Season 3
Cooked is a South African travel and cooking television series created by Justin Bonello and produced by Cooked In Africa Films in which Bonello and friends go on an adventure around South Africa cooking simple but delicious meals in sometimes very surprising circumstances.
The series premiered in South Africa on DStv's BBC Food channel (which later became BBC Lifestyle) on Tuesday 18 April 2006, at 21h00. It later aired on TopTV's Top One channel. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 3 - entitled Cooked: My Heart is in Africa - originally aired on BBC Lifestyle from 12 January to 23 February, 2009, on Mondays at 18h30 and 19h00. New episodes broadcast in a double bill, weekly. There are 13 episodes in the third season.
Season 3
Cooked once again comes from Africa, as Justin Bonello sets off on a gastronomic journey around Mozambique.
The thirteen-part cooking adventure show is subtitled My Heart is in Africa, and Justin heads off in search of Africa's wild heart, wanting to tell the stories of the continent he loves.
It's easy to focus on the tales of poverty, or marvel at the wild animals that roam the land, but Justin wants to dig deeper and introduce us to real people and societies, and above all their culinary genius.
Justin would describe himself as a cook rather than a chef, using local ingredients and extreme cooking methods to bring his dishes to life.
Join him as he makes pizza in a dustbin oven, roasts a warthog, and tries several oyster recipes when a fishing trip falls flat.
Part cookery show, part travelogue, Cooked does more than bring you the recipes from a particular region - it gets up close and personal, and is all the more rewarding for that.
Seasons
Season 1 (13 episodes)
Channel: BBC Food | Premiere: 18 Apr 2006 | Finale: 11 Jul 2006 | Tuesdays, 21h00
Channel: Top One | Premiere: 5 Jun 2011 | Finale: 28 Aug 2011 | Sundays, 18h30
Season 2 (13 episodes)
Channel: BBC Food | Premiere: 13 Jul 2007 | Finale: 5 Oct 2007 | Fridays, 19h30
Season 3 (13 episodes)
Channel: BBC Lifestyle | Premiere: 12 Jan 2009 | Finale: 23 Feb 2009 | Mondays, 18h30
Season 4 (13 episodes)
Channel: SABC3 | Premiere: 1 Oct 2011 | Finale: 24 Dec 2011 | Saturdays, 16h30