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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
As told to Katie Cunningham

Three things with Adam Liaw: ‘We wake up to freshly cooked rice at 6am’

The second season of Adam Liaw’s daily cooking show The Cook Up premieres March 21 on SBS Food.
The second season of Adam Liaw’s daily cooking show The Cook Up premieres March 21 on SBS Food. Photograph: SBS

On Monday The Cook Up with Adam Liaw will return to SBS Food for a second season. Each weeknight from 7pm, the celebrity cook will be joined by a pair of high-profile friends – everyone from the actor Pia Miranda to fellow MasterChef alumnus Julie Goodwin – for half an hour of food, fun and conversation.

While The Cook Up is filmed in Sydney, Liaw’s pre-pandemic adventures took him around the globe. Other food-centric shows saw the cook, writer and TV host explore everywhere from Scandinavia to Singapore. On one trip, filming his show Destination Flavour in China, Liaw happened upon an antique tea shop. There he found a silver tea tray that he instantly fell for – but didn’t manage bring home.

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