My Family Feast
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My Family Feast is an Australia
n 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.
. 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.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television program
Television program
A television program , also called television show, is a segment of content which is intended to be broadcast on television. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series...
hosted by chef Sean Connolly. The show first screened on SBS
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service is a hybrid-funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television network. The stated purpose of SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television services that inform, educate and entertain all Australians and, in doing so, reflect...
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 KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. He started his chef’s apprenticeship at the Pennine Hilton, Ainley Top
Ainley Top
Ainley Top is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in England. It is situated approximately three miles north east of the town centre on the A629 to Elland and Halifax...
in Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
. 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.
Awards
My Family Feast has received recognition locally and internationally for its unique 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.