The Chef Presents

Overview

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, who became a celebrity in Melbourne due to the series. At one point aired in a 5-minute time-slot, it later expanded to a 15-minute timeslot at 7:15PM, before being moved to 2:15PM and then aired at 4:00PM. In 1976, long after the series ended, Koeppen mysteriously vanished. One of the earliest cooking shows on Australian television, there is little information available on the series, and it is unlikely that any kinescope recordings exist of it.