2021 programs for SBS Food
Struggle Meals
From Monday 7 December at 3:30 pm, 16 episodes
New York-based chef Frankie Celenza shares his tips and tricks for creating delicious meals for under two dollars a plate.
Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys
From Monday 7 December at 7:00 pm, 9 episodes
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall challenges three best mates Tim, Thom, and Trevor to an adventure of a lifetime. The boys have five weeks to travel from River Cottage to Lands End without any money. If they get the challenge right, they should be eating like kings as they trundle through some of the most beautiful places in Britain. Get it wrong and they’ll be hungry and going nowhere fast!
Tales From River Cottage
From Friday 18 December at 7:00 pm , 10 episodes
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has moved on from his three year experiment as a smallholder at River Cottage, but in this series of themed programmes he looks back at all he learned in those three years. Using archive from three series and specially shot links, Hugh shows how, while having the time of his life, he also learned an enormous amount. He started out wet behind the ears, and ended up a little bit wiser, and a whole lot happier.
Food Fighter
Tuesday 29 December at 8:30 pm
What begins as a bid to lift the lid on one of Australia’s dirtiest secrets - that $AU10 billion of food goes to waste in Australia each year - mushrooms into a globe-trotting mission as social entrepreneur and accidental activist Ronni Kahn embarks on a crusade to end food waste. Food Fighter follows her crusade over a two-year period - across Australia, Europe, South Africa, and Thailand - as she investigates the causes of the scandalous amount of waste, assesses how other countries are tackling it, and forces change back home in Australia.
Asia Unplated with Diana Chan - Season 2
Thursday 28 January at 8:00 pm
Episode Guide
Ep 1 – 28 January – Filipino with chef Ross Magnaye & Jacob Leung
Ep 2 – 4 February – Cambodian with chef Jerry Mai
Ep 3 – 11 February – Malaysian with Jacob Leung and Karen Chan
Ep 4 – 18 February – Indonesian with chef Mike Reid and chef Jerry Mai
Ep 5 – 25 February – Sri Lankan with chef Adam D’Sylva and chef Jerry Mai
Ep 6 – 4 March – Chinese with Karlie Verkerk and Jacob Leung
Ep 7 – 11 March – Laotian with chef Jerry Mai
Ep 8 – 18 March – South Indian with Jacob Leung and chef Sarah Todd
Ep 9 – 25 March – Thai with chef Adam D’Sylva and Jacob Leung
Ep 10 – 1 April – Vietnamese with Khanh Ong and chef Jerry Mai
View From River Cottage
From Friday 1 January at 7:00 pm
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall looks back at the first seven years in Dorset and all the lessons he has learnt about how to be thrifty on his small holding - from learning to make felt from his sheep’s fleeces, to trying to revive traditions of tripe-eating at the local farmers market!
John Torode’s Asia
From Monday 4 January at 7:30 pm
Join Masterchef UK presenter and celebrity chef John Torode on his incredible culinary adventure across the Asian continent, as he discovers the distinctive flavours of each unique region.
Jamie’s Great Italian Escape
From Thursday 7 January at 8:30 pm
Jamie Oliver begins his Italian escape on the island of Sicily where he tours the city of Palermo in search of the best local cuisine.
The Cellar Door: New Zealand
From Saturday 16 January at 3:00 pm
Join host George Gayler as she travels across New Zealand visiting some of their most diverse and delicious wineries, plus a few other fun stops along the way.
Asia Unplated with Diana Chan - Season 2
From Thursday 28 January at 8:00 pm
Masterchef winner and passionate foodie Diana Chan is returning with a brand-new season of Asia Unplated on SBS Food. Diana is back for another whirlwind tour of the tastiest, most diverse continent on the planet. The series follows Diana as she explores the fresh, aromatic flavours of Asia. Across 10 episodes, she cooks up simple but authentic, home-style Asian dishes. From the sweet, sour and salty flavours of Cambodia to the fragrant spices of Sri Lanka to Diana’s personal favourite, Malaysian street food, the series is chock-full of new and exciting recipes that are guaranteed to surprise.
Diana also invites friends and special guests into the kitchen to cook their favourite recipes and chat about the unique cooking styles and rich food histories of their favourite Asian cuisines. This season includes guests like chef Jerry Mai, Jacob Leung, chef Ross Magnaye and Masterchef alumni Khanh Ong, Sarah Todd, and Karlie Verkerk among others.
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Bring back Mystery Diners! 
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Hopefully this means that SBS have paid them for the content considering c31 internally produced the program.
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Yes, you’d think/hope so!
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Taste The Nation With Padma Lakshmi
From Monday 15 March at 8:30 PM
In Taste the Nation, award-winning cookbook author, host and executive producer Padma Lakshmi takes audiences on a journey across America, exploring the rich and diverse food culture of various immigrant groups, seeking out the people who have so heavily shaped what American food is today.
Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites
From Tuesday 16 March at 6:00 PM
Join one of the UK’s best-loved home cooks - Mary Berry - as she draws on her wealth of cookery know-how to share a selection of her absolute favourite recipes. Each week Mary draws inspiration from a favourite place, one where she loves to spend time, and cooks up tried and tested crowd pleasers as well as a bounty of new dishes that are easy to make, yet guaranteed to impress all your family and friends.
Vanishing Foods
From Sunday 21 March at 6:00 PM
As many regions across Asia move towards urbanisation and modernisation, the chase for greater convenience, speed, and efficiency never ends. Where then, does that leave traditional culinary heirlooms - century-old dishes that demand time and patience, yet trigger memories of delight, and espouse the wisdom of health and nutrition? Aun Koh - one of Singapore’s foremost food bloggers - tracks down the guardians of these disappearing recipes. Through creativity, Aun pays homage to these traditions by giving the foods a modern twist - entrenching them not only in history, but also in the here and now.
Jamie’s Ultimate Veg
From Thursday 25 March at 8:30 PM
Jamie kicks things off by celebrating vegetables in a game-changing cottage pie. He gets inspired by amazing Indian street food, and prepares a mighty mac n cheese full of greens.
Jamie kicks things off by celebrating vegetables in a game-changing cottage pie. He gets inspired by amazing Indian street food, and prepares a mighty mac 'n’n cheese full of greens.
Cook Like An Italian With Silvia Colloca - Season 2
From Thursday 8 Apr at 7:30 PM
Food writer and passionate home cook Silvia Colloca takes us on a kitchen bench journey through regional Italy for series two of Cook Like An Italian. More than ever, the simple act of cooking and sharing food with the people we love is vital to our happiness - and there is always happiness in an Italian kitchen, from Silvia’s family to yours.
In this series, Sivlia will delve deeper into Italy’s region-by-region flavours, the village-by-village twists and the family-by-family secret recipes.
Ladies, gentlemen and others…strap yourselves in…
MYSTERY DINERS IS BACK, MOTHER FUCKERS!!!
Fucking get in there! 
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Finally, conclusive proof we need to defund SBS.
Get stuffed. 
Mystery Diners is pure televisual bliss. 
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Narrator: It isn’t
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I stand by my love of Mystery Diners. Screw the lot of you. 
Also, while I’m at it, where the hell is Iron Chef? That would be a winning combo. Chairman Kaga and Charles Stiles. Get on it SBS.
Mystery Diners used to be a guilty pleasure of mine (sad to admit. lol). But not so much of late. But glad that its on SBS Food, and in primetime.
Just wish that they also had the rights to Restaurant Impossible and aired that in primetime too. Now that’s a show. lol. I haven’t seen it on 7Seven’s multi-channels in a while now.
I do enjoy watching The Cook and the Chef at 10.30pm from time to time over on SBS Food. Glad they’re still showing this show, a great little hidden gem.
I must admit I wouldn’t mind seeing Iron Chef again. If it means killing Mystery Diners and shooting it towards the sun, that’s a price I’m willing for my taxes to pay.
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No, no, fucking no. There is space for both. In fact, it’s a winning combo.
The Cook Up With Adam Liaw
From Monday 19 April at 7:00 PM
SBS Food has been busy cooking up a fresh new 200 episode food show, The Cook Up with Adam Liaw, starting Monday 19 April at 7.00pm. Each night Adam is joined by two food loving friends for a half hour of good fun and conversation as they cook up a variety of dishes centred around a nightly theme. Whether it’s an ingredient, a style of cuisine or cultural inspiration, Adam whips up his dish first before his guests follow suit with easy to follow recipes and tips for viewers to follow at home in time for dinner. There will be celebrities, culture, food, and lots of laughs in a series that will provide everyday inspiration for foodies and non-foodies alike.
Guests include celebrated chefs like Colin Fassnidge , Christine Manfield , Giovanni Pilu, Jock Zonfrillo, Danielle Alvarez , Mark Best, Palisa Anderson, Frank Shek, Mark Olive and Ross Lusted to home cooks like Silvia Colloca , Pamela Clark , Lyndey Milan, Katherine Sabbath, Clarissa Feildel, Amina Elshafei and Lucy Tweed along with personalities Joel Creasey , Myf Warhurst, Yumi Stynes, Mark Humphries , Marc Fennell , Jessica Rowe , Benjamin Law, Kumi Taguchi, Mikey Robbins and Jane and Jimmy Barnes to name just a few.
Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape
From Wednesday 14 April at 7:30 PM
Gino is back in his homeland of Italy and this time he’s exploring the Mediterranean coast from the glittering elegance of its cliff-top towns, to its mountainous rustic villages, and rugged wild islands. Join him as he travels dramatic coastal roads and across the sea to reveal the best-kept secrets of these coasts, all the while serving up authentic Italian food.
Episode 1: Amalfi
Gino kicks his Italian escape off on the famous Amalfi coast where he prepares a classic Caprese salad and ricotta dumplings called dunderi.