A half-hour entertainment series that serves up a delectable combination of political discussion and good food. Each week one of Australia's most respected political commentators - Annabel Crabb - takes a plate and leads us into the homes and hearts of some of our most notable and engaging politicians.
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Best Episodes of Kitchen Cabinet
Dai Le
S7 Ep1
9.0
15th Aug 2023
Join Annabel Crabb for a brand new season as she breaks bread with eight of the Federal Parliament's most fascinating and powerful figures from across the political spectrum. In this episode Western Sydney Independent Dai Le.
Anthony Albanese & Christopher Pyne
S5 Ep2
9.0
4th Nov 2015
In a Kitchen Cabinet first, Annabel Crabb presides over a cross party lunch, when Liberal Minister Christopher Pyne dines with Labor MP Anthony Albanese at a Canberra Chinese restaurant.
Christine Milne
S2 Ep6
9.0
14th Nov 2012
Over an onion and goats cheese tart, Greens Leader Christine Milne talks to Annabel about gun control laws in Tasmania and what it's like to be called 'the mother of teenage sodomy'.
Linda Burney
S7 Ep3
8.0
29th Aug 2023
Labor Minister Linda Burney tells Annabel Crabb the remarkable tale of her childhood, the lessons she learnt from grief and her journey to become the first Indigenous woman to sit in the federal House of Representatives.
Ricky Muir
S5 Ep3
8.0
11th Nov 2015
Annabel Crabb travels to Gippsland to meet Senator Ricky Muir, who started election night 2013 as an anonymous petrol head & ended it as a senator elected on the lowest-ever proportion of the primary vote.
Scott Morrison
S5 Ep1
8.0
28th Oct 2015
This week, Annabel Crabb visits Liberal heavy hitter, Scott Morrison. He's at home in the kitchen preparing Sri Lankan fish curry, chapattis and samosas - or 'ScoMosas' as his staff hilariously call them.
Warren Entsch
S4 Ep6
8.0
25th Nov 2014
Annabel heads to Far North QLD to meet Coalition MP Warren Entsch. Warren picks Annabel up on his motorbike and they zoom to his property outside Cairns where he prepares a seafood feast freshly caught from the Torres Strait.
Nick Xenophon
S3 Ep3
8.0
16th Jul 2013
Annabel Crabb offers dessert in exchange for dinner from a federal politician. Nick 'No Pokies' Xenophon invites Annabel to his Adelaide office, which is decked out with a fully operational kitchen.
Worst Episodes of Kitchen Cabinet
Penny Wong
S1 Ep3
2.0
7th Mar 2012
Prior to the 2013 Election Annabel Crabb visited the home of Australia's most influential politicians. Revisit their conversations & test the culinary skills of then Finance Minister, now Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong.
Joe Hockey
S2 Ep1
2.0
10th Oct 2012
Annabel Crabb cooks up a storm with some of Australia's most surprising politicians. Revisit then Shadow Treasurer (now Treasurer) Joe Hockey's BBQ as he reveals gossip on Canberra's most famous share house.
Malcolm Turnbull
S3 Ep1
2.0
2nd Jul 2013
Before he became Australia's 29th Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull sat down with Annabel Crabb in April 2013 for a relaxed and wide-ranging chat over a lunch of yabbies on his country NSW property.
Doug Cameron
S3 Ep6
2.0
6th Aug 2013
Annabel heads to the Blue Mountains in NSW to check the pulse of the Labor party with candid Senator Doug Cameron.
Amanda Vanstone and Christopher Pyne
S1 Ep1
3.0
22nd Feb 2012
Christopher Pyne is one of the legendary dinner companions in the Liberal Party. The problem is, Pyne can't cook. Luckily former Howard Government minister Amanda Vanstone is a dynamo in the kitchen.
Lidia Thorpe
S7 Ep4
4.0
5th Sep 2023
Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe is one of the Parliament's most recognisable faces. Noted for her fiery ways, Thorpe also has a ribald sense of humour. Annabel delves into what has shaped her life and views.
Nigel Scullion
S1 Ep2
4.5
29th Feb 2012
Political commentator Annabel Crabb joins Opposition Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion. Nigel cooks a chilli mud crab and a Nothern Territory tasting plate. Annabel's dessert is a mango and lemon myrtle trifle.
Barnaby Joyce
S2 Ep4
4.5
31st Oct 2012
After his election as Leader of the Nationals we revisit Barnaby Joyce's 2012 Kitchen Cabinet. Annabel Crabb travelled to St. George in Queensland to speak to the then-Senator, prior to his elevation to Deputy Prime Minister.
Kitchen Cabinet Episode Guide
Amanda Vanstone and Christopher Pyne
S1 Ep1
3.0
22nd Feb 2012
Christopher Pyne is one of the legendary dinner companions in the Liberal Party. The problem is, Pyne can't cook. Luckily former Howard Government minister Amanda Vanstone is a dynamo in the kitchen.
Nigel Scullion
S1 Ep2
4.5
29th Feb 2012
Political commentator Annabel Crabb joins Opposition Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion. Nigel cooks a chilli mud crab and a Nothern Territory tasting plate. Annabel's dessert is a mango and lemon myrtle trifle.
Penny Wong
S1 Ep3
2.0
7th Mar 2012
Prior to the 2013 Election Annabel Crabb visited the home of Australia's most influential politicians. Revisit their conversations & test the culinary skills of then Finance Minister, now Opposition Senate Leader Penny Wong.
Julie Bishop
S1 Ep4
14th Mar 2012
Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie Bishop has survived three bloody leadership battles. So what makes this Adelaide born blue-blood-known for her famous 'death stare' - tick?
Tanya Plibersek
S1 Ep5
21st Mar 2012
Tanya Plibersek talks to Annabel about motherhood, her immigrant father, and her husband's journey from trafficking to public service - all while preparing stuffed zucchini flowers, and a superb trout pasta.
Dick Adams
S1 Ep6
8.0
28th Mar 2012
Dick Adams, the long-standing member for the seat of Lyons on the wild western Tasmanian coast, wrestles a 20 kilogram salmon into a stainless steel poacher as Annabel counters with dessert Tarte Tatin.
