Season 1
6 episodes · Jul 8, 1997
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- S1E1
The Great British Barbie
Jul 8, 1997Ainsley Harriott kicks off the series with a complete guide to cooking on coals, and testing different types on barbcues on the market. He also prepares Uncle's Pork Calypso, korma courgette and chickpea burgers, his own classic barbecue sauce, and a roasted sweetcorn and red pepper and avocado salsa.
- S1E2
Greece
Jul 15, 1997Ainsley Harriott travels to the tiny Greek island of Alonissos in his search for the world's best al fresco recipes. Ainsley shows how to cook kleftiko parcels and garlic pitta fingers, chargrilled squid stuffed with spinach and mint, and aubergine rolls filled with feta and tomatoes.
- S1E3
South Africa
Jul 22, 1997Ainsley Harriott samples the distinctive barbecue, or braai, style of the Cape Province in South Africa. He samples sosaties - made with vegetables and ostrich meat marinated in apricot jam, cumin, coriander and red wine, threaded on to skewers and gently roasted on a barbecue.
- S1E4
Thailand
Jul 29, 1997Thai people love cooking, especially al fresco entertaining. Ainsley learns how to make stuffed omelettes bursting with a host of different flavours. The Lahu Hill tribe cook a traditional feast of waterfall beef and spicy chicken. Ainsley returns their hospitality, cooking them exotic fruit parcels with a lemon-grass syrup.
- S1E5
Jamaica
Aug 5, 1997Ainsley travels to the Caribbean to investigate Jamaica's barbecue roots. He sees how the island's most famous barbecue dish - jerk pork - is made. Ainsley also goes to the stunning Blue Mountains to cook an unusual barbecue breakfast - pineapple French-toast rounded off with coffee made from freshly-ground Blue Mountain beans.
- S1E6
Australia
Aug 12, 1997Ainsley goes to Australia, the home of the barbecue. In the outback he samples loin of kangaroo in a natural berry sauce, with a side dish of wichety grubs. On Bronte Beach in Sydney, Ainsley prepares fresh lobster with three flavoured butters. Finally, on board a tall ship, Ainsley flames fresh fruits with maple syrup.