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Nick is on board. So is Ross, thankfully, because he seems to be the one who does most of the work. And I’m involved too. Yes, the rumour that is starting to build in Tassie (no, not that really interesting one, the one that there may be a new series of Gourmet Farmer) is true. Max, our trusted director/cameraman/friend, has been down a couple of times to check things out. Calls are being made, plans drawn up, ideas bandied about.
Locals are already asking the question: Will Cygnet, the gorgeous town closest to the farm, actually get a look in on the show this time? Has Ross learned to shoot straight yet? Will I continue to look like a goose with no practical skills and hat hair on national telly and do a voiceover that sounds like I’ve just gotten out of bed?
Yes, yes, yes!
Well, that’s the plan so far, but if the last time we filmed was anything to go by, who knows? We shot plenty of material that never made it to air. What we do will be filmed and edited and packaged into a seamless show by a team a long way away. What we do know is that you’ll come back to see how the farm has changed, how life has changed. We’re hoping to visit more of Tasmania’s brilliant producers, including some in areas we’ve not shot before.
There are new products to trial and new markets to visit and more of the insanely lovable locals to meet. We hope to get out on the water again, to forage in the woods, and to (this bit we’re really excited about) film more of it outside in the warmer months.
To all those wonderful people who’ve written (from around the country and, surprisingly, from around the world) to the farm, on the website, to me personally or to Nick and Ross, we can finally answer the question. Yes, there will be more shots of a dag talking about pigs, more foodie exploits on and off the farm, and more boys’ own adventures in this stunning state we’re lucky enough to call home.
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31 Aug 2011 17:58 AEST
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Series 2 DVD
Hurray, saw most of the first episode of the new series last Thursday and went and ordered the DVD straight away so I don't have to wait weeks when it comes out. Have the first series DVD, the Real Food Companion and Farm in Winter. All brilliant. So inspiring. Hope to visit Tasmania next spring (2012) and see all the wonderful places and the markets you show. Keep up the great work.
25 Aug 2011 19:49 AEST
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sustainable roosters
Loved the first series and am so glad that i can enjoy thursday nights , your efforts bring a ray of bliss , watching the fish get caught and cooked , i live in a fishing paradise on the Burrum River , kippered bull sharks are a treat , believe me , lovely to see the family angle on the new show , maybe your wife can be a member of the CWA mate ? , i might even lash out a buy a tassie whisky , may you never have CSG , cheers roger
22 Aug 2011 15:51 AEST
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Yay!
As I sit on the back deck waiting for my pork spare ribs to finishing sozzling in the oven, I get a call from Mum saying the next season of Gourmet Farmer starts this Thursday! That pork is gonna taste even better now knowing the imminent return of such a deliciously inspiring show! Bring on Thursday!
21 Aug 2011 17:47 AEST
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Excited
I am so excited to read in my TV guide that the Gourmet Farmer is coming back onto our TV screens. I can't wait until Thursday to see it. HORRAY!
26 Jun 2011 14:48 AEST
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New Series
Looking forward to the new series....with your show and Grand Designs, who needs anything else. It makes me want to make cheese everytime I say hellow to the neighbours (lots of dairy cows)...will have to wait to Spring. After moving down from Sydney myself, its a truly wonderful place.
30 May 2011 22:27 AEST
From:
tell me when
loved series 1 like all &sundry would be pleased to know when oh when will we get to see series 2/
28 Apr 2011 18:19 AEST
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Series 2 - soon please :)
Such great news!! We have the DVD of series 1, and everytime we watch it (quite often when there is rubbish on tv!!) we are more and more inspired! We are planning another trip to Tassi later in the year, just to visit some of the places on the series! Such a well produced doco, that everyone can attempt some or all of Matthew's brilliance!
22 Apr 2011 19:45 AEST
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21 Apr 2011 14:09 AEST
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Still Waiting
Still waiting, i kind of wish they had announced the new series closer to the date since it gets us all excited. but now its been 6 months and still no word on when it will start. would have been nice to even get a rough Start date.
01 Apr 2011 8:36 AEST
From: tamer valley
YAY!!!
That is fantastic news! Loved the first series, and so did my husband and children. Cant wait for series 2, and hoping to maybe see some Tamar valley in there :)
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Ever wondered what it’d be like to leave a cushy city job and set up a small farm without any experience of rural life? Join Matthew Evans as he adjusts from being a restaurant critic to learning exactly where his food is coming from, on a farmlet in Tasmania’s beautiful Huon Valley.
Matthew Evans was once trained as a chef, before crossing to the dark side of the industry and becoming a restaurant reviewer. After five years and 2,000 restaurant meals as the chief reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald, Matthew realised that chefs don’t have the best produce in the land, normal people who live close to the land do. So he moved to Tasmania, to a small patch of earth where he’s raising pigs and sheep, milking a cow and waiting for his chickens to start laying.
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