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Season Five of The Cook Up with Adam Liaw is exactly the kind of food delivery your home needs: a delightful half hour of cooking and entertainment with a side of laughs. Each night, two guests join Adam in his kitchen to create delicious food based around a different theme. Naturally, where there’s food, chat follows!
Friday nights on The Cook Up are all about making entertaining easy at home with Easy Entertaining. Every Friday, Adam shows us how to be hosts with the most at home. Guests on Easy Entertaining include event stylist to the stars, Lucy Tweed, Adam Spencer, Nina Oyama and many more.
PAST EP GUIDES + RECIPES
Episode guide | The Cook Up with Adam Liaw S5 | Episodes 1 to 5
Episode 31 | 5 Ingredient Dinner
Airs 7:00pm Monday 7 August 2023 on SBS Food
Adam says three words any busy cook wants to hear: five ingredient dinner. With two brilliant guests: presenter Matty Mills and visual artist Gail Mabo.
Episode 32 | On Speck
Airs 7:00pm Tuesday 8 August 2023 on SBS Food
Adam and guests, Para-athletic champion Isis Holt and Tassie food champion Massimo Mele, make magic with cured meats.
Episode 33 | Heart-warming
Airs 7:00pm Wednesday 9 August 2023 on SBS Food
Prepare to be heart-warmed, as Adam and guests, the heart of Gourmet Traveller, Joanna Hunkin, and the heart of Darjeeling Express, Asma Khan, make food with love and care.
Episode 34 | Fiesta in a Flash
Airs 7:00pm Thursday 10 August 2023 on SBS Food
Join Adam and his guests, hospitality pro Kylie Javier Ashton and Mexican restaurateur Daniella Guevara Munoz, for a fiesta in a flash.
Episode 35 | Diet Starts Tomorrow
Airs 7:00pm Friday 11 August 2023 on SBS Food
Adam throws an Easy Entertaining afternoon tea that declares “diet starts tomorrow”, with cookbook author and chef Tom Walton and Australia’s favourite host Osher Günsberg.
Self-saucing chocolate espresso pudding Credit: Jiwon Kim
Airs 7:00pm Monday 14 August 2023 on SBS Food
Tips and tricks galore as Currie Country’s Arabella Douglas and entertainer Bjorn Stewart join Adam to make food using homestyle hacks.
Episode 37 | Fancy in 15
Airs 7:00pm Tuesday 15 August 2023 on SBS Food
Dust off your ballgowns and tuxedos, because Adam, Culinary Director Corey Costelloe and cookbook author Durkhanai Ayubi are making fancy food in 15 minutes.
Episode 38 | Chinese Soul Food
Airs 7:00pm Wednesday 16 August 2023 on SBS Food
Legendary chef Tony Tan and stand-up sensation Jennifer Wong join Adam to make Chinese soul food. It’s bound to improve your mood!
Episode 39 | Ready-Made Noodles
Airs 7:00pm Thursday 17 August 2023 on SBS Food
One of the world’s most popular ingredients, ready-made noodles, gets The Cook Up glow up from Adam and guests, Opera Australia principal singers Christian Qi and Esther Song.
Episode 40 | Weeknight Potluck Solved
Airs 7:00pm Friday 18 August 2023 on SBS Food
It’s easy entertaining, and Adam, Indigenous culinary consultant Sam May and comedian Frida Deguise help put a stop to weeknight potluck panic.