Excite your senses with Asian Food Channel
this stimulating July.
 | | | | | TURN UP THE HEAT WITH ROBERT RAINFORD
Catch Licence to Grill star, Robert Rainfod, LIVE in the Philippines and Singapore as he shows you how to attain perfection on the grill. Don't miss out on the chance to get a taste of his mouth-watering dishes!
25 July to 5 August 2010
Click HERE for Philippines Event
Click HERE for Singapore Events | | | | |  | | | | |  | | | | |  | |  | | | | | CHOCOLATE FLAIR
Bite into some delectable chocolate-based sweets at the AFC Studio! From chocolate roulades to chocolate buns, learn how to prepare luscious treats that will satisfy any chocoholic’s craving. | | SWEET NOSTALGIA
WITH TEA
Let the lush aroma of fine quality tea stimulate your senses at the AFC Studio! Join us and Tea Master, Tian Wee, as we share with you the history and some unique blends of this fine beverage. Complement your cup of tea with some exquisite tea-infused desserts! | To register and find out more, visit:
www.theafcstudio.com
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East meets West in the month of July on the Asian Food Channel! Follow the journey of a group of British youths as they experience the reality of the food production industry in Southeast Asia. Watch as they step into the shoes of hardworking Asian locals, to learn the harsh truth of where our food comes from, how it’s made and at what cost.
Join renowned chef Kylie Kwong as she presents to us the dishes of her ancestors. Keeping her culture and heritage alive, Kylie entices us with mouthwatering Chinese cuisine, but with a modern twist!
Also making his debut on AFC, join Chef Jet Tila, as he unveils the complex world of Asian cuisine and shows you how to create simple Asian dishes that are guaranteed to impress!
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Blood, Sweat and Takeaways sees a group of young British food consumers journeying to Southeast Asia to live and work alongside those involved in the region’s food production industries. Can they handle the back-breaking working conditions of the rice fields in the heat of Southeast Asia? Will they be able to earn enough to afford rent on their simple wooden shack? Or will they end up hungry and homeless, resorting to desperate measures just to survive?
Premieres Monday,
10th July at 10pm
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WITH HEART AND SOUL
Fire up your wok and hold on to your chopsticks! Kylie Kwong, one of Australia’s most talented chefs brings you mouth-watering Chinese fusion cooking like you’ve never seen before! Born into one of Australia’s oldest Chinese families, cooking runs in Kylie’s veins. She combines her family recipes with her latest ideas and the result is a brilliant fusion of new tastes and blends for expert and novice cooks alike. For Kylie, every meal is a journey, a culinary carriageway between East and West, so be inspired by her, right here on the Asian Food Channel.
Premieres Wednesday,
21st July at 9pm | | | | |  | |
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Starring renowned Chef Jet Tila, Chasing the Yum demystifies the exotic world of Asian cuisine by revealing easy detailed step on how to prepare traditional restaurant dishes in your home kitchen. “Yum” is the distinct taste derived from the perfect balance of sweet, sour, salty and spicy flavours. Marvel in the array of nutritious Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Japanese cuisine and tuck into a generous serving of yum for your tum!
Premieres Thursday,
15th July at 8.30pm
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1) Kylie Kwong is a fourth generation Chinese Australian. With her great-grandfather settling in Australia in the early 1850s, she is from one of the oldest Chinese families in Australia.
2) With aspirations to become a famous artist, she studied fine art and furniture restoration. Her passion for food, however, was sparked by a short stint with a catering company.
3) Kylie did her apprenticeship at Neil Perry’s ‘The Restaurant Manfredi’, ‘Rockpool’ and ‘Wockpool’ – where she became head chef.
4) On her first trip to China in 1999, Kylie was inspired by a Shanghai-style tea house and hired a young Taiwanese designer to re-create the atmosphere for her restaurant.
5) She opened her first restaurant, ‘Billy Kwong’, which positions itself as a carbon neutral restaurant, in New South Wales, in May 2000.
6) ‘Billy Kwong’ is not, as some people think, named after Kylie’s father, but rather a result of Kylie’s partnership with renowned Sydney celebrity chef, Bill Granger.
7) ‘Billy Kwong’ was later awarded the Sustainability Award in 2009 by the Sydney Morning Herald’s, Good Food Guide. The inaugural award recognises Kylie’s devotion to environmental issues.
8) Determined to sustain mother nature, Kylie is an avid supporter of organisations such as Oxfam, Fair Trade and Australian Marine Conservation Society.
9) As a practicing Buddhist. Kylie was given the honour of welcoming the Dalai Lama onto the stage at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in December, as the master of ceremonies.
10) Kylie has released a total of 5 books: Kylie Kwong: Recipes and Stories (2003), Heart and Soul (2003), Simple Chinese Cooking (2007), My China: A Feast for All the Senses (2007), and My China: Stories and Recipes from My Homeland (2008).
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