Alive and Cooking is an Australian television cooking show hosted by James Reeson. It is produced by WIN Television and airs on a number of television channels within Australia.

Contents 1 History 2 James Reeson 3 Availability 4 See also 5 References

[edit] History

In 2007, WIN Television announced a new cooking show to replace Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly, a similar show provided by the Nine Network. At the time, WIN were in the middle of intense negotiations with Nine, which resulted in the removal of some Nine-produced programs from the schedule.^[1]

Alive and Cooking aired its first show on Monday 2 June 2008 at 11.30am on most of WIN's regional stations.^[2] It remained in that time slot for the duration of the entire first season. In 2009, the Nine Network axed Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly and replaced it with Alive and Cooking.^[3] Soon after, the network expanded Nine Morning News to one hour. As a result, WIN and NBN moved the show to 3pm weekdays, while the Nine Network dropped it from their schedule.

A DVD containing the first season was launched in May 2009. A second season is currently in production.

[edit] James Reeson

James Reeson is a UK celebrity chef. He is renowned for his television cooking shows James Can Cook and The Occasional Cook. He was also a chef in various hotels and on cruise ships around Europe and the Mediterranean. He moved permanently to Australia to host Alive and Cooking.^[4]

[edit] Availability

Alive and Cooking is broadcast on a number of television channels in Australia. WIN and NBN in regional Australia, and Channel Nine in Adelaide and Perth air the show at 3pm weekdays. Subscription TV channel Lifestyle Food also airs the show at 4.30pm weekdays.

[edit] See also

• Huey's Cooking Adventures
• WIN Television

[edit] References

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