The Cook And The Chef
The Cook And The Chef is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 139 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2025.
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Its Autumn and the new seasons array of Fruit and Nuts sees Maggie and Simon whip up a collection of captivating flavours. For Maggie, Autumn means Vintage in the Barossa. She visits a winery where everything is done using time honoured methods and uses the by-product of the wi...
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25:55Maggie introduces Simon to her outdoor wood-fired oven, and he uses it to make some pottery with a very special meal inside. Autumn is Maggie’s favourite season: the best fruits are ripening, it’s still warm enough to eat outside with friends, and it’s a great opportunity to cook with her wood-oven.
25:54Maggie and Simon celebrate the BBQ and show viewers how to get the most from it – be it for starters, main courses and even desserts. After a corporate BBQ for 12-hundred people, Simon joins Maggie for some smaller-scale cooking on a deck overlooking her picturesque Barossa dam.
25:54Raise a toast to the glorious grape as Simon and Maggie celebrate with the fruit of the vine. In Maggie's Barossa kitchen, they showcase a range of savoury and sweet dishes cooked with whole grapes, dried grapes, wine and vine leaves. These delicious ingredients are teamed beautifully with some other 'liquid’ treasures.
25:55School Holidays mean finding things for the kids to do and Maggie and Simon get some kids busy looking for mushrooms and picking plums. Simon also visits a Mussel farm in Port Lincoln and asks if mussels are a kid friendly food.
25:53It's Easter and Simon surprises Maggie with a chilli Easter Egg whipped up at work under the expert eyes of his pastry chefs. Maggie’s no fan of chilli but Simon’s determined to win her over. Simon’s chocolate work extends to Maggie’s kitchen while Maggie makes a delicious Russian Easter dessert. Maggie also heads out into...
25:54Not many of us are lucky enough to have a wood oven in the back yard. But all is not lost. If you want to make brilliant home cooked pizzas and have only a conventional oven, in this program Maggie and Simon share their secrets. They start with making the dough, create their favourite toppings and give the answer to getti...
25:55The season is on the change and Maggie and Simon prepare for an early autumn lunch. As Maggie lives in the Barossa, on Saturdays she shops at the Barossa Market to buy the fresh cheese and vegetables she requires. Simon also heads north to Gawler River to find the source of the Quail, and arrives at Maggie’s kitchen with f...
25:54Maggie asks Simon to help prepare for a party for 20 of her friends. She devises a menu that could be easily doubled or tripled depending on the size of the party. Simon adds a dish of his own and also introduces Maggie to everyday catering for large numbers in his restaurants.
25:54Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant invite us into the kitchen to share the secrets to having friends for dinner without fuss or failure - but with a little drama and presentation.
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Maggie and Simon show their different approaches to cooking. Maggie cooks a hearty meal for the family, while Simon gives a restaurant touch to his meal. 25:40 Expired
Maggie has happily been up at the crack of dawn to collect the fresh eggs, and extols the virtue of happy chooks and free range eggs. Simon brings her a present to try, a white truffle and they both get to it and produce Scrambled Eggs- one with truffles one with orange zest, a recipe Maggie first used when she was newly ... 25:55 Expired
Maggie shows how to make a wonderful peach jam, sharing a new method to check when it is ready to set, makes a simple peach and prosciutto salad and finishes with a peach drink. 25:52 Expired
Maggie Beer and Simon Bryant go squiding and it’s easy to see that this is a new experience for Maggie. Back in the kitchen Simon cleans the squid while Maggie shows us how to make two different squid dishes - grilled or stuffed and baked in the oven. 25:51 Expired
Maggie searches for the perfect tomato which she then uses to make a tomato bruschetta. Simon, not to be outdone, makes his own version of bruschetta using pear and goats cheese.Season 4
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As they say, all good things have to come to an end and sadly tonight's program is the very last of the Cook and the Chef, but to go out with a bang and to celebrate four fabulous years, Maggie and Simon are cooking for a party, to thank everyone who has helped make the show a success. 25:58 Expired
Maggie and Simon look at the past, the present and the future of food in Australia. They create recipes using their favourite foods that are grown sustainably and locally sourced and talk about what they hope for the future of food in Australia. 25:58 Expired
One thing Maggie and Simon are unanimous on is that there is nothing quite like the satisfaction of cooking with something you have grown in your own garden. Simon introduces us to writer, Lolo Houbein, a woman who is a huge advocate for people growing their own food.
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The British brought the idea of public hotels - or 'pubs' - to Australia, and they've been a prominent feature of the Australian landscape ever since. 25:57 Expired
Maggie and Simon cook up some ancient grains and take a good look at the 'Slow Food' movement, just what's needed to rustle up a warm and comforting winter menu.