Cook the Books | |
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Created by | Top Shelf Productions / Choice TV [1] |
Directed by | Laurie Clarke |
Presented by | Carly Flynn |
Narrated by | Carly Flynn |
Country of origin | New Zealand |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Vincent Burke |
Camera setup | Sjaak te Brake |
Running time | 24 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ChoiceTV |
Release | 30 October 2014 |
Cook the Books was a New Zealand cooking show. [2] It is based on the Cook the Books bookstore that focuses on NZ chefs who have released their own cookbooks and to cook from them. The show is hosted by Carly Flynn, and aired its first season on Choice TV on 30 October 2014 along with a second season in 2015. [3] [4] [5]
No. | Chefs / Guests | Episode air date |
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1 | Al Brown & Karla Goodwin [6] | October 30, 2014 |
2 | Chelsea Winter & Sarah O’Neil [7] [8] | November 6, 2014 |
3 | Michael Van de Elzen & Cameron Petley [9] | November 13, 2014 |
4 | Martin Bosley & Lauraine Jacobs [10] | November 20, 2014 |
5 | Nadia Lim & Alan Brown [11] | November 27, 2014 |
6 | Simon Gault & Jeremy Schmid [12] | December 4, 2014 |
7 | Robert Oliver & Sachie Nomura [13] | December 11, 2014 |
8 | Peta Mathias, Julie Le Clerc & Brett McGreggor [14] | December 18, 2014 |
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