The Fearless Chef | Episode guide

In a world where food is increasingly processed and convenient, food adventurer Kiran Jethwa is discovering fascinating natural ingredients and extreme methods of harvesting. His journey takes him from Africa to Latin America, and across Asia where he meets extraordinary people along the way. Starts Wednesday 1 February on Food Network.

Kiran Jethwa is on a mission to to discover fascinating natural ingredients and extreme methods of harvesting around the world in new series, The Fearless Chef. Source: The Fearless Chef, Food Network

Meet Kenyan-born chef Kiran Jethwa, food adventurer and global gastronaut. Travel around the globe and watch Kiran as he creates some amazing and delicious locally inspired dishes. 

Episode 1: Bolivia

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, travels to Bolivia and joins a potentially deadly harvest of one of the world's most controversial plants - the coca leaf, the principle ingredient in the manufacture of cocaine. Catch up on episode 1 below:

Episode 2: China

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, braves the sub-zero, wintry conditions of North-Eastern China in search of two national delicacies, both found deep beneath the ice - lotus root and giant carpa.

Kiran Jethwa - The Fearless Chef Source: The Fearless Chef, Food Network

Episode 3: Ethiopia

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, survives the Danakil Depression in Northern Ethiopia, one of the lowest, hottest and cruelest' places on earth with an average temperature of 50 degrees Celsius, to mine salt.

Kiran Jethwa - The Fearless Chef Source: The Fearless Chef, Food Network

Episode 4: Nepal

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, journeys to the roof of the world, the Nepalese Himalayas, where he joins the Gurung honey hunters on a dangerous honey harvest, hanging precariously from rope ladders over sheer cliffs.

Episode 5: Bangladesh

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, travels the length of Bangladesh, one of the world's top fish producing nations, and discovers that the country's fishing industry is as diverse as it can be dangerous.

Episode 6: Mozambique

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, free-dives off the island of Vamizi, Mozambique, and pushes his body to the limit when he spear-fishes for dogtooth tuna in the shark infested waters of the St Lazarus Bank.

Throughout the series, Jethwa free-dives off the island of Vamizi, Mozambique and spear-fishes for dogtooth tuna. Source: The Fearless Chef, Food Network

Episode 7: Peru

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, ventures into the isolated Amazonian jungle of Peru with the Huachipaeri and Matsiguenka tribes, where he samples termites, worms and a host of medicinal plants.

Episode 8: Mongolia

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, braves the frozen bleak wilderness of Western Mongolia when he joins the Kazakh eagle hunters on a quest for wild rabbit on horseback.

Kiran Jethwa - The Fearless Chef Source: The Fearless Chef, Food Network

Episode 9: Sri Lanka

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, endures death-defying and claustrophobic conditions when he visits the coastal region of southwest Sri Lanka on the hunt for fresh tiger prawns and a naturally fermented palm wine.

Episode 10: Borneo

Kiran Jethwa, The Fearless Chef, visits the legendary headhunters of Borneo, the Iban people, to face a grueling hunt through thick jungle in search of wild boar, edible frogs and palm hearts.

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