From Monday 6 July on SBS
In this brand new six-part series, Adam Liaw embarks on a fun, flavour-filled journey across North America’s FIFA World Cup™ host nations, discovering where sport and food collide at the heart of the world’s greatest tournament. With episodes spanning Canada, Mexico and the United States, Adam reveals how fans express their passion not just through team colours, but through the flavours they share and celebrates how food, sport and culture unite communities and shape national identity.
From street-side tacos in Mexico City, to seafood in San Francisco and fan culture in Vancouver, each episode shares local stories and signature dishes, alongside two recipes prepared by Adam, which viewers can recreate at home.
Produced by i8 Studio exclusively for SBS. Adam Liaw’s North American Fan Feasts is a joyful celebration of people, pride and the dishes that bring them together.
1: Mexico City
2: Vancouver
3: LA
4: Mexico City 2
5: San Francisco
6: British Columbia
Monday, 6 July at 8.30pm (6 Parts)
In this brand new six-part series, Adam Liaw embarks on a fun, flavour-filled journey across North America’s FIFA World Cup™ host nations, discovering where sport and food collide at the heart of the world’s greatest tournament. With episodes spanning Canada, Mexico and the United States, Adam reveals how fans express their passion not just through team colours, but through the flavours they share and celebrates how food, sport and culture unite communities and shape national identity.
From street-side tacos in Mexico City, to seafood in San Francisco and fan culture in Vancouver, each episode shares local stories and signature dishes, alongside two recipes prepared by Adam, which viewers can recreate at home.
Episode 1: Vancouver
Adam kicks off his North American journey in Vancouver, exploring Canada’s multicultural food and sporting culture. He makes Canadian poutine at Granville Island Market, discovers contemporary First Nations cuisine at Salmon n’ Bannock, and joins Vancouver Whitecaps fans on match day at Canada’s most heated football rivalry.
Edit: episode 1 to 3 will be available on SBS on Demand on Monday morning.
Episode Five: Mexico City II
Monday, 3 August at 8.30pm
Adam Liaw is back in Mexico City’s to experience its truly local flavour. He visits a famous birria taco stand that never closes, the vibrant “Hibiscus Market” Mercado Jamaica, and joins a friend’s surprise birthday celebration complete with pinatas, Mexico’s favourite tres leches cake and a mariachi band.
Episode Six: British Columbia - Final
Monday, 10 August at 8.30pm
Adam Liaw explores British Columbia’s coastal wilderness, tasting freshly caught Dungeness crab right on the boat, before plunging into icy waters himself with the Cold Water Addicts. He discovers chef Andrea Alridge’s wood fire cooking with a bit a whimsy, before trying his hand at Canada’s answer to the vanilla slice, the Nanaimo bar.
