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  • 2018-01-11T19:30:00Zs at 2018-01-11T19:30:00Z on ZDFkultur
  • 2014-05-12T18:30:00Z
  • 42m
  • 8h 24m (12 episodes)
  • Germany
  • English
  • Reality
Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to his homeland of Kenya to highlight what is great about the country's people, its way of life and, primarily, its food. In each episode, Jethwa discovers an ingredient a certain town is known for, and he meets the vibrant people - fisherman and farmers - responsible for procuring that resource.

39 episodes

Series Premiere

2014-05-12T18:30:00Z

1x01 Mud Crabs

Series Premiere

1x01 Mud Crabs

  • 2014-05-12T18:30:00Z42m

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

1x02 African Wild Honey And Game Meat

  • 2014-05-19T18:30:00Z42m

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

2014-05-26T18:30:00Z

1x03 Crayfish

1x03 Crayfish

  • 2014-05-26T18:30:00Z42m

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

2014-06-02T18:30:00Z

1x04 Rice And Fowl

1x04 Rice And Fowl

  • 2014-06-02T18:30:00Z42m

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

2014-06-09T18:30:00Z

1x05 Lake Victoria Whitebait

1x05 Lake Victoria Whitebait

  • 2014-06-09T18:30:00Z42m

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

2014-06-16T18:30:00Z

1x06 Prawns

1x06 Prawns

  • 2014-06-16T18:30:00Z42m

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

2014-06-23T18:30:00Z

1x07 Mt. Kenya Trout

1x07 Mt. Kenya Trout

  • 2014-06-23T18:30:00Z42m

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

1x08 Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

  • 2014-06-30T18:30:00Z42m

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

2014-07-07T18:30:00Z

1x09 Tea and Molo Lamb

1x09 Tea and Molo Lamb

  • 2014-07-07T18:30:00Z42m

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.

2014-07-14T18:30:00Z

1x10 Octopus

1x10 Octopus

  • 2014-07-14T18:30:00Z42m

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

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

2014-07-28T18:30:00Z

1x12 Sailfish

1x12 Sailfish

  • 2014-07-28T18:30:00Z42m

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

Season Premiere

2x01 Kampala, Uganda

Season Premiere

2x01 Kampala, Uganda

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Locals seize the chance to nab grasshoppers using a 'corridor of lights', a gauntlet of bright bulbs and smoke to catch and consume this newfound food alternative.

2x02 Amhara, Ethiopia

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The spongy, pancake like injeera is a famous staple Ethiopian food made from the iron rich grain, teff; Kiran samples injera for the first time at a traditional Ethiopian restaurant.

2x03 Lamu, Kenya

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Kiran will join fishermen from Pate, and attempt to dive for lobster, continually aware that he might become fish-food himself.

2x04 Mt Elgon, Uganda

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Kiran joins the Bagisu men into the forests to find the bamboo shoots and any other natural foods to cook up malewa.

2x05 Kilifi, Kenya

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Quest for the ugly but delicious custard apple widely known as the 'bullock's heart' or 'bull's heart'.

2x06 Jinja, Uganda

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Kiran attempts to catch numerous fish including the much sought after Nile Perch on Lake Victoria.

2x07 Gurage, Ethiopia

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Kiran witnesses a full day on a local cattle farm on the outskirts of Nasret; he sees bulls reared, the large number of butcheries and the first slaughter of the day.

2x08 Samburu, Kenya

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Kiran visits his new friend Samburu's perfect plump pumpkin patch that also grows cabbage and sukuma wiki.

2x09 Entebbe, Uganda

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Chef Kiran explores Uganda's bar food culture.

2x10 Episode 10

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2x11 Baringo, Kenya

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Chef Kiran tries spear fishing in Lake Baringo, Kenya.

2x12 Baringo, Kenya

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Chef Kiran tries spear fishing in Lake Baringo, Kenya.

2x13 Jimma, Ethiopia

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Chef Kiran takes a coffee tour through Ethiopia.

2x14 Kaloleni, Kenya

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Chef Kiran tries some unusual meats, like rat and crocodile.

2x15 Best of

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Some of the best and most memorable scenes from the past season.

Season Premiere

3x01 Central Province - Zambia

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Chef Kiran Jethwa heads to the lush Bushs Crubin, Zambia's Central Province to sample the wild mushrooms, pink pleasures, brown jobbies and sticky bun'shrooms; then cooks an amazing fungi feast.

3x02 Pemba - Mozambique

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Chef Kiran Jethwa uses all of his courage to catch the razor-toothed barracudas that upset the daily workings of an oceanic fish farm; Kiran and an old friend scuba dive with spear guns and enjoy a smoky BBQ at sundown.

Kiran explores the Hoedspruit and Lowveld areas to learn the origins of his favorite South African jerky snack biltong, then hunts the Inkasi Game Reserve for impala.

Dullstroom is a fly fishing destination due to it's cold temperatures.

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