A best-selling author and an award-winning filmmaker from the Sunshine Coast have signed a deal with an entertainment giant, which will highlight the region’s stunning landscape and produce.
Home cooking author Kim McCosker and producer and Sunny Coast Showdown winner Sam Robinson will present The Easiest Cooking Show Ever, with the six-episode series premiering via cable network Foxtel in Australia from February.
Mr Robinson said it was Mrs McCosker’s passion for the region and its people that convinced him to be part of the project.
“Kim was the driving force behind the show. Her attitude was ‘build it and they will come’,” he said.
“It was her love of the Sunshine Coast and the success of her 4 Ingredients cookbooks that really inspired me,” he said.
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Mrs McCosker said the show made every effort to showcase the area’s best assets.
“We got some amazing help from the local Food and Agri Network members and championed the amazing local locations we all love – Yandina Markets, the beautiful Bulcock Beach, the Glass House Mountains to name just a few,” she said.
“We’re super excited about it.”
Mrs McCosker has sold more than nine million cookbooks around the world.
She said the show was made on the back of that success.
“We went to our (social media) platforms and asked readers what would you like us to cook?” Mrs McCosker said.
“That’s how we chose the recipes we included in the six episodes.”
Mr Robinson, who last year won the major award at the Sunny Coast Showdown film incubator and festival, was overwhelmed when Foxtel contacted his video production company, Wild Bunch Media, looking for content.
“They had heard about the success I had with the Showdown and said, ‘can you put us in touch with your CFO’,” he said.
“We’re only a growing production company and I had to suddenly put on that new hat.”
Mr Robinson believed winning the Showdown was integral to Foxtel finding out about The Easiest Cooking Show Ever.
“The fact that my other show, The Recipe Collector, was in the Showdown and was picked up by Matchbox Pictures gave us a bit of kudos,” he said.
“And what I learned through the mentorship of the Showdown was invaluable when talking to Foxtel.”
Mr Robinson said Foxtel has indicated interest in a second season of The Easiest Cooking Show Ever and he is on the hunt for supporters and investors. Contact info@wildbunchmedia.com.
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