HUNGER FOR THE WILD
Series Three
10 x half-hour television series for TV One 2008
Steve Logan and Al Brown share a love for fishing, hunting and the great outdoors. They also run one of the country's most successful up-market restaurants, Logan Brown in downtown Wellington.
In the award winning TVNZ series Hunger for the Wild they trade the comfort of that restaurant for life on the road as they head for the hills and chase down some of New Zealand's finest and freshest foods bringing us dishes of wild game and seasonal delicacies.
In this ten-part series the boys travel the length of New Zealand from Ninety Mile Beach in the Far North down to remote Stewart Island in the South. Stopping off in some spectacular spots in between; the historic Hokianga Harbour, Rakaia Huts at the mouth of a beautiful braided Canterbury river, the dramatic Mackenzie high country, Great Barrier Island (with a cityside stop off in Auckland's Waitemata harbour), Waimate's snow clad Hunter Hills, Nelson's bountiful Upper Moutere valley, the seafood rich seas of Kaikoura and the stunning Mokau River in Taranaki.
The boys drive to each location in Al's prized 1964 EH Holden and shortly after arriving, decide who hunts for the main dish and who gathers the side ingredients. Going their separate ways, they hook up with local identities who help in their quest; along the way sharing their stories, their history, and in many cases their favourite fishing and hunting spots.
Each episode of Hunger for the Wild finishes off with a meal cooked in a unique and beautiful location. A spicy goat curry is rustled up in an old cow shed on the Mokau River, a seafood bouillabaisse is simmered over an open fire at a Nintey Mile Beach bach, tahr burgers with blue cheese and caramelised onions are whipped up in a wool shed and quail is roasted in a vineyard adobe oven. Simple fresh fare. Delicious and unpretentious and accompanied by plenty of cooking tips and food facts from Steve and Al.
It's a meal that could only be produced in one country and celebrates the very best of it - our beautiful land, our fresh produce and classic Kiwi characters.
Series 1
Series 2
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