Gourmet Farmer
Gourmet Farmer is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 36 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in June 2025.
Last episode
24:20
24:20Gourmet Farmer
Matthew and Ross have a stall at a new farmer’s market where stall holders can only sell what they grow or source from providores. They see this as an opportunity to expand and try out a few new products. First is B’stilla, a Moroccan pigeon pie that they source from Phil Newton...
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24:42This week, Matthew reckons he's earned a break from the farm and heads off on a kayaking adventure with Ross. They’re resolute in insisting on packing nothing but two minute noodles, as the Picton River is sure to supply a bounty of fish. Alas, they prove to be less than naturals on the water, and the fish prove to be tota...
23:38In this episode Matthew starts to get hard core with his locavore philosophy when he decides to learn how to make his own brew. Unfortunately, his lesson is interrupted when he finds out his beloved cow Daisy has fallen ill after giving birth to a calf. After a rough patch, Matthew picks himself up and goes out in search o...
25:20While on the North West coast of Tasmania, herding cattle across the ocean at low tide to Robbins Island, Matthew has a new business idea. The Wagyu beef that he samples here - at Hammond farm, is the best he’s ever eaten. Sadly, only foreigners get to taste it. With friends Nick and Ross, Matthew brainstorms an idea for L...
25:00Leading food critic Matthew Evans swapped city life for small farm living in Tasmania. Matthew now has his own young family, and it's time to get serious with a family to feed and a pig business to grow. To do this, he needs to build infrastructure on the farm for extra pigs, and find new ways to sell his increasing supply...
Season 5
26:51
26:51 Expired
It’s now been twelve months, four seasons, and lots of hard lessons learned since Matthew set out to transform his cherished Fat Pig Farm. With ingenious ideas to grow healthy food and regenerate healthy soil for generations to come, he’s tried it all. What ideas worked and what didn’t? 25:57 Expired
With Spring in full swing, Matthew begins to understand just how important insects are to the ecosystem and health of his farm and his food. 25:53 Expired
It's Spring on Fat Pig Farm. Everything is furiously growing, but there is almost nothing to harvest yet, so Matthew needs to make do and forage for some springtime food ideas. 25:42 Expired
Matthew realises two long-held daydreams when he installs an incredible outdoor fire pit and finally catches something from the ocean worth bragging about. 25:04 Expired
After having the health of his farm soil tested, Matthew explores a flavoursome way to keep his pigs fed, while using his chickens to rehabilitate the damaged soil in his pig paddocks. 25:33 Expired
With Winter setting in Matthew begins to tackle Fat Pig Farms long-term soil health by planting an edible native garden and using an age old form of landscaping that will benefit his farm for hundreds of years. 25:54 Expired
Its Autumn on Fat Pig Farm, and Matthew considers buying some goats to tackle the farm’s blackberry problem. The garden is overflowing with veggies, so Sadie trades some excess tomatoes for fermented miso paste. 25:55 Expired
With his new farm to table restaurant up and running for a year now, Matthew takes up the ambitious challenge of improving the quality of his food by exploring natural ways to nourish his soil using regenerative agriculture.Season 4 26:47
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A food critic arrives to write a review of Fat Pig Kitchen, and Matthew Evans goes full circle - from critic, to criticised. 24:27 Expired
Guests battle the sleet and snow to arrive for the soft launch of Matthew Evans' new plate-in-a-paddock restaurant in Southern Tasmania. 24:27 Expired
The big day is nearly here, but with a forecast of snow and sleet, will Matthew Evans be ready for the grand opening of his new farm-to-table restaurant, Fat Pig Kitchen? 24:24 Expired
Matthew Evans begins the month-long build of an enormous outdoor wood-fired oven for the imminent opening of Fat Pig Kitchen. 24:27 Expired
With native wallabies grazing the same pasture as his livestock, Matthew Evans needs to come up with a solution that allows both to co-exist. 24:26 Expired
After slaughtering a cow on the farm, Matthew Evans wants to honour its life with a complete nose to tail experience - meaning using its meat, its offal and its hide. 23:08 Expired
As their new house nears completion, Matthew and Sadie turn their minds to filling it up with artisan, hand-made objects - be it a green-wood milk stool, a ceramic crock for sauerkraut, or a custom timber kitchen created by a boat builder. And with the restaurant foundations finally being laid, Matthew goes in search of in...