9 June 2015 – Asian Food Channel has green-lit two new formats, Family Kitchen with Sherson and Cooking for Love. Both original commissions are 6 x 30min series and will premiere in August and September 2015 respectively.
Family Kitchen with Sherson is a journey into cooking with a traditional Malaysian family, hosted by celebrity cook Sherson Lian and his mother, Ann Lian. The program will bring together two generations of culinary wisdom, highlighting both cooks’ skills and passion for food.
The Lians will serve up some of their most treasured family recipes and share the stories behind them. Ann will prepare a range of delicious traditional delicacies, while Sherson will add a modern twist to the traditional fare.
The second commission, Cooking for Love, is based on the premise that the way to a person’s heart is through their stomach. Asian Food Channel’s Food Hero 2014 winner, Sarah Benjamin, and television personality and chef, Nik Michael Imran are pitted against each other to create an innovative home cooked menu for special family events.
In each episode, Sarah and Nik are challenged to come up with a show-stopping menu for all occasions from birthday parties to anniversaries. After each meal the family will vote for which chef won their hearts and their stomachs!
CheeK, Head of Creative, Content and Marketing, Scripps Networks Interactive, Asia Pacific said, “We are excited to be able to bring families and friends closer together through their shared love for food with these two new original productions. Both Family Kitchen with Sherson and Cooking for Love tell personal stories that are relatable to our viewers and feature familiar hosts on a channel that our viewers have grown to trust and love when it comes to all things food.”
Family Kitchen with Sherson will be produced by Double Vision in Malaysia while Cooking for Love will be produced by Refinery Media in Singapore for the Asian Food Channel. Both original series are part of an ongoing plan to increase the channel’s original programming slate.
For more information about Asian Food Channel and its latest original series, please visit www.asianfoodchannel.com or the Asian Food Channel Facebook page at www.facebook.com/asianfoodchannel.
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About Asian Food Channel
Asian Food Channel (AFC) is the region’s leading food-focused channel that celebrates the unique Asian culinary experience with the added touch of global flavor. AFC entertains viewers with a range of local and international content from reality, lifestyle to travelogue program formats. It believes in celebrating the rich history and story behind Asia’s most beloved cuisines and continues to grow its library of originally produced Asian content, breaking boundaries with new and exciting programs such as Must Try: Asia, Amazing Food Challenge: Fun in the Philippines and How to Make It: Culinary Dreams.
In 2014, AFC was ranked the number one lifestyle channel among women aged 25-54 in Singapore and the number one lifestyle channel during primetime (6pm-12mn) among the same audience group in Malaysia respectively.
For more information about Asian Food Channel please visit www.asianfoodchannel.com or Asian Food Channel Facebook page (www.facebook.com/asianfoodchannel).
About Scripps Networks Interactive
Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI) is one of the leading developers of engaging lifestyle content in the home, food and travel categories for television, the Internet and emerging platforms. Its lifestyle media portfolio comprises popular television and Internet brands HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and Great American Country, which collectively reach more than 190 million U.S. consumers each month. Companion websites complement on-air programming with video and social media that inform and inspire.
Scripps Networks International, a division of SNI, distributes seven entertainment brands including Asian Food Channel, Cooking Channel, DIY Network, Fine Living, Food Network, HGTV and Travel Channel in nearly 180 countries and territories across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean. The division oversees the company’s joint-venture partnerships with BBC Worldwide in UKTV in the UK and with Shaw Media in Canada as well as program licensing. Scripps Networks International is headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., and New York, NY, with regional offices in London, Miami, Milan, São Paulo and Singapore. For more information, please visit http://www.scrippsnetworksinteractive.com
Based on ratings among AFC, Food Network, TLC, Nat Geo People, BBC Lifestyle, FYI (Source: Kantar Media Singapore (2014))
Based on ratings among AFC, Food Network HD, TLC, Life Inspired HD (Source: AGBNMR Malaysia (2014))
Family Kitchen with Sherson Images: https://sni.box.com/s/max1x8qcuzjz7kco097hs1t2awso7ddq
Cooking for Love Images: https://sni.box.com/s/smkqxttkd8iw1w3fl6moxltegcvonp5r
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