The Chef Presents

The Chef Presents was an early Australian television series, which aired from 1957 to 1959 on Melbourne station HSV-7, and was hosted by Willi Koeppen,[1] who became a celebrity in Melbourne due to the series. At one point, the series aired in a 5-minute time-slot,[2] later expanding to a 15-minute timeslot at 7:15 p.m.[1] before being moved to 2:15 p.m.,[3] and finally aired at 4:00 p.m.[4] In 1976, long after the series ended, Koeppen mysteriously vanished.[5] One of the earliest cooking shows on Australian television,[6] there is little information available on the series, and it is unlikely that any kinescope recordings exist of it.

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (12 September 1957). "Wednesday Television". The Age. Melbourne. p. 11.
  2. ↑ Staff (12 September 1957). "Thursday Television". The Age. Melbourne. p. 12.
  3. ↑ Staff (1 January 1959). "Monday Television". The Age. Melbourne. p. 9.
  4. ↑ Staff (14 May 1959). "Monday Television". The Age. Melbourne. p. 9.
  5. ↑ Robinson, Russell (14 May 2012). "The cook, the sleaze and his killer". Herald Sun. Melbourne: The Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Bayley, Andrew (18 August 2012). "Whatever happened to Willi Koeppen?". Television.au. Retrieved 9 February 2014.


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