The Cook Up with Adam Liaw

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The Cook Up with Adam Liaw
Presented by Adam Liaw
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes500+
Original release
Network SBS Food
Release19 April 2021 (2021-04-19) 
present

The Cook Up with Adam Liaw is an Australian television cooking and talk series presented by Adam Liaw. It is produced by Kismet Productions in association with SBS Food. It premiered on 19 April 2021. [1]

Contents

The series sees Liaw chatting and cooking with guests including Colin Fassnidge, [2] Julie Goodwin, Jock Zonfrillo, Yumi Stynes, Jessica Rowe and Jimmy Barnes. [1]

Production

With a 200 episode commitment for the first season, it was the largest new commission in SBS's history. [3] The show aired its 500th episode in 2023; it is SBS's largest ever commissioned program. [4]

Episodes are filmed ahead of broadcast, with three or four episodes shot in a day. [5]

Broadcast History

The show airs on the SBS Food Channel weeknights, at 7pm.

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