Program Information. My Family Feast. Brand new SBS food program My Family Feast launches post Ashes in the Food timeslot. Following in the traditions of hit SBS program Food Safari the brand new series takes the viewer into the lives and cooking traditions of Australian immigrant families. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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1 My Family Feast Brand new SBS food program My Family Feast launches post Ashes in the Food timeslot. Following in the traditions of hit SBS program Food Safari the brand new series takes the viewer into the lives and cooking traditions of Australian immigrant families. Each week host, chef Sean Connolly, is welcomed into the home of an Australian family learning to cook traditional celebration dishes, many of which have been passed through many generations. These families teach Sean and our audiences how to cook a family feast, introduce them to their families and share their cultural traditions. Each week a different celebration and culture is featured providing amazing insights to the diversity of cuisine in Australia while providing plenty of new challenges for the home chef. Cuisines covered include Congolese, Cuban, Argentinean, Balinese and Afghan. Program Information
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My Family Feast
Brand new SBS food program My Family Feast launches post Ashes in the Food timeslot.
Following in the traditions of hit SBS program Food Safari the brand new series takes the viewer into the lives and cooking traditions of Australian immigrant families.
Each week host, chef Sean Connolly, is welcomed into the home of an Australian family learning to cook traditional celebration dishes, many of which have been passed through many generations.
These families teach Sean and our audiences how to cook a family feast, introduce them to their families and share their cultural traditions.
Each week a different celebration and culture is featured providing amazing insights to the diversity of cuisine in Australia while providing plenty of new challenges for the home chef.
Cuisines covered include Congolese, Cuban, Argentinean, Balinese and Afghan.
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Sean Connolly
My Family Feast is hosted by the current Head Chef from Astral restaurant at Star City, Sean Connolly, a job which he has held since 1995.
After arriving in Australia on a working holiday in 1988 Sean fell in love with the local produce and emerging food scene and worked in a wide variety of sous chef roles.
In 2008 Sean Connolly was awarded Sydney Morning Herald and GQ Magazine Chef of the year award.
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My Family Feast
Online My Family Feast will have a home as part of the successful SBS Food website.
Content from the show will include video content of Sean Connolly preparing 6 different home recipes submitted from users of the site.
Additionally there will be program information, catch up viewing and recipes from each of the shows.
Sean will be hosting a blog on a regular basis and there will be factsheets on the various areas of cuisine covered in the program.
Overall the content will be a strong addition to the overall food site, deeply engaging with the program viewers and delivering online opportunities for them to get involved with features from the show.
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The third series of Food Safari was a huge success attracting an average audience of 379,000 to the 1930 timeslot, the most successful series of the program to date.
Viewing was up 6% on the previous series and up an incredible 35% on the first series illustrating how the food programming on the network continues to perform.
35% Growth
Series 1 Series 3
379,000
SBS Monday Peak (1800-2230)
Food Safari Series 3
My Family Feast
*Source: OzTAM Audience by Program.
Overall Food Safari Series 3 was 17% higher than the timeslot average in 2008 as it remains the top SBS performing food program.
My Family Feast is expected to continue the success of Food Safari creating strong connections with the loyal food audience.
