My Family Feast

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Program Information
My Family Feast
Brand new SBS food program My Family Feast
launches post Ashes in the Food timeslot.
Following in the traditions of hit SBS program
Food Safari the brand new series takes the viewer
into the lives and cooking traditions of
Australian immigrant families. Each week host,
chef Sean Connolly, is welcomed into the home of
an Australian family learning to cook traditional
celebration dishes, many of which have been
passed through many generations.
These families teach Sean and our audiences how
to cook a family feast, introduce them to their
families and share their cultural traditions.
Each week a different celebration and culture is
featured providing amazing insights to the
diversity of cuisine in Australia while providing
plenty of new challenges for the home chef.
Cuisines covered include Congolese, Cuban,
Argentinean, Balinese and Afghan.
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My Family Feast
Sean Connolly
My Family Feast is hosted by the current Head
Chef from Astral restaurant at Star City, Sean
Connolly, a job which he has held since
1995. After arriving in Australia on a working
holiday in 1988 Sean fell in love with the local
produce and emerging food scene and worked in a
wide variety of sous chef roles. In 2008 Sean
Connolly was awarded Sydney Morning Herald and GQ
Magazine Chef of the year award.
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Program Information
My Family Feast
Online My Family Feast will have a home as part
of the successful SBS Food website. Content from
the show will include video content of Sean
Connolly preparing 6 different home recipes
submitted from users of the site. Additionally
there will be program information, catch up
viewing and recipes from each of the shows. Sean
will be hosting a blog on a regular basis and
there will be factsheets on the various areas of
cuisine covered in the program. Overall the
content will be a strong addition to the overall
food site, deeply engaging with the program
viewers and delivering online opportunities for
them to get involved with features from the show.
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My Family Feast
Food Safari Series 3
SBS Monday Peak (1800-2230)
The third series of Food Safari was a huge
success attracting an average audience of 379,000
to the 1930 timeslot, the most successful series
of the program to date. Viewing was up 6 on the
previous series and up an incredible 35 on the
first series illustrating how the food
programming on the network continues to perform.
35 Growth
379,000
281,000
Series 1
Series 3
Source OzTAM Audience by Program.
Overall Food Safari Series 3 was 17 higher than
the timeslot average in 2008 as it remains the
top SBS performing food program. My Family Feast
is expected to continue the success of Food
Safari creating strong connections with the loyal
food audience.