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Rick Stein's Seafood Odyssey - Episode Guide

Season 1

Naples

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1999

Naples

Rick celebrates the abundance of seafood and rich, colourful sauces of Naples. He visits Suffolk for North Sea cod with beer, bacon and cabbage and takes a trip on the Thames to eat fresh brown shrimp.

Turbot

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1999

Turbot

Rick Stein travels to Goa, where he prepares prawn caldine and spicy Goan lobster. Closer to home, he catches turbot off the Cornish coast and cooks it with cider and cream in his newly refurbished kitchen.

Percebes

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1999

Percebes

Rick Stein travels to Galicia in Spain to attend the collection and festival of percebes (goose barnacles) and creates dishes using hake and clams. Returning to Britain, he sings the praises of the humble cockle.

Goa

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1999

Goa

The series about places that have influenced the cooking of Rick Stein continues with spicy shark vindaloo and dhal with lentils in Goa, and freshwater oysters in crab cakes in America's Chesapeake Bay. In Cornwall Rick prepares nasi goreng with mackerel.

Noosa

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1999

Noosa

Rick Stein's seafood odyssey continues in Queensland, where he learns the tricks of seafood cooking Australian-style. Back at home in Padstow, he prepares seared tuna with vegetables from his garden.

Striped Bass

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1999

Striped Bass

Rick goes fishing in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA and pan-fries the large striped bass he caught. Rick Stein then moves on to Bowens Island in South Carolina, where he finally gets to realise his dream of indulging in oysters at a seafood shack. In Thailand, Rick prepares a traditional soup called tom yung gung, with squid and crunchy green vegetables.

Dreams

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1999

Dreams

Rick visits the coastal resort of Hua Hin in Thailand, searching the bustling markets for interesting local ingredients. Among the dishes he prepares on his return to Cornwall is fried fish in red curry sauce with steamed jasmine rice. Rick also cooks up a dish inspired by a dream described by the programme's director, poached fish balls with tagliatelle.

Whitby

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1999

Whitby

In the last of his visits to places that have influenced his cooking, Rick Stein meets up with an old friend in America, where he fries soft-shell crabs and grills lobsters. Singapore chilli crab is on the menu in Padstow, while his seafood odyssey ends in Whitby with fish and chips.

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