''Luke Nguyen's Vietnam'' is an Australian television series first screened on
SBS One
SBS is a multicultural public TV network in Australia. Launched on 24 October 1980, it is the responsibility of SBS's television division, and is available nationally. In 2024, SBS had a 9.3% audience share, compared to 2023 when SBS had an 8. ...
in 2010. The series follows chef,
Luke Nguyen
Luke Nguyen (; born 8 September 1978) is an Australian chef, restaurateur and television presenter of Vietnamese descent.
Early life
In 1977, Luke Nguyen's family escaped Vietnam by boat to Thailand in search of a new life. Upon arriving in Thail ...
, as he tours
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
seeking culinary delights and adventure. It is regularly broadcast on
Good Food
Good Food (formerly UK Food and UKTV Food) was a British pay television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, latterly as part of the Discovery, Inc. network of channels. The channel originally launched on 5November 2001 and ...
, a UK food-orientated TV channel.
Luke Nguyen
Luke Nguyen (born 1978) is a
Vietnamese Australian
Vietnamese Australians () are Australians of Vietnamese descent. Vietnamese Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Vietnamese diaspora.
At the 2021 census, 334,781 people stated that they had Vietnamese ancestry (whether ...
chef, best known as the host of television series ''Luke Nguyen's Vietnam''. The series is a food documentary, in which he travels through Vietnam, cooking in the ad hoc manner of the street vendors in the country, usually preparing the dish on the footpaths.
Luke Nguyen's Vietnam on SBS
/ref> He appeared on ''MasterChef Australia (season 2)
The second series of the Australian cookery game show ''MasterChef Australia'' premiered on 19 April 2010 on Network Ten, concluding on 25 July 2010 when Adam Liaw was named the winner.
The series finale was predicted to be such a success with ...
'' as a guest chef.
He is also the owner of Red Lantern restaurant in Surry Hills
Surry Hills is an Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), inner-east suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local gover ...
, Sydney and is the author of a number of cook books.
He's a current judge of MasterChef Vietnam.
Season One
* Episode 1: Saigon
* Episode 2: Saigon
* Episode 3: Mekong delta
* Episode 4: Phu Quoc Island
* Episode 5: Phan thiet and mui ne
* Episode 6: Dalat
* Episode 7: Nha trang
* Episode 8: Quy nhon
* Episode 9: Hoi an
* Episode 10: Hoi an 2
Season Two
* Episode 1: Hue
* Episode 2: Vinh
* Episode 3: Ninh Binh
* Episode 4: Hanoi
* Episode 5: Greater Hanoi
* Episode 6: Sapa
* Episode 7: Sapa 2
* Episode 8: Bac Ha
* Episode 9: Halong Bay
* Episode 10: Mai Chau
References
External links
Luke Nguyen's Vietnam on SBS
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Special Broadcasting Service original programming
Australian cooking television series