Alive and Cooking

Alive and Cooking

Company type	Television program
Industry	Television broadcasting
Founded	June 2, 2008 (2008-06-02)
Founder	WIN Television
Headquarters	Australia
Area served	Australia
Key people	James Reeson (presenter)
Parent	WIN Television

Alive and Cooking was an Australian culinary program presented by renowned chef James Reeson, produced by WIN Television and broadcast on the WIN Network five days per week.

History

In 2007, WIN Television introduced Alive and Cooking as a successor to Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly, following challenging discussions with Nine Network that resulted in the removal of certain Nine-produced content.

The series debuted on 2 June 2008, airing at 11:30am across most WIN regional channels, a timeslot it retained during its inaugural season. In 2009, after Nine Network discontinued Fresh with the Australian Women's Weekly, Alive and Cooking took over its slot. Subsequently, Nine extended Nine Morning News to a full hour, which led to Alive and Cooking being removed from Nine’s daytime lineup. The program was then rescheduled to 3pm on weekdays by WIN, along with Nine Adelaide, Nine Perth (both owned by WIN), and NBN Television. By July 2010, WIN and NBN shifted the show back to the 11:30am slot, replacing Nine Morning News. From 24 September 2010, Nine resumed broadcasting the series on their digital sub-channel 9Gem.

Availability

The series was broadcast nationally on GEM. After 30 June 2016, it stopped airing on WIN when it transitioned to a Channel Ten program, returning later that year in a 2:30pm timeslot.

Starting 31 July 2017, the eighth season was scheduled for weekdays at 3:30pm on Network Ten, with a total of 70 episodes planned through early November.

Merchandise

A range of "Food For All Seasons" DVDs and cookbooks containing recipes featured on the show have been made available.

James Reeson

James Reeson is a British-born celebrity chef recognized mainly in Australia for his television programs James Can Cook and The Occasional Cook. He has culinary experience working in hotels and cruise ships throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. Reeson initially relocated to Australia to pursue longboard surfing in Victoria before establishing a catering enterprise. His media career began when involvement in a friend’s media project led to exposure on ABC, resulting in several cooking series. He subsequently became the host of Alive and Cooking for WIN Television.

See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of cooking shows
• WIN Television