My Family Feast

My Family Feast is an Australian television program hosted by chef Sean Connolly. The show first screened on SBS in 2009 and features the lives and cooking traditions of Australian immigrants and their families.

Synopsis

The show is partly a cultural profile and partly a cooking show. Australians with diverse ethnic backgrounds invite Connolly into their homes, introduce him to their families, share cultural traditions and show how to cook a family feast with recipes and techniques that have been lovingly passed from generation to generation.

Host

Sean Connolly was born in the United Kingdom. He started his chef’s apprenticeship at the Pennine Hilton, Ainley Top in Huddersfield. After continuing his apprenticeship in various restaurants throughout the UK, he arrived in Australia in 1988 on a working holiday and fell in love with the local weather, produce and burgeoning food scene. After various sous chef roles, he was appointed to Sydney's Astral restaurant in 1995. In 2008, he was named the Sydney Morning Herald 'Chef of the Year' and opened his second restaurant, Sean’s Kitchen.^[1]

Awards

My Family Feast has received recognition locally and internationally for its unique^{[citation needed]} format and spin on the cooking genre.

• Best television series for My Family Feast. Australian Food Media Awards 2010.
• Best television series for food and wine culture for My Family Feast. World Food & Wine Television Festival 2010.
• Best In World Cookbook for Celebrity chef: English My Family Feast. Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2011.

References

1. ^ http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/myfamilyfeast/about/page/i/1/h/About/

External links

• My Family Feast on SBS

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