Kitchen Cabinet | |
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Genre | Cooking show |
Directed by | Stamatia Maroupas Trent O’Donnell |
Presented by | Annabel Crabb |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of seasons | 7 |
No. of episodes | 40 |
Production | |
Producer | Madeleine Hawcroft |
Cinematography | Susan Lumsdon |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
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Kitchen Cabinet is an Australian interview television program [2] that is broadcast on ABC. It is hosted by Annabel Crabb. On the program, Crabb chats with the interview subjects while they prepare a meal together.
The format is an informal interview program with Australian politicians over a meal prepared by both Crabb and her guest, normally in the guest's home. Crabb brings a dessert and the guest provides their choice of main meal. It is in the 30-minute format.
On several occasions, there have been two guests, typically with one being a self-confessed non-cook who brings in a helper. Crabb chats with the guest(s) during the preparation, and the meal while they eat.
Crabb's being pescotarian has meant that on some occasions the protein for her has been fish-based. Her food preference has also been a factor in her preparation of the desserts.
The show has received mostly positive reviews. [3] [4]
Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 6 | 22 February 2012 | 28 March 2012 | |
2 | 6 | 10 October 2012 | 14 November 2012 | |
3 | 8 | 2 July 2013 | 5 September 2013 | |
4 | 7 | 21 October 2014 | 2 December 2014 | |
5 | 6 | 28 October 2015 | 2 December 2015 | |
6 | 6 | 26 May 2016 | 30 June 2016 | |
7 | 8 | 15 August 2023 | 3 October 2023 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Guest | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | " Christopher Pyne and Amanda Vanstone" | 22 February 2012 |
2 | 2 | " Nigel Scullion" | 29 February 2012 |
3 | 3 | " Penny Wong" | 7 March 2012 |
4 | 4 | " Julie Bishop" | 14 March 2012 |
5 | 5 | " Tanya Plibersek" | 21 March 2012 |
6 | 6 | " Dick Adams" | 28 March 2012 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Guest | Original air date |
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7 | 1 | " Joe Hockey" | 10 October 2012 |
8 | 2 | " Bronwyn Bishop" | 17 October 2012 |
9 | 3 | " Peter Garrett" | 24 October 2012 |
10 | 4 | " Barnaby Joyce" | 31 October 2012 |
11 | 5 | " Louise Pratt" | 7 November 2012 |
12 | 6 | " Christine Milne" | 14 November 2012 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Guest | Original air date |
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13 | 1 | " Malcolm Turnbull" | 2 July 2013 |
14 | 2 | " Craig Emerson" | 9 July 2013 |
15 | 3 | " Nick Xenophon" | 16 July 2013 |
16 | 4 | " Jenny Macklin" | 23 July 2013 |
17 | 5 | " Sussan Ley and Bill Heffernan" | 30 July 2013 |
18 | 6 | " Doug Cameron" | 6 August 2013 |
19 | 7 | " Tony Abbott" | 4 September 2013 |
20 | 8 | " Kevin Rudd" | 5 September 2013 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Guest | Original air date |
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21 | 1 | " Bob Hawke" | 21 October 2014 |
22 | 2 | " Andrew Robb and Mary Jo Fisher" | 28 October 2014 |
23 | 3 | " Bill Shorten" | 4 November 2014 |
24 | 4 | " Mathias Cormann" | 11 November 2014 |
25 | 5 | " Anna Burke" | 9 November 2014 |
26 | 6 | " Warren Entsch" | 25 November 2014 |
27 | 7 | " Clive Palmer" | 2 December 2014 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Guest | Original air date |
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28 | 1 | " Scott Morrison" | 28 October 2015 |
29 | 2 | " Anthony Albanese and Christopher Pyne" | 4 November 2015 |
30 | 3 | " Ricky Muir" | 11 November 2015 |
31 | 4 | " Nova Peris" | 18 November 2015 |
32 | 5 | " Richard Di Natale" | 25 November 2015 |
33 | 6 | " Cory Bernardi" | 2 December 2015 |
No. in series |
No. in season |
Guest | Original air date |
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34 | 1 | " Jacqui Lambie" [5] | 26 May 2016 |
35 | 2 | " Sam Dastyari" | 2 June 2016 |
36 | 3 | " Scott Ludlam" | 9 June 2016 |
37 | 4 | " Michaelia Cash" | 16 June 2016 |
38 | 5 | " Malcolm Turnbull" | 23 June 2016 |
39 | 6 | " Bill Shorten" | 30 June 2016 |
Former Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, newly-elected Independent MP for the seat of Fowler Dai Le, Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie, Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John, Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and Labor Sports Minister Anika Wells were all featured in season 7. [6]
No. in series |
No. in season |
Guest | Original air date |
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40 | 1 | "Dai Le" | 15 August 2023 |
41 | 2 | "Peter Dutton" | 22 August 2023 |
42 | 3 | "Linda Burney" | 29 August 2023 |
43 | 4 | "Lidia Thorpe" | 5 September 2023 |
44 | 5 | "Karen Andrews" | 12 September 2023 |
45 | 6 | "Jordon Steele-John" | 17 September 2023 |
46 | 7 | "Bridget McKenzie" | 25 September 2023 |
47 | 8 | "Anika Wells" | 2 October 2023 |
Crabb has said that her most memorable show was with Senator Nigel Scullion, when he took her collecting crustaceans in the coastal mudflats of the Northern Territory. [7]
During the 2013 Australian federal election, Crabb taped two shows for Kitchen Cabinet, [8] beyond the previously normal 6 episodes, with the leaders of the major opposing parties, Tony Abbott ( Liberal Party of Australia) and Kevin Rudd ( Australian Labor Party) with these shows being broadcast on successive nights in the last week of the political campaign, on Wednesday 4 September and Thursday 5 September respectively.
During the 2016 Australian federal election, Crabb again taped two shows for Kitchen Cabinet with the leaders of the major opposing parties, Malcolm Turnbull ( Liberal Party of Australia) and Bill Shorten ( Australian Labor Party)