The Chef Presents Explained

Genre:Cooking show
Presenter:Willi Koeppen
Country:Australia
Language:English
Network:HSV-7

The Chef Presents was an early Australian television series, which aired from 1957 to 1959 on Melbourne station HSV-7, and was hosted by Willi Koeppen,[1] who became a celebrity in Melbourne due to the series. At one point, the series aired in a 5-minute time-slot,[2] later expanding to a 15-minute timeslot at 7:15 p.m. before being moved to 2:15 p.m.,[3] and finally aired at 4:00 p.m.[4] In 1976, long after the series ended, Koeppen mysteriously vanished.[5] One of the earliest cooking shows on Australian television,[6] there is little information available on the series, and it is unlikely that any kinescope recordings exist of it.

Notes and References

  1. News: 1957-09-12 . Wednesday Television . 11 . . Radio/TV Supplement . Melbourne . 2013-05-07.
  2. News: 1957-09-12 . Thursday Television . 12 . . Radio/TV Supplement . Melbourne . 2013-05-07.
  3. News: 1959-01-01 . Monday Television . 9 . . Radio/TV Supplement . Melbourne . 2013-05-07.
  4. News: 1959-05-14 . Monday Television . 9 . . Radio/TV Supplement . Melbourne . 2013-05-07.
  5. News: Robinson . Russell . 2012-05-14 . The cook, the sleaze and his killer . . . Melbourne . 2014-02-09.
  6. Web site: Bayley . Andrew . 2012-08-18 . Whatever happened to Willi Koeppen? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001029/http://televisionau.com/2012/08/whatever-happened-to-willi-koeppen.html . 2014-02-22 . 2014-02-09 . Television.AU.

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