• 2010
  • 26m
Italian Food Safari

Summary Join Maeve O'Meara and Melbourne chef Guy Grossi in an Australian-wide celebration of traditional Italian food and culture. View more details

  • 2010
  • 26m

Italian Food Safari

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Maeve O'Meara Guy Grossi Claude Basile Jim Mendolia

All cast & crew

7.6

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 17, 2010

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Filming locations : Australia

Production companies : Kismet Productions

Summary Join Maeve O'Meara and Melbourne chef Guy Grossi in an Australian-wide celebration of traditional Italian food and culture. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 17, 2010

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Filming locations : Australia

Production companies : Kismet Productions

Photos

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Mar 17, 2010
Episode #1.1
Maeve takes a look at the tradition of the wood-fired oven, which many Italians constructed in their backyards when they arrived in Australia.
Episode 2 • Mar 24, 2010
Episode #1.2
Italian Food Safari goes to Fremantle to join the last sardine fisherman on the Western Australia coast, the charming Jim Mendolia who supplies the fresh fish market.
Episode 3 • Mar 31, 2010
Episode #1.3
Italian Food Safari focuses on the glorious tomato, with presenter Guy Grossi joining tomato grower John Monigatti on Echuca's black soil plains during harvest.
Episode 4 • Apr 07, 2010
Episode #1.4
Guy Grossi visits dedicated Melbourne artisan baker Daniel Chirico and tastes bread straight from the oven, drizzled with olive oil.
Episode 5 • Apr 14, 2010
Episode #1.5
Italian Food Safari goes to the far western end of Australia to visit the crayfishermen of the stunning Abrolhos Islands off Geraldton.
Episode 6 • Apr 21, 2010
Episode #1.6
Italian Food Safari presenter Guy Grossi meets passionate gardeners Lina and Antonio Siciliano who have created a huge vegetable and herb garden in Melbourne's suburbs.
Episode 7 • Apr 28, 2010
Episode #1.7
Italian Food Safari joins professional rock fisherman Alex Bellissimo from Rock and Beach Charters at dawn to learn why so many Italians are drawn to the sea to fish for dinner.
Episode 8 • May 05, 2010
Episode #1.8
Italian Food safari visits Mario Mammone and his family who own large citrus orchards in the fruit bowl of Australia outside Mildura - they came to pick oranges and now own the farm.
Episode 9 • May 12, 2010
Episode #1.9
Italian Food Safari celebrates the tradition of preserving the best in season.
Episode 10 • May 19, 2010
Episode #1.10
Italian Food Safari discovers an Italian breed of cattle called Chianina now being reared in Australia by Daniela Mollica, who brought the Slow Food movement to Melbourne.
Episode 11 • May 26, 2010
Episode #1.11
Presenter Guy Grossi goes hunting with his chef friend Daniel Airo-Farula in the wintry hills of Bulla, later cooking up a marvelous Sicilian style sweet and rabbit dish.
Episode 12 • Jun 02, 2010
Episode #1.12
Italian Food Safari savours the seafood introduced to us by Italians - the squid that was once used as bait and is now a delicacy.
Episode 13 • Jun 09, 2010
Episode #1.13
In this final episode, Italian Food Safari visits the Vanella Cheese Factory in Far North Queensland and presenter Guy Grossi learns how buffalo mozzarella is made.

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