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Gourmet Farmer

Venture with us to Tassie, as Matthew Evans graduates from novice farmer to small-scale food producer. View recipes and how-tos now.

10-part series

Episode guide | Gourmet Farmer S1

Former food critic Matthew Evans has chucked in his city life for a taste of small-farm living in Tasmania. Gourmet Farmer plots the new trajectory of Matthew’s life:...
10-part series

Episode guide | Gourmet Farmer S2

Once a single man trying his hand at farming and experimenting with making artisanal produce, Matthew’s now a fully fledged family man with partner, Sadie, and...
10-part series

Episode guide | Gourmet Farmer S3

Matthew’s new goal is to become self-sufficient and generate enough income to support his family with his new property, Fat Pig Farm.
About the show

Food critic turned farming man

Matthew Evans once trained as a chef before he crossed to the dark side of the industry and became a restaurant reviewer. After five years and 2,000 restaurant...
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Gourmet Farmer Series 3

Missed the first 2 episodes, never fear you can catch up with Matthew Evans in this series on SBS OnDemand.

Online exclusives

More cooking videos and recipes from Matt, Nick and Ross.

Make it from scratch

DIY Deli: dairy, cured meat, preserved veg

In a series of short videos, Matthew explains how to make your own dairy products, cured meats and fish, and preserved vegetables.
Learn to cook

Fat Pig Farm: an interactive cooking school

Watch our web-exclusive videos demonstrating how to cook various cuts of pork and cured products, either for a slow-cooked dish or a quick meal.
Matthew's blog

A look back at life on the farm

Matthew Evans is a former chef and food critic turned Tasmanian smallholder. He fattens pigs, milks a cow, tends a garden and writes about food from his office...
Readable feasts

The Gourmet Farmer Deli Book

The combined efforts of two farmers and a cheesemaker, Deli Book is more than a cookbook, rather, it’s a manual in the self-sufficiency of our grandparents' day.
Readable feasts

The Gourmet Farmer Goes Fishing

Tassie trio Matthew Evans, Nick Haddow and Ross O’Meara have taken their farm-based friendship to the great ocean in a 40-day sailing adventure around the Apple...

Gourmet Farmer recipes

Italian

Bresaola

Bresaola is air-dried, salted beef that has been aged for up to three months until it becomes hard and turns dark red. You'll need a bucket and 3 metres of muslin...
4 Mar 2010 - 2:29pm

Honey biscuits

You can make these biscuits really thin like brandy snaps, or a bit thicker. I like somewhere in between so they’re firm, but not entirely crisp. Pop an almond in...
Australian

Carrot cake

"This is the cake I made on The Gourmet Farmer show", says Matthew Evans. "I was trying to make a very Tasmanian cake, from the nuts to the oil and the flour."
Australian

Smoked duck and goose breasts

We used home-killed duck and goose breasts, which were of indeterminate age. Young, commercially available breasts will be more tender. To smoke, you can build a...
French

Cassoulet with lamb, pork and goose

Cassoulet is a bean dish that is heady with meats cooked or cured in different ways. On the show we used a home-kill lamb and goose, but you can adapt using your...
French

Truffle butter

I used butter I’d made from Maggie for this, but any butter will do. Black truffles can be heated to bring out their flavour, and that’s what I was aiming at with...
Australian

Venison with horseradish and truffle

A tender cut from the leg has the best flavour, though many people find loin the easiest to work with. Don’t worry if you don’t get the truffle, it’s nearly as...
Australian

Cygnet hairdresser’s apple sponge

When I was getting my hair cut, Jacinta started suggesting cakes to make. This is a version that she uses, and you can add an egg to the sponge for a more cake...
Australian

Beetroot and bacon soup

Fresh horseradish lifts this soup from the very good to the sublime. In its absence you could use a top-notch bottled version.
Australian

Baby spinach and goat’s cheese salad

Says Matthew, "I made this salad using all local ingredients, virtually all of which came from within the Huon Valley. (The only thing that wasn’t from the valley...
French

The perfect ratatouille

The perfect ratatouille doesn’t have rubbery eggplant in it. In fact, it’s cooked for so long that the eggplant falls apart and makes for a creamy, unctuous sauce...
30 Nov 2009 - 4:13pm

Chocolate cake

"This cake won me third place at the Bream Creek Show" says Matthew Evans. "I was so excited I didn’t stop bragging about it for a week." Topped with a glossy...

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Gourmet Farmer Afloat - DVD Out Now

Gourmet Farmer Afloat is available on DVD at retailers and at the SBS Shop now.
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Gourmet Farmer Afloat - Digital

You'll find downloads of this series on iTunes and Google Play now, buy the series or select your favourite episodes!
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What's the Catch - DVD/Digital

Gourmet Farmer Matthew Evans investigates where our seafood comes from, to discover which fish we should be eating - and why.
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Gourmet Farmer Series 1, 2, 3 - DVD/Digital

Each series is jam packed with self-sufficiency and delicious home-grown food, as Matthew Evans goes from big city restaurant critic to Tasmanian farmer.
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