Season 1

Season 1 (2014)


Episodes: 12

Star Cast: Kiran Jethwa ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Mud Crabs

Air Date: 2014-05-12

Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.

Ep.2 African Wild Honey And Game Meat

Air Date: 2014-05-19

In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.

Ep.3 Crayfish

Air Date: 2014-05-26

Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.

Ep.4 Rice And Fowl

Air Date: 2014-06-02

Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.

Ep.5 Lake Victoria Whitebait

Air Date: 2014-06-09

Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.

Ep.6 Prawns

Air Date: 2014-06-16

Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.

Ep.7 Mt. Kenya Trout

Air Date: 2014-06-23

This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.

Ep.8 Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

Air Date: 2014-06-30

Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.

Ep.9 Tea and Molo Lamb

Air Date: 2014-07-07

Kiran visits the Kericho man-made tea fields and learns the process of tea picking; he then travels to the Molo region where he smokes a prize Molo lamb with the tea leaves.

Ep.10 Octopus

Air Date: 2014-07-14

A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.

Ep.11 Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump

Air Date: 2014-07-21

Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.

Ep.12 Sailfish

Air Date: 2014-07-28

Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.