The Chef Presents

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.

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 (1957) – 1959 (1959)

References

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.

External links

• The Chef Presents at IMDb