This week's Food TV picks

Our guide to what's on SBS this week. Luke Nguyen climbs 200 steps to cook pot-au-feu on a Parisian rooftop, while Heston Blumenthal spills the beans on banger-best-practice in episode one of In Search of Perfection. On rockier seas, Matthew, Ross and Nick wrap up their Gourmet Farmer Afloat journey, swapping life jackets for aprons to prepare a special dinner for the Governor of Tasmania.

Luke Nguyen's France - Paris

Source: Luke Nguyen's France

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Monday 23 March 


Episode airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Maeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill explore the best food and produce around Australia. In this episode, Joanna helps build a pit oven overlooking the Kakadu wetlands, and Maeve joins an extended Greek family for the most important night of the year - Easter.

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Episode 7 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on Mae Salong's drug trade: "The hill tribe village farmers for decades relied on opium crops as a source of income. The King of Thailand, in his wisdom, frowned upon this practice. He started an intiative to erradicate this illicit trade, which was not only detrimental to the people of Thailand, but also the rest of the world."

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Luke Nguyen, Mae Salong
Source: Luke Nguyen's Greater Mekong
Tuesday 24 March


Episode 10 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on Chiang Mai's night time food markets: "It's a hive of food, people, motorbikes, temples, the old and the new combined. But for me Chiang Mai is best after the sun sets. Busy city streets are transformed into colourful, bustling night markets, jammed pack to the thing closest to my heart."

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Wednesday 25 March


Episode 1 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on cultural connections: "The French colonised Vietnam for almost 100 years and during this time, they left their mark on Vietnamese culture and cuisine. Both cultures share a passion for food, fresh produce, baguettes, coffee and a vibrant kerbside dining scene."

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Luke Nguyen's France - Paris
Source: Luke Nguyen's France
Thursday 26 March


Episode 2 airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Luke on meaty matters: "Now I've been told that pho actually came from a French dish called pot-au-feu. I'm here in Paris to cook pot-au-feu for the first time to see there is a connection."

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Luke Nguyen's France - Paris
Source: Luke Nguyen's France
Episode 6 airs at 7.30pm on SBS ONE

After months at sea, the journey is nearly at an end for Matthew, Ross and Nick as they round Australia’s most southerly point on their way to Hobart and prepare for dinner with the Governor of Tasmania.

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Gourmet Farmer Afloat - episode 6
Source: Gourmet Farmer Afloat
Friday 27 March


In Search of Perfection

Episode 1 (Bangers and mash) airs at 6pm on SBS ONE

Heston on the best banger accompaniment: "If you asked 100 people what gravy would you serve with bangers and mash. I reckon 100  of them would say 'onion gravy'. There is no other sauce."
Heston Blumenthal
Saturday 28 March


No Kitchen Required

Episode 7 (Koh Lanta) airs at 6.40pm on SBS 2

Michael, Madison and Kayne ride wooden longboats to the shores of the Uraklavoy Sea Gypsies. The boats are a way of life for the Uraklavoy, an ancient nomadic people who have survived for hundreds of years by fishing these waters.
No Kitchen Required - Episode 7
Source: No Kitchen Required

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Rare breed pig farmer Jimmy Doherty goes inside Britain's biggest supermarket, Tesco, to come up with innovative ideas to produce equally cheap, but higher-welfare alternatives to their best-selling meat products.
Jimmy Doherty
Source: Jimmy and the Giant Supermarket

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