurants inside the calendar. Fantastic calendar, please produce one every year, thank you, Southgate!
November 8, 2009
November 2, 2009
October 30, 2009
7TWO Cooking Shows
Update December 3, 2009: SBS ONE is going to broadcast the documentary Kings of Pastry on Tuesday December 8, 2009 at 10.00pm. Make a note, don’t forget now if you are interested!
Update November 19, 2009: Channel 7 has slotted UK Channel 4’s culinary series, Come Dine With Me on its main channel at 5.00pm starting Monday November 30, 2009, hopefully starting from series 1 as it is currently up to series 6 in the UK (Update December 8, 2009: Oh well, it lasted only one week, Come Dine With Me is now gone from the schedule on 7 – gone the same way as the original UK version of MasterChef which was only shown on 7 for a few weeks last year!
Can’t seem to find the recipes from The F Word with Matt Moran on 7TWO, instead found some other recipes Matt did on air and in print:
Matt Moran’s Chilli Salt Squid and Brandade (from Channel 9’s ‘Mornings with Kerri-Anne’)
Matt Moran’s Scallops with Fennel and Chorizo (from Channel 9’s ‘Mornings with Kerri-Anne’)
Matt Moran’s Prawns and Squid Grilled with Rouille (from Channel 7’s ‘The Morning Show’)
Matt Moran’s Calamari with Aioli (from Channel 9’s ‘The Chopping Block’), please note there is a mistake in the original recipe on the ninemsn site, the calamari should only be deep-fried for about 2-3 minutes only, NOT 10 minutes!
Matt Moran’s Seafood Pasta (from Channel 9’s ‘The Chopping Block’)
Matt Moran’s Honey Chicken (from Channel 9’s ‘The Chopping Block’)
Matt Moran’s Carpaccio of Snapper with Lemon and Chilli (from Channel 10’s ‘9am with David & Kim’)
Matt Moran’s Barbecue Steaks with Chimichurri Sauce (from Channel 10’s ‘9am with David & Kim’)
Matt Moran on ‘The Chopping Block’ (from ‘Gourmet Traveller’), including Banana Tarte Tatin with Nutmeg Ice-Cream and Baked Passionfruit Tartlets
Matt Moran’s Raspberry Tart (from ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’)
Matt Moran: When I Get Home (from ‘Time Out Sydney’), including Poires Belle Helene
Matt Moran’s Chocolate Tart
7TWO, the second digital channel for the Seven Network will launch on November 1, 2009, with quite a number of cooking shows in their schedule, mostly old British repeats with some new British and US shows which have not been shown here before on free-to-air-TV, in the afternoon timeslot. Could it be the MasterChef effect?
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October 28, 2009
October 19, 2009
October 4, 2009
Let me grumble a bit…
After a long and disheartening decision, I’m going to close down my ‘Home Cooking Club’ forum to new members. It will only remain open to those who have contributed to the forum, other than that, no more new members will be accepted. That means in the future, any password-protected posts here in my blog will only be available to those members only. Please do not appeal to me to share those password-protected recipes here for all.
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October 1, 2009
Celebrity MasterChef Australia 2009
And the First Celebrity MasterChef Australia is…
Celebrity MasterChef Australia 2009 Dessert Recipe Updates
Update December 10, 2009: Wow, MasterChef Australia has a lot to account for, even though the original MasterChef in the UK has been going since 1990 over there, no other countries were interested until the Australian version made it a huge hit here and ending the year as the most watched TV show of 2009 in Australia, now following New Zealand and the US versions going ahead in 2010, France has joined the queue to produce their own version of MasterChef!
Update December 8, 2009: MasterChef Australia Series 1 runner-up, Poh Ling Yeow, will host her own cooking show, Poh’s Kitchen, to be screened on ABC1 in 2010
Update November 4, 2009: Gordon Ramsay to front US MasterChef / Fox orders ‘Idol’-style cooking competition starring Gordon Ramsay
Update October 29, 2009: This year it is Celebrity MasterChef Australia, next year it will be Junior MasterChef Australia to follow Series 2 of MasterChef Australia in 2010
Update October 2, 2009: MasterChef Australia to air in the UK
Have been neglecting this blog recently due to a very busy few weeks. Sorry for not responding to all your comments, will try to answer in the coming days when I find more free time. Anyway thought I would just do a quick post to update this blog…
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