Aussie Barbecue Heroes

Aussie Barbecue Heroes
Title card of Aussie Barbecue Heroes
Starring	Ben O'Donoghue Robert Murphy Jess Pryles
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	18 November – 22 December 2015
External links
Website

Aussie Barbecue Heroes (also known as Aussie BBQ Heroes) is an Australian reality competition television series on the Seven Network. The series features nine teams competing in a series of barbecue cooking challenges for A$100,000 worth of prizes.^[1][2]

The series is hosted by television chef Ben O'Donoghue, who also acts as a judge alongside former My Kitchen Rules contestant Robert Murphy and Australasian Barbecue Alliance co-founder Jess Pryles.^[3]

Broadcast

The series premiered on 18 November 2015^[4] and continued to air through the summer non-ratings period on the Seven Network.^[2] From the fourth episode, the series moved from Wednesday nights to Tuesdays.^[5]

Teams

Nine teams of two people with a pre-existing relationship will compete in the series.^[6]

Team	Members	Relationship	Status
Shank Brothers	Mikey and Ralphy	Friends	Winners
Love Meat Tender	Becky and Ricky	Engaged	Runners up
Natural Born Grillers	Andrew and Pam	Couple	Eliminated (episode 5)
All about that Baste	Suzanne and Joanne	Neighbours	Eliminated (episode 5)
Flamin' Mongrels	Brett and Adrian	Friends	Eliminated (episode 4)
Running Hot	Greta and Dean	Friends	Eliminated (episode 4)
The Shanes	Shane and Shayne	Friends	Eliminated (episode 3)
Nice and Spicy	Priyanka and Rima	Friends	Eliminated (episode 2)
Country Champs	Annie and Veronica	Friends	Eliminated (episode 1)

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	Australian viewers
1	Episode One	18 November 2015	682,000[7]
The Country Champs (Annie and Veronica), Running Hot (Greta and Dean) and the Shank Brothers (Mikey and Ralphy) go head-to-head in the first knockout round, where one team will be eliminated.[8]
2	Episode Two	25 November 2015	465,000[9]
The Natural Born Grillers (Andrew and Pam), Flamin' Mongrels (Brett and Adrian) and Nice and Spicy (Priyanka and Rima) compete in the second knockout round, where one team will be eliminated.[10]
3	Episode Three	2 December 2015	479,000[11]
The Shanes (Shane and Shayne), All about that Baste (Suzanne and Joanne) and Love Meat Tender (Becky and Ricky) compete in the final elimination heat, in a challenge to cook the perfect steak.[12]
4	Semi Final 1	8 December 2015[5]	N/A
Flamin' Mongrels (Brett and Adrian), Running Hot (Greta and Dean) and Love Meat Tender (Becky and Ricky) compete in the first semi final, in a beachside challenge where only one team will progress to the grand final.[13]
5	Semi Final 2	15 December 2015[14]	428,000[15]
The remaining teams Shank Brothers (Mikey and Ralphy), The Natural Born Grillers (Andrew and Pam) and All about that Baste (Suzanne and Joanne) compete in the second and last semi final, where the winner will progress to the grand final to meet Love Meat Tender (Becky and Ricky).[14]
6	Grand Final	22 December 2015[16]	397,000[17]
The Shank Brothers (Mikey and Ralphy) and Love Meat Tender (Becky and Ricky) fire up the barbecue for the Christmas grand final, where we will find out whose barbeque will reign supreme.[16]

References

1. Byrnes, Holly (18 October 2015). "Hot Plate was a fizzer so will Aussie BBQ Heroes fare any better in the reality TV stakes?". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
2. Knox, David (18 October 2015). "Seven to serve up Aussie BBQ Heroes for summer". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
3. Goulopoulos, Sophie (18 October 2015). "Dishing out his verdict: My Kitchen Rules' slow-talking Texan Robert Murphy to judge debut season of Aussie Barbecue Heroes". Daily Mail Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
4. Knox, David (9 November 2015). "Airdate: Aussie Barbecue Heroes". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
5. "Preview: Tuesday 8 December". Yahoo!7 TV. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
6. "IN PICTURES: Aussie Barbecue Heroes: Meet the teams". Yahoo!7 TV. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
7. Knox, David (19 November 2015). "Wednesday 18 November 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
8. "Aussie BBQ Heroes: Wed 18 Nov, season 1 episode 1". Yahoo!7 TV. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
9. Knox, David (26 November 2015). "Wednesday 25 November 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
10. "Aussie BBQ Heroes: Wed 25 Nov, season 2 episode 2". Yahoo!7 TV. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
11. Perry, Kevin (3 December 2015). "Wednesday 2nd December 2015". Decider TV. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
12. "Aussie Barbecue Heroes: Preview - Wednesday 2nd December". Yahoo!7 TV. 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
13. "Aussie BBQ Heroes: Tue 8 Dec, season 1 episode 4". Yahoo!7 TV. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
14. "Preview: Tuesday 15th December". Yahoo!7 TV. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
15. Knox, David (16 December 2015). "Ratings: Tuesday 15 December 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
16. "Aussie Barbecue Heroes: Preview - Tuesday 22nd December". Yahoo!7 TV. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
17. Knox, David (23 December 2015). "Tuesday 22 December 2015". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

External links

• Official website