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Best Episodes of Rick Stein's French Odyssey
Toulouse to Castel Naudary
S1 Ep6
8.3
21st Sep 2005
Rick continues his journey through south-west France on his way to the Mediterranean. At Toulouse he samples the sausages and further downstream he creates France's most popular ready meal, the cassoulet.
Beziers to Sète
S1 Ep9
8.0
12th Oct 2005
Rick arrives at Lake Thau and enjoys seafood dishes, and is inspired to make his own. He navigates through Sète on Bastille Day, with celebrations in full swing.
Homps to Agde
S1 Ep8
8.0
5th Oct 2005
Rick Stein's epic barge journey continues and he starts to smell the salty Mediterranean Sea on the warm breeze. At Narbonne he serves freshly grilled sardines with salad and cold rose wine for the boat crew and Louis, the chef onboard Anjodi, cooks seafood with squid ink pasta.
Worst Episodes of Rick Stein's French Odyssey
Castel Naudary to Homps
S1 Ep7
6.7
28th Sep 2005
Rick continues his journey and fulfils a boyhood dream by visiting the canteen of The French Foreign Legion at Castelnaudary. It inspires him to cook a spicy tagine with couscous and write a postcard home to Chalky to let him know what he's missing.
Padstow to Bordeaux
S1 Ep1
7.3
17th Aug 2005
Rick Stein doesn't waste any time getting into the gourmet swing of things for his gastronomic tour of southern France. No sooner has he waved goodbye to Padstow, than he's seen tucking into steak and frites and a glass of red on the ferry to Brittany, which he announces to be remarkably good.
Agen
S1 Ep3
7.3
31st Aug 2005
Rick Stein journeys along the Canal Lateral a la Garonne and is invited to a BBQ lunch after a morning on the river fishing for shad. He also visits a local market at Nerac and joins the villagers of Bruch for an escargolade.
Rick Stein's French Odyssey Episode Guide
Padstow to Bordeaux
S1 Ep1
7.3
17th Aug 2005
Rick Stein doesn't waste any time getting into the gourmet swing of things for his gastronomic tour of southern France. No sooner has he waved goodbye to Padstow, than he's seen tucking into steak and frites and a glass of red on the ferry to Brittany, which he announces to be remarkably good.
Bordeaux to Bazas
S1 Ep2
8.0
24th Aug 2005
Rick Stein explores the banks of the River Garonne on board a 100-year-old converted barge and savours some French provincial cooking including magret de canard and petit sale. Other dishes included in the programme are clams in white garlic sauce, eels in parsley and garlic butter and steak tartare.
Agen
S1 Ep3
7.3
31st Aug 2005
Rick Stein journeys along the Canal Lateral a la Garonne and is invited to a BBQ lunch after a morning on the river fishing for shad. He also visits a local market at Nerac and joins the villagers of Bruch for an escargolade.
Agen to Moissac
S1 Ep4
7.4
7th Sep 2005
Rick Stein arrives in the city of Agen and continues his barge excursion through South-West France. He tastes the first melon of the season in Quercy, and then cooks the famous Gascon dish poule au pot.
Moissac to Toulouse
S1 Ep5
7.3
14th Sep 2005
Rick Stein joins a local fisherman to go pike fishing on the River Tarn, cooks the popular confit of goose with braised red cabbage and meets a fellow chef in Moissac.
Toulouse to Castel Naudary
S1 Ep6
8.3
21st Sep 2005
Rick continues his journey through south-west France on his way to the Mediterranean. At Toulouse he samples the sausages and further downstream he creates France's most popular ready meal, the cassoulet.
Castel Naudary to Homps
S1 Ep7
6.7
28th Sep 2005
Rick continues his journey and fulfils a boyhood dream by visiting the canteen of The French Foreign Legion at Castelnaudary. It inspires him to cook a spicy tagine with couscous and write a postcard home to Chalky to let him know what he's missing.
Homps to Agde
S1 Ep8
8.0
5th Oct 2005
Rick Stein's epic barge journey continues and he starts to smell the salty Mediterranean Sea on the warm breeze. At Narbonne he serves freshly grilled sardines with salad and cold rose wine for the boat crew and Louis, the chef onboard Anjodi, cooks seafood with squid ink pasta.
Beziers to Sète
S1 Ep9
8.0
12th Oct 2005
Rick arrives at Lake Thau and enjoys seafood dishes, and is inspired to make his own. He navigates through Sète on Bastille Day, with celebrations in full swing.
Aigues Mort to Marseille
S1 Ep10
12th Oct 2005
Rick Stein's epic barge journey comes to an end in Marseilles with the most famous seafood dish of all, bouillabaisse.
The best rated episodes of Rick Stein's French Odyssey are:
Toulouse to Castel Naudary S1E6 rated 8.3
Beziers to Sète S1E9 rated 8.0
Homps to Agde S1E8 rated 8.0
The lowest rated episodes of Rick Stein's French Odyssey are:
Castel Naudary to Homps S1E7 rated 6.7
Padstow to Bordeaux S1E1 rated 7.3
Agen S1E3 rated 7.3
The first episode of Rick Stein's French Odyssey aired on August 17, 2005.
The last episode of Rick Stein's French Odyssey aired on October 12, 2005.
There are 10 episodes of Rick Stein's French Odyssey.
There is one season of Rick Stein's French Odyssey.
