Food Lovers' Guide to Australia

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Food Lovers' Guide to Australia
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Genre Documentary, food
Created by SBS TV
Based onThe Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide
Presented byMaeve O'Meara
Joanna Savill
Tony Tan
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes70
Production
Executive producersMargaret Murphy
Giampaolo Pertosi
Toufic Charabati
Producers
  • Maeve O'Meara
  • Joanna Savill
  • Jacqui Sykes
  • Susan Wallace
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network SBS TV
Release21 December 1996 (1996-12-21) 
14 December 2005 (2005-12-14)
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The Food Lovers' Guide to Australia is an Australian food and travel television show presented by Maeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill and produced and broadcast by SBS. In the series, O'Meara and Savill travel across Australia, discovering the country's multicultural culinary delights and showcasing the talents of home cooks and professional chefs. The series first aired on 21 December 1996, and ran for five seasons, with the fifth season premiering on 14 September 2005. [1] [2] The series has won numerous awards, including the World Food Media Award for Best Food/Drink TV show in 2005; and a plethora of Australian food broadcasting awards. [3]

Contents

Series overview

SeriesTimeslotEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
11821 December 1996 (1996-12-21)
2131999
3132 August 2002 (2002-08-02)
4Wednesday 7:30pm1316 June 2004 (2004-06-16)
51314 September 2005 (2005-09-14)21 December 2005 (2005-12-21)

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References

  1. "Title Details: Food Lovers' Guide of Australia. Series 1". NFSA. 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  2. "Rewind". The Age. 15 September 2005. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  3. SBS Annual Report 2005-2006 (PDF). Australia: SBS. 2006. p. 12.