Kitchen Whiz | |
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Genre | Game show |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 9 |
No. of episodes | 585 |
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Running time | 30 minutes (including commercials) |
Production company | SLR Productions |
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Release | 21 February 2011 – 2015 |
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The series began airing on 21 February 2011, presented by Beau Walker aka Nitro with Andy Trieu as the ninja. [3] In 2013, the show returned with a new host Alice Zaslavsky and a focus on education and interactive media with the release of a Kitchen Whiz Digital App. [1]
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