Surfing the Menu - Season 2 (2004)

Octopus salad with tomato, lime and chilli

Mornington Peninsula is an hours drive east of Melbourne. It is bound on three sides by water and in addition to being the weekender destination for Melbournites, is also an agricultural and viticultural mecca. Ben and Curtis find themselves at Herronswood, an historic property that propagates ancient herbs and vegetables that have previously been thought to have become extinct. Taste-filled tomatoes, purple carrots, golden cauliflower and so on. The seeds are then sold worldwide. Here they meet the café chef, Gerard, who offers to take them surfing. Unbeknown to them...

Barbecued pork belly with Ben's special sauce

Roast beetroot and goats' curd salad

Terrine of blueberries and sweet wine