Season 1 (2021)
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Episodes 200
Family Dinner
Top chef Colin Fassnidge and much-loved TV and radio personality Yumi Stynes, drop by The Cook Up kitchen to cook with Adam Liaw and show what they serve for their very own family dinners.
Read MoreLemongrass
Adam Liaw is joined by Universal/Paramount’s Christine Manfield and Longrain’s Martin Boetz in The Cook Up kitchen to cook Asian inspired specialities with the herb lemongrass.
Read MoreSweet Comfort Food
Australian food icon Lyndey Milan and Fabbrica chef Hugh Piper are in The Cook Up kitchen with Adam Liaw as they cook together and share recipes for their favourite sweet comfort foods.
Read MoreStrawberry
What do you get when you cross a political satirist with 2 superstar cooks? You get some seriously good food. Adam Liaw, Delicious magazine’s Phoebe Wood and Mark Humphries are in The Cook Up kitchen putting the strawberry through its paces.
Read MoreSnack Food
TV and radio personality Yumi Stynes and creator of the “The Family Law” Benjamin Law, join Adam Liaw in The Cook Up Kitchen and cook up their favourite snack foods.
Read MoreFillet Steak
Comedian Mickey Robins and one of Australia's top chefs Mark Best create their favourite Fillet Steak dishes with Adam Liaw in The Cook Up kitchen.
Read MoreBeef Mince
Sydney restaurant Fred's head chef Danielle Alvarez and Delicious magazines Warren Mendez are in The Cook Up Kitchen and they share their take on beef mice with Adam Liaw.
Read MoreWatercress
Want to know all about Watercress? Well, Adam Liaw is joined by Michelin star chef Nelly Robinson and Italian home cook Silvia Colloca to help take this herb to the next level.
Read More$20 Family Meals
Need some cheap, cheerful and easy dinner ideas that don't break the bank? Well, Every Night of The Week's Lucy Tweed and Woodcut restaurant's Ross Lusted join Adam Liaw in The Cook Up kitchen, to cook up their ideas for under $20.
Read MoreCheap and Cheerful
Adam Liaw is with Mastermind host Marc Fennell and top chef Chase Kojima in kitchen to finish off the week of Cheap and Cheerful where they cook up their very own ideas on the best cheap and cheerful meals that everyone will love.
Read MoreGrapefruit
Adam Liaw is joined by Masterchef star Amina Elshafei and home cook Clarissa Feidel in The Cook Up kitchen and they share dishes inspired by grapefruit.
Read MoreSustainable Fish
Do you want to be a little bit more sustainable with what you eat? Adam Liaw, Delicious Magazine’s Warren Mendes and Fred’s head chef Danielle Alvarez join The Cook Up to share their top sustainable seafood options and kick off environmental sustainability week.
Read MoreDay old Bread
In the Cook Up kitchen with Adam Liaw is head of Ozharvest Ronni Khan and Ozharvest’s head chef Travis Harvey and they recreate their favourite day-old bread recipes, letting nothing go to waste.
Read MoreFrom The Garden
Meteorologist and food writer Magdalena Roze and TV chef Hayden Quinn chat and create their favourite dishes they can make from their own gardens with The Cook Up host Adam Liaw.
Read MoreVegetarian Dinner Party
It’s environmental/sustainability week, so radio and TV personality Linda Marigliano and owner of Kitchen by Mike, Mike McEnearney join Adam Liaw in The Cook Up kitchen to share their top vegetarian dinner party meals.
Read MoreEasy Dinner Party
Need some easy dinner party ideas? Radio and TV personality Yumi Stynes and creator of television series ‘The Family Law’ Benjamin Law are in The Cook Up kitchen with Adam Liaw as they share their easy dinner party favourites.
Read MoreSandwiches
Do you love a good old sandwich but want to make it a little bit fancier? Well, Adam Liaw is joined by Nel head chef and owner, Nelly Robinson and Bondi harvest chef, Taylor Cullen as they give their top sandwich ideas in The Cook Up kitchen.
Read MoreBroccolini
Adam Liaw is joined in The Cook Up kitchen by food writer and TV chef, Janelle Bloom and China Doll’s Frank Shek to give their ideas on dishes that take broccolini to the next level.
Read MoreFamily Favourite - Refugee Week
Refugee’s Noor Azizah and Rnita Dacho join The Cook Up host Adam Liaw in the kitchen and they create some of their family favourite dishes from their homelands.
Read MoreCultural Dish - Refugee Week
Co-founder of Colombo Social, Shaun Christie-David and spoken word poet Hani Abdile are in the Cook Up kitchen with Adam Liaw as they create their favourite cultural dishes from their home countries of Sri Lanka and Somalia.
Read MoreWinter Warmer - Refugee Week
Fairfield City councillor Dai Le and singer-songwriter Jasna Dolic join Adam Liaw in the Cook Up kitchen to create their ultimate winter warmers their families from Vietnam and Bosnia have passed down to them.
Read MoreIranian Cuisine - Refugee Week
Nomad head chef Jacqui Challinor and cook instructor and Iranian refugee Mahshid Babzartabi join Adam Liaw in The Cook Up kitchen to dissect Iranian cuisine.
Read MoreSyrian Cuisine - Refugee Week
Co-owners of Sydney’s Syrian restaurant Almond Bar, Carol and Sharon Salloum join Adam Liaw in The Cook Up kitchen as they delve into the culture of Syria. They also share their experiences working with UNICEF to help refugees.
Read MoreCheese On Top
Fabbrica chef Hugh Piper and Australian home cook hero Lyndey Milan chat cheese with Adam, exploring the best ways to use cheese on top of everything.
Read MoreShortcrust Pastry
Sydney restaurant China Doll head chef Frank Shek and food writer and TV chef Janelle Bloom join Adam to give some ideas on how to take shortcut pastry to the next level.
Read MoreChicken Wings
Two food-loving friends join Adam in the kitchen for a conversation and to cook up some chicken wings.
Read MoreSweet Potato
Maître d' of Momofuku Seibo Kylie Javier Ashton and recipe developer Breda Fenn come to the kitchen to create their favourite sweet potato dishes.
Read MoreOn The Bone
Comedian Lizzy Hoo and the executive chef at Mjølner, Joachim Borenius, create their top meat on the bone dishes.
Read MoreNative Meats
New Zealand native chef Marcus Poa and Indigenous chef and TV presenter Mark Olive join Adam in the kitchen to tackle native meats.
Read MoreCafe Favourite
The Lillipad Cafe's Nyoka Hrabinsky and science and technology TV presenter Rae Johnson create their cafe favourites in the kitchen.
Read MoreFeed The Family
NITV executive producer Jodan Perry and Tik Tok sensation Nathon Lyon create their favourite family meals with Adam.
Read MoreA Classic Dish
Jo-Ann Lee from Goanna Hut and Wagyu 2 Your Door's Gary Green join Adam in the kitchen to prepare a classic dish.
Read MoreCrustaceans
Author of the Australian Fish and Seafood Cookbook Anthony Huckstep and owner of LP's Quality Meats Luke Powell join Adam Liaw to create their favourite crustacean recipes.
Read MoreChicken Thigh
Adam is joined by Kumi Taguchi and Chase Kojima as they create some of their favourite chicken thigh recipes.
Read MoreBring A Plate
Adam is joined by Uccello's Nigel Ward and dessert queen Anna Polyviou to whip up some easy plate options for a family barbecue.
Read MoreFilipino Savoury
The owner of Sydney's Cebu Lechon Will Mahusay and food photographer Luisa Brimble join Adam to create some Filipino cuisine.
Read MoreMeat-Free Monday
Yellow's Nina Huynh and writer Yasmin Newman join Adam in the kitchen to prepare some of their favourite meat-free dishes.
Read MoreFavourite Ingredient
Nomad head chef Jacqui Challinor and former head chef at Claude's Chui Lee Luk showcase their favourite ingredients in the Cook Up Kitchen.
Read MoreNaughty By Nice
Adam Liaw is joined in the Cook Up Kitchen by owner of Nel, and head chef Nelly Robinson and Bondi Harvest's Taylor Cullen. Together they create a list of favourite recipes that are naughty but nice.
Read MoreFour Ingredient Pasta
Joel Creasey and Myf Warhurst join Adam in the kitchen as they create their favourite pasta using only four ingredients.
Read MoreWinter Favourite
Ethiopian chef Tinsae Elsdon and head chef at The Old Fitz Anna Ugarte Carral join Adam Liaw in the Cook Up Kitchen to showcase their favourite winter dishes.
Read MoreCooking With Kids
Jimmy Barnes and his wife Jane join Adam in the kitchen to create some of their favourite winter curries.
Read MorePie (Savoury)
Recipe developer Breda Fenn and Maître d' of Momofuku Seibo fame, Kylie Javier Ashton join Adam Liaw in The Cook Up Kitchen to bring you their favourite pies.
Read MoreFamily Meals In 20 Minutes
Adam Liaw is joined in the cook up kitchen by Lucy Tweed and renowned butcher Anthony Puharich, to showcase their best twenty-minute family meals for any night of the week.
Read MoreLong Pasta
Italian home cook, Silvia Colloca, and restaurateur and owner of Nel, Nelly Robinson, join Adam in the kitchen to cook up their take on an Italian staple: long pasta.
Read MoreGoat Cheese
Caterer to the stars, Jaimee Foley, and owner of Sydney restaurant Marque, Mark Best, join Adam in the kitchen to cook and eat their favourite goat cheese dishes.
Read MorePork Chops
The Cook's Co-Op and ex-Longrain owner Martin Boetz, and Universal and Paramount owner Christine Manfield join Adam to dish up their favourite pork chop recipes.
Read MoreFive Ingredient Dinner
Executive `Viking' chef at Mjølner, Joachim Borenius, and comedian Lizzy Hoo, share their ultimate and easy five ingredient dinners with Adam Liaw.
Read MoreLate Night Snack
Recipe developer, Breda Fenn, and maître d' of Momofuku Seibo fame, Kylie Javier Ashton, join Adam Liaw to serve up their favourite late-night snacks.
Read MoreSignature Dish At Home
Giovanni Pilu and Mitch Orr take over the kitchen to prepare the signature dishes from their respective restaurants.
Read MoreLunchbox Snack
Cebu Lechon chef Will Mahusay and MasterChef alumni Hoda Hannaway join Adam Liaw to create easy lunch box snacks.
Read MoreOne Pot Wonders
Delicious magazine's Phoebe Wood, and comedian and political satirist Mark Humphries join Adam Liaw as they create their ultimate one-pot wonders.
Read MoreRice Noodles
DJ and author Andrew Levins, and host of SBS's Water Heart Food Palisa Anderson join Adam Liaw to share their favourite rice noodle dishes.
Read MoreMid Week Dinner
Adam Liaw invites Uccello's Nigel Ward, and Monica Cavallaro, owner of Monish Cakes, into the kitchen to make some quick-and-easy midweek dinners.
Read MoreHome Grown
Home cooks Noor Azizah and Rnita Dacho join host Adam Liaw to create their ultimate dishes using homegrown produce.
Read MoreFilipino Sweet
Cebu Lechon owner Will Mahusay, and food photographer Luisa Brimble join Adam Liaw in the kitchen to create Filipino sweets.
Read MoreRecipies Handed Down
Adam Liaw welcomes Mjolner's Joachim Borenius and comedian Lizzy Hoo to the kitchen to create recipes that have been handed down.
Read MoreComfort Food Savoury
Kumi Taguchi and Sokyo's Chase Kojima join Adam to chat and create their ultimate savoury comfort food dishes.
Read MoreNuts And Seeds
Rockpool's Jayde Harris, and Indigenous TV presenter and chef Mark Olive join Adam as they use native nuts and seeds to make some amazing dishes.
Read MoreHerbs From The Garden
Nomad head chef Jacqui Challinor and Iranian refugee Mahshid Babzartabi join Adam Liaw in the kitchen to cook with herbs.
Read MoreWhite Fish
Chaco bar's Keita Abe and Nilgiri's Ajoy Joshi join Adam Liaw in the kitchen to create dishes with white fish.
Read MoreLamb Cutlets
Head chef at One&Only Wolgan Valley James Viles, and food writer Tori Haschka join Adam to create some lamb cutlet favourites.
Read MoreCulture Clash
The Lebanese Plate's Lina Jebeile and MasterChef alumni Kylie Millar join Adam to make some traditional favourites with a difference.
Read MoreOff THe Grill
Indigenous chef and TV presenter Mark Olive and New Zealand native chef Marcus Poa join Adam to make some amazing dishes off the grill.
Read MoreGo To Dish
Adam invites Chuuka restaurant's Chase Kojima and owner of Monish Cakes, Monica Cavallaro, into the kitchen to make their go-to dishes.
Read MorePub Favourite
Comedian Mikey Robins and Marque restaurant owner Mark Best join Adam Liaw to share their versions of some Aussie pub favourites.
Read MoreFrom The Bay
Jason Chan from Canton Kitchen and owner of Sydney restaurant Nel, Nelly Robinson, join Adam Liaw to cook up seafood-inspired dishes.
Read MoreHong Kong Street Food
Canton Kitchen's Jason Chan and Lilly Mu's Brendan Fong join Adam to create some classic Hong Kong street food.
Read MoreTV Dinners
Food writer Tori Haschka and head chef at One and Only Wolgan Valley James Viles join Adam to cook some simple dinners that can be eaten while watching TV.
Read MoreCooking With Kids
Top chef Colin Fassnidge and owner of Eastwood's Deli and Cooking School Kelly Eastwood, drop by The Cook Up kitchen to cook with host Adam Liaw to create kid-friendly dishes.
Read MoreSaturday Night Dinners
Adam Liaw is joined by Saturday Night Pasta cookbook author Elizabeth Hewson, and Good Food Guide editor Myffy Rigby to create their favourite and simple Saturday night meals.
Read MoreFrom The Sea
Cookbook author Analiese Gregory and Monday Morning Cooking Club's Lisa Goldberg join Adam to re-create some of their favourite dishes from the sea.
Read MoreSimply The Best
Adam is joined by meteorologist and food writer Magdalena Rose and television presenter and chef Hayden Quinn to create simple dishes.
Read MoreChildhood Fave
Ethiopian cook Tinsae Elsdon and head chef at The Old Fitz Anna Ugarte-Carral join Adam Liaw to cook their childhood favourite dishes.
Read MoreChicken Breast
Every Night of the Week's Lucy Tweed and owner of Woodcut restaurant Ross Lusted use chicken breast as the main ingredient for their dishes.
Read MoreMost Requested
CWA president Stephanie Stanhope and CWA Woy Woy member Amy Scott join Adam to cook their most requested recipes over the years together in the kitchen.
Read More10-Minutes Dinners
Nel restaurant chef Nelly Robinson and Bondi Harvest chef Taylor Cullen join Adam and share their ultimate 10-minute dinners.
Read MoreEasy Desserts
Bodhi's Heaven Leigh and Sun Ming's David Chan join Adam in the kitchen to throw together their ultimate easy desserts.
Read MoreSpecial Occasion Dinner
Juicy Banana duo Sam Young and Grace Chen prepare their special occasion dinner ideas with Adam Liaw.
Read MoreLime Leaves
Universal Paramount chef Christine Manfield and Bird Cow Fish chef Alex Herbert share their dishes that use lime leaves.
Read MoreStaff Meals
Nomad head chef Jacqui Challinor and former head chef at Claude's Chui Lee Luk, share the dishes that they cook for their staff.
Read MoreAfternoon Tea
Monday Morning Cooking Club's Merelyn Chalmers and chef and author Analiese Gregory put together an afternoon tea.
Read MoreCheat's Dessert
Ethiopian cook Tinsae Elsdon and head chef at The Old Fitz, Anna Ugarte-Carral, share their favourite cheat's desserts.
Read MoreSummer Salads
Adam Liaw brings Yellow's Nina Huynh and food and travel writer Yasmin Newman into the kitchen to create their favourite summer salads.
Read MoreParty Plate
Cookbook author Jane Barnes and MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo are in the kitchen with Adam Liaw to share their ultimate party plates.
Read MoreDesert Island Dish
Singer Christine Anu and actor Remy Hii create the one dish that they would constantly crave if stuck on a desert island.
Read MoreFive Minute Snack
Television presenter and chef Hayden Quinn and meteorologist and food writer Magdalena Roze join Adam in the kitchen to create easy, quick snacks.
Read MoreFresh Beans
Yellow chef Nina Huynh and television presenter Linda Marigliano join Adam in the kitchen to make their favourite green bean dishes.
Read MoreCream Cheese
Food and travel writer Yasmin Newman and food writer Tori Haschka join Adam to make their ultimate cream cheese dishes.
Read MoreHome Delivery
Ex-Mr Wong and Lotus chef Sam Young, and television presenter Julia Zemiro join Adam to make their home delivery inspired meals.
Read MoreMiddle Eastern
Melbourne's Maha Bar owner Shane Delia and television presenter Jan Fran join Adam to prepare some Middle Eastern inspired dishes.
Read MoreChristmas Dessert
Owner of Andy Bowdy Pastry Andrew Bowden and food icon Pamela Clark join Adam for some last-minute Christmas food ideas.
Read MoreChristmas Roast
Bird Cow Fish chef Alex Herbert and Paramount's Christine Manfield join Adam to show off their best roasts.
Read MoreShort Pasta
Adam Liaw, Saturday Night Pasta cookbook author Elizabeth Hewson, and Good Food Guide editor Myffy Rigby make their ultimate short pasta dishes.
Read MoreDinner In 20 Minutes
Adam Liaw is joined by owner and head chef of Ho Jiak, Junda Khoo, and style editor at Delicious magazine, Kristen Jenkins, to create dinner meals in 20 minutes.
Read MoreMorning Tea
Adam Liaw, CWA President Stephanie Stanhope, and CWA Woy Woy member Amy Scott create their morning tea favourites.
Read MoreIsland Cooking
Host Adam Liaw invites food writer Tori Haschka and food and travel writer Yasmin Newman into the kitchen to create some island-inspired dishes.
Read MoreFrom Where You Would Rather Be
Adam Liaw is joined by singer Christine Anu and actor Remy Hii in the kitchen, where they prepare dishes from where they would rather be.
Read MoreSunday Lunch
Mother and daughter Karima Hazim and Sivine Tabbouch from Sunday Kitchen join Adam Liaw to whip up their Sunday lunch must-have dishes.
Read MoreCooking With Wine
Adam Liaw makes dishes using wine and is joined in the kitchen by Chaco Bar's Keita Abe and Nilgiri's Ajoy Joshi.
Read MoreRaspberries
Universal-Paramount chef Christine Manfield and Bird Cow Fish chef Alex Herbert join Adam Liaw in the kitchen to make dishes using raspberries.
Read MoreSummer Dessert
Adam Liaw makes summer dessert classics with TV presenter Jan Fran and Shane Delia, owner of Melbourne's Maha Bar.
Read MoreDinner For One
Comedian and radio presenter Joel Creasey and media personality Melissa Hoyer join Adam Liaw in the kitchen to make their best dinner-for-one meals.
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