ABC serves up Recipe of the Year with Adam Liaw, Pia Miranda, and the iconic CWA

The ABC is bringing Australians together around the kitchen table with Recipe of the Year, a heart-warming cooking competition hosted by beloved cook Adam Liaw and acclaimed actor and food lover Pia Miranda, premiering Sunday 11 October at 7.30pm on ABC TV and ABC iview.

Set on a picturesque country farm, the seven-part series sees home cooks compete for the ultimate title: Australia’s Recipe of the Year. 

From family recipes shaped by culture and passed down through generations, to ingeniously simple weeknight winners that will put a smile on everyone’s face, Recipe of the Year celebrates the stories and flavours that make up Australia today.

Country Women's Association joins the cast

At the heart of the competition is the Country Women’s Association (CWA), bringing generations of cooking wisdom. The home cooks face the formidable CWA judges each week, tackling classic CWA recipes from scones to jam rolls in the hope of winning a coveted CWA ribbon.

The home cooks bring a delicious mix of traditions, cultures and cooking styles, including a 19-year-old cannoli entrepreneur, a Sydney builder whose mother's food provided comfort during wartime, a teacher reconnecting with her late mum through treasured family recipes, and a Malaysian-born home cook sharing the flavours of home with international students.

But this is no ordinary cooking competition. 

Recipes are made to be shared, and each week the home cooks, hosts, and the CWA gather around the table where everyone has a say in which recipe comes out on top. 

Forget the pressure and the pretension. This is home cooking at its best: relatable recipes, inspiring cooks, and stories and recipes that bring Australians together.

Stream feel-good entertainment anytime on ABC iview.