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| image                = Food Lovers' Guide to Australia Logo.png
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| genre                = [[Documentary film|Documentary]], [[food]]
| based_on             = ''The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide''
| caption              = 
| creator              = [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS TV]]
| developer            = 
| presenter            = Maeve O'Meara <br/> Joanna Savill <br/> Tony Tan
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| country              = Australia
| language             = English
| executive_producer   = Margaret Murphy <br/> Giampaolo Pertosi <br/> Toufic Charabati
| num_seasons          = 5
| num_episodes         = 70
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
*Maeve O'Meara 
*Joanna Savill 
*Jacqui Sykes 
*Susan Wallace
}}
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| runtime              = 30 minutes
| network              = [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS TV]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1996|12|21|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2005|12|14|df=y}}
| related              = Wine Lovers' Guide to Australia 
}}

'''''The Food Lovers' Guide to Australia''''' is an Australian [[cooking show|food]] and [[travel documentary|travel]] television show presented by Maeve O'Meara and Joanna Savill and produced and broadcast by [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]. In the series, O'Meara and Savill travel across Australia, discovering the country's multicultural culinary delights and showcasing the talents of home cooks and professional chefs. The series first aired on 21 December 1996, and ran for five seasons, with the fifth season premiering on 14 September 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A368901;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10|title=Title Details: Food Lovers' Guide of Australia. Series 1.|date=2007|publisher=NFSA|accessdate=4 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Season5">{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/rewind-20050915-ge0va5.html|title=Rewind|date=15 September 2005|publisher=The Age|accessdate=4 February 2019}}</ref> The series has won numerous awards, including the ''World Food Media Award'' for ''Best Food/Drink TV show'' in 2005; and a plethora of Australian food broadcasting awards.<ref>{{cite book |date=2006 |title= SBS Annual Report 2005-2006 |url= http://media.sbs.com.au/home/upload_media/site_20_rand_584847230_annual_report_2005_06.pdf|publisher= SBS|location= Australia |page= 12}}</ref>

==Series overview==
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| start1     = {{Start date|1996|12|21|df=y}}
| end1       = {{N/A}}

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| episodes2  = 13
| start2     = 1999
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==See also==
{{Portal|Australia|Food|Television}}
*[[List of Australian television series]]
*[[List of cooking shows]]
*[[List of programs broadcast by Special Broadcasting Service]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A368901;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''The Food Lovers Guide To Australia'' at the National Film and Sound Archive]

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[[Category:Special Broadcasting Service original programming]]
[[Category:Australian cooking television series]]
[[Category:1996 Australian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2006 Australian television series endings]]


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