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?

Caramel Slice

Shortbread Shells

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.

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…