''Kitchen Cabinet'' is an Australian interview television program that is broadcast on

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. It is hosted by Annabel Crabb. On the program, Crabb chats with the interview subjects while they prepare a meal together.

Format

The format is an informal interview program with Australian politicians over a meal prepared by both Crabb and her guest, normally in the guest's home. Crabb brings a

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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. The show has received mostly positive reviews.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2012)

Season 3 (2013)

Season 4 (2014)

Season 5 (2015)

Season 6 (2016)

Guests

Crabb has said that her most memorable show was with Senator

Nigel Scullion Nigel Gregory Scullion (born 4 May 1956) is a former Australian politician who was a Australian Senate, Senator for the Northern Territory from 2001 to 2019. He was a member of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) and sat with the National Party of A ...

, when he took her collecting crustaceans in the coastal

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s of the Northern Territory.Ten questions for Annabel Crabb
Nick Leys, The Australian, 2 September 2013, accessed 3 December 2018.

2013 Federal Election ''Kitchen Cabinet'' shows

During the

2013 Australian federal election The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Aus ...

, Crabb taped two shows for ''Kitchen Cabinet'',Kitchen Cabinet special: Rudd and Abbott - The aprons are on
ABC News Online, 19 August 2013, accessed 4 September 2013 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.

2016 Federal Election ''Kitchen Cabinet'' shows

During the

2016 Australian federal election The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period. It ...

, Crabb again taped two shows for ''Kitchen Cabinet'' with the leaders of the major opposing parties, Malcolm Turnbull ( Liberal Party of Australia) and Bill Shorten ( Australian Labor Party)

References

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