The Katering Show is an Australian comedy series. It is a parody of cooking shows and current food trends. It stars Australian comedians Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan. It is "the journey of a food intolerant (McCartney) and an intolerable foodie (McLennan)".[1]

The Katering Show
Genre
  • Cooking show
  • Comedy
Created by
Written by
  • Kate McCartney
  • Kate McLennan
Directed by
  • Kate McCartney
  • Kate McLennan
  • Cameron Ford
Starring
  • Kate McCartney
  • Kate McLennan
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14
Production
Executive producers
  • Kate McCartney
  • Kate McLennan
  • Rick Kalowski
  • Brett Sleigh
  • Kevin Whyte
Running time7–12 minutes
Original release
Release10 February 2015 (2015-02-10) –
2016 (2016)
Related
Get Krack!n

Episodes

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Season 1

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Season 1 was released direct to YouTube via the Lead Balloon TV channel commencing in February 2015. Episode 4, which parodies the Thermomix kitchen implement, has had over 2.8 million views (as at 27 May 2023).[2]

  • Episode 1 – Mexicana Festiana
  • Episode 2 – Ethical Eating
  • Episode 3 – We Quit Sugar
  • Episode 4 – Thermomix
  • Episode 5 – Food Porn
  • Episode 6 – Christmas

Season 2

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Season 2 (marketed as Seasoning 2) was picked up by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and a season of 8 episodes was developed to be released through the ABC iview video on demand platform in April 2016.[3] ABC half-funded production for season 2.[4] The episodes were broadcast on free-to-air television.

  • Episode 1 – Red Ramen
  • Episode 2 – Yummy Mummies
  • Episode 3 – It Gets Feta
  • Episode 4 – The Body Issue
  • Episode 5 – The Cook and The Kates
  • Episode 6 – Tying the Not
  • Episode 7 – Chienging Flavours (guest starring Ronny Chieng)
  • Episode 8 – End of Days

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Katering Show's 2nd season just launched!". SBS. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yr_etbfZtQ Thermomix episode on YouTube
  3. ^ Miller, Megan. "The Katering Show makes long-awaited return on ABC iView". Herald Sun. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ^ Christensen, Nic (15 April 2016). "Katering Show creators say they couldn't afford to produce a second season on YouTube". Mumbrella. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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