The Chef Presents

*The Chef Presents*
The Chef Presents
Genre	Cooking show
Presented by	Willi Koeppen
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
Production
Running time	5 minutes; 15 minutes;
Original release
Network	HSV-7
Release	1957 –; 1959

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Wednesday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 12 September 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
^ "Thursday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 12 September 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
^ "Monday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 1 January 1959. p. 9. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
^ "Monday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 14 May 1959. p. 9. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
^ Robinson, Russell (14 May 2012). "The cook, the sleaze and his killer". Herald Sun. Melbourne: The Herald and Weekly Times. Retrieved 9 February 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Bayley, Andrew (18 August 2012). "Whatever happened to Willi Koeppen?". Television.AU. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

External links[edit]

The Chef Presents at IMDb

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[The_Age_1957-09-12-1] "Wednesday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 12 September 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

[2] "Thursday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 12 September 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

[3] "Monday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 1 January 1959. p. 9. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

[4] "Monday Television". Radio/TV Supplement. The Age. Melbourne. 14 May 1959. p. 9. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

[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.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] Bayley, Andrew (18 August 2012). "Whatever happened to Willi Koeppen?". Television.AU. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

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