Thursday, 30 April 2026 on SBS On Demand (6 episodes)
Episodes also air weekly from 30 April at 7.30pm.
In his debut Australian series, celebrated chef Rick Stein embarks on a deeply personal food journey across his second home, Australia. Across six episodes, Rick takes viewers on an immersive trip that retraces his life-changing adventures as a young nineteen-year-old. From stunning Sydney harbour to remote outback towns, Rick revisits some of the places in NSW that first shaped him – and explores how Australia and its food is changing, and what makes it so unique.
Rick Stein’s website’s description of the new show. It debuted on the BBC on January 6 this year.
Destination NSW held a launch event at Australia House in Australia last December, with author Kathy Lette among the guests.
According to the show’s entry in IMDb website, guests include chef Neil Perry, designer Ken Done, and Jimmy Barnes and wife Jane.
The episode titles are:
- Sydney
- Central Coast
- North Coast
- The Outback
- The Riverina
- The Sapphire Coast
Episode 1 - Sydney
Thursday, 30 April at 7.30pm
Rick returns to where his Australian story first began: Sydney. Here, on the harbour, he retraces his memories from the late 1960s to today’s vibrant food scene. From Chinatown to the Opera House, Rick meets the chefs, artists, market traders and cooks shaping modern Australian cuisine, cooks for old friends, and shares his recipe for salt and pepper crab with bok choy.
Episode Two: The Central Coast
Thursday, 7 May at 7.30pm
Rick’s journey takes him to the Central Coast on Sydney’s northern fringe. Here, along winding rivers and vast estuaries, he discovers how the natural environment influences the way Australians live and eat. From a bush picnic to cooking with acclaimed pastry chef John Ralley, who’s swapped working in a Michelin-starred London restaurant for an off-grid riverside kitchen, to foraging for clams on Australia’s largest saltwater lake, Rick immerses himself in Australia’s great outdoors and its food.
