All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Mud Crabs

    • May 12, 2014
    • ZDF.Kultur

    Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.

  • S01E02 African Wild Honey And Game Meat

    • ZDF.Kultur

    In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.

  • S01E03 Crayfish

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.

  • S01E04 Rice And Fowl

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.

  • S01E05 Lake Victoria Whitebait

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.

  • S01E06 Prawns

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.

  • S01E07 Mt. Kenya Trout

    • ZDF.Kultur

    This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.

  • S01E08 Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.

  • S01E09 Tea and Molo Lamb

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran visits the Kericho man-made tea fields and learns the process of tea picking; he then travels to the Molo region where he smokes a prize Molo lamb with the tea leaves.

  • S01E10 Octopus

    • ZDF.Kultur

    A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.

  • S01E11 Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.

  • S01E12 Sailfish

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Kampala, Uganda

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Locals seize the chance to nab grasshoppers using a 'corridor of lights', a gauntlet of bright bulbs and smoke to catch and consume this newfound food alternative.

  • S02E02 Amhara, Ethiopia

    • ZDF.Kultur

    The spongy, pancake like injeera is a famous staple Ethiopian food made from the iron rich grain, teff; Kiran samples injera for the first time at a traditional Ethiopian restaurant.

  • S02E03 Lamu, Kenya

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran will join fishermen from Pate, and attempt to dive for lobster, continually aware that he might become fish-food himself.

  • S02E04 Mt Elgon, Uganda

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran joins the Bagisu men into the forests to find the bamboo shoots and any other natural foods to cook up malewa.

  • S02E05 Kilifi, Kenya

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Quest for the ugly but delicious custard apple widely known as the 'bullock's heart' or 'bull's heart'.

  • S02E06 Jinja, Uganda

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran attempts to catch numerous fish including the much sought after Nile Perch on Lake Victoria.

  • S02E07 Gurage, Ethiopia

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran witnesses a full day on a local cattle farm on the outskirts of Nasret; he sees bulls reared, the large number of butcheries and the first slaughter of the day.

  • S02E08 Samburu, Kenya

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Kiran visits his new friend Samburu's perfect plump pumpkin patch that also grows cabbage and sukuma wiki.

  • S02E11 Entebbe, Uganda

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Chef Kiran explores Uganda's bar food culture.

  • S02E12 Baringo, Kenya

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Chef Kiran tries spear fishing in Lake Baringo, Kenya.

  • S02E13 Jimma, Ethiopia

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Chef Kiran takes a coffee tour through Ethiopia.

  • S02E14 Kaloleni, Kenya

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Chef Kiran tries some unusual meats, like rat and crocodile.

  • S02E15 Best of

    • ZDF.Kultur

    Some of the best and most memorable scenes from the past season.

Season 3