We might be biased when it comes to our own, but the brand-new cooking series The Chefs' Line is fresh in delivery, fresh in concept and fresh in tantalising execution. Let's celebrate Australia’s diverse food culture by battling it out over hot stoves and racing clocks as well as bringing together cooks and chefs from around the country to showcase their love of food.
It's going to be the ultimate food fight as home cooks will try and out cook an entire chefs’ line (did we hear you say what is a chefs' line, anyway? Find out right here) in the hopes that their passion will prevail over profession.
Each night home cooks try to cook their way up the ranks, one chef at a time so you can expect serious skills, fabulous flavour combos, cuisine classics and some genius cooking tips along the way.
Each week, The Chefs’ Line will celebrate a different cuisine, a new chefs’ line will represent their restaurant and go up against four new home cooks. And where would a cooking competition be without its judges? Well, you're in luck with this glorious panel of food experts - Dan Hong, Mark Olive, Melissa Leong and Maeve O'Meara, meet the team right here!
Did someone say, kitchen sink battle? We sure did!
Get the Mexican cuisine lowdown here.
With a passion for Mexican flavours, four new home cooks will battle it out with the chefs’ line from Perth's modern Mexican kitchen and bar El Publico.
Beef tacos with slaw and guacamole
Kingfish aguachile with watermelon and coconut granita
Carne apache papitas (Mexican steak tartare)
Spatchcock, mole maximo and refried beans
Get the Japanese cuisine lowdown here.
With a passion for precision and Japanese flair, four new home cooks will battle it out with the chefs’ line from Sydney restaurant Sokyo.
Four home cooks with a passion for French flavours will battle it out with the chefs’ line from Brisbane's Montrachet.
Twice-cooked cheese soufflé with thyme-pancetta sauce
Duck with cherry and madeira sauce
Roast duck with pommes dauphines
Want the lowdown on Spanish cuisine? Check it out right here.
Our home cooks step into Spanish territory. See how they go as the take on the chefs' line from Melbourne's Bar Lourinha.
Sweet potato & rosemary tortilla (omelette)
Churros with chocolate-custard sauce
Want the lowdown on Thai cuisine? Check it out right here.
Our home cooks this week take on Thai cuisine. See how they go as the take on the chefs' line from Melbourne's Easy Tiger.
Prawn and garlic chive pad Thai
Massaman lamb shanks with pancakes and cucumber relish
Son-in-law eggs with sweet fish sauce
Want the lowdown on Lebanese? Check it out right here.
Our home cooks this week all love to cook Lebanese food. See how they go as the take on the chefs' line from Sydney's Nour.
Lamb shawarma with tahini and lemon
Fattoush salad with purslane, radish and homemade flatbread
Spiced heirloom beetroots with Persian feta mousse and nigella seed lavosh
Barramundi, cumin and coriander sayadieh
Want the lowdown on Indian? Check it out right here.
Our home cooks this week all share their love of Indian spice and flavour as they go up against the chefs’ line from Melbourne's Tonka.
Butter chicken with mint yoghurt and pickled onions
Vegan butter chicken with lachha paratha
Paratha (wholemeal layered flatbread)
Spinach pakoras with tamarind and mint chutneys
Ricotta gulab jamun with saffron syrup
Paneer gulab jamun with rosewater and saffron syrup
Bengali goat curry with fried puffed bread
Online exclusive
Tuna tartare with rice pappadams
Want the lowdown on Greek? Check out our lowdown right here.
Our home cooks this week all share a love for Greek food and they go up against the chefs’ line from Sydney restaurant Alpha.
Cook the recipes
Twice-cooked octopus with macaroni kofto
Spanakopita pies with tomato fennel and chilli sauce
Whole eggplant and lamb moussaka
Online exclusive
Slow-roasted lamb ribs with thyme, honey and ouzo glaze
Want the lowdown on Chinese? Check out our lowdown right here.
This week, four home cooks with a passion for Chinese cuisine will battle it out with the chefs’ line from Sydney restaurant China Doll.
Cook the recipes
Barbecue pork with prawn fried rice
Barbecue pork belly steamed buns
Ginger and shallot steamed barramundi
Tea-smoked duck with Chinese pancakes and cherry sauce
Tea-smoked duck with tamarind and plum sauce
Online exclusive
Crab and prawn sesame toasts with chilli
Want the lowdown on Italian? Check out our lowdown right here.
With Italian flare and heritage in play, four home cooks go up against one the chefs' line of Adelaide's finest, Osteria Oggi.
Cook the recipes
T-Bone steak with panzanella salad and polenta chips
Ricotta gnocchi with Gorgonzola sauce
Corned veal tongue with crispy capers and mayonnaise
Pork sausage ragu with soft polenta
Want the lowdown on Turkish? Check out our lowdown right here.
With a passion for Turkish cuisine, four home cooks will battle it out with the chefs’ line from renowned Turkish restaurant, Anason.
Cook the recipes
Crunchy prawns with muhammara (kadayifli kardies)
Raki tomato prawns with yoghurt flatbread
Muhammara dip (Turkish walnut-capsicum dip)
Turkish stuffed eggplant (striped imam bayildi)
Kofte with cannellini and tahini salad
Albanian pan-fried liver with potato and herbs
Atom yoghurt (Turkish labne with dried chillies and fresh peppers
Simit with haydari (Turkish sesame bread with yoghurt dip)
Want the lowdown on African food? Check out our lowdown right here.
Four home cooks with a passion for African food take on the chefs' line from South Australia's top restaurant, Africola.
Cook the recipes
Peri peri chicken with boom chakalaka
Goat stew potjie with mushrooms
African beef sausages with pap and sheba (boerewors)
African spiced fish with pap and silverbeet
Spiced barramundi in banana leaf with pickled radish
Online exclusive from restaurant Africola
Want the lowdown on Vietnamese cuisine? Check out our guide right here.
Kicking off the series, four home cooks with a love for Vietnamese take on the chefs' line from renowned Vietnamese restaurant, Dandelion.
Cook the recipes
Pork and king prawn lettuce wrap
Coconut and galangal crème caramel (bánh flan)
Chicken phở with soft-cooked egg
Beef phở (Vietnamese noodle soup)
Prawn and mung bean sizzling pancakes (bánh xèo)
Sizzling coconut pancake with crab and barbecue pork (bánh xèo)
Online exclusive from restaurant Dandelion
Steamed chicken and shredded vegetable salad
Have we got your attention and your tastebuds? Check out The Chefs' Line program page for episode guides, cuisine lowdowns, recipes and more!
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