Kitchen Cabinet (television show)

Kitchen Cabinet is a TV program^[1] in Australia on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC1 channel, hosted by Annabel Crabb.

Format

The format is an informal interview program with Australian politicians over a meal prepared by both Crabb and her guest, normally in their home. Crabb brings a dessert and the guest provides their choice of main meal. It is in the 30-minute format.

On several occasions, there have been two guests, typically with one being a self-confessed non-cook who brings in a helper. Crabb chats with the guest(s) during the preparation, and the meal while they eat.

Crabb's being pescotarian has meant that on some occasions the protein for her has been fish-based. Her food preference has also been a factor in her preparation of the desserts.

During the later part of Series 2 (late 2012), Crabb was visibly pregnant with her third child.

The show has received mostly positive reviews.^[2][3]

Guests

Guests on the show have included Federal Ministers Penny Wong and Tanya Plibersek, and Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop.

Crabb has said that her most memorable show was with Senator Nigel Scullion, when he took her collecting crustaceans in the coastal mud flats of the Northern Territory.^[4]

2013 Federal Election Kitchen Cabinet shows

During the 2013 Australian Federal Election, Crabb taped two shows for Kitchen Cabinet,^[5] beyond the previously normal 6 episodes, with the leaders of the major opposing parties, Tony Abbott (Liberal Party of Australia) and Kevin Rudd (Australian Labor Party) with these shows being broadcast on successive nights in the last week of the political campaign, on Wednesday 4 September and Thursday 5 September respectively.

References

External links

• Official website
  • Episodes
• Kitchen Cabinet at the Internet Movie Database