Miguel's Tropical Kitchen

Get ready for this brand new Australian cooking series filmed exclusively for LifeStyle FOOD. Set against the stunning backdrop of tropical North Queensland Miguel Maestre, chef and one of the stars from Boys Weekend, charms his way through Queensland’s hot northern tropics cooking with many of the regions exotic ingredients in breathtaking locations. With the Great Barrier Reef as a backdrop Miguel’s Tropical Kitchen sizzles with sensational food.

Combining the freshest seafood and produce, exotic fruits, delicious summer deserts and tropical cocktails, Miguel’s recipes are packed with colour, energy and flavour. Hosted from Miguel’s exotic pool-side, open air kitchen in Mission Beach, the series also see’s Miguel visiting and cooking on stunning beaches and islands, tropical rainforests, fruit and coffee plantations and breathtaking waterfalls and lagoons. Some of the destinations include Green Island, Cairns, Millaa Millaa Falls, Palm Cove, Thala Beach, Cape Tribulation, Port Douglas and Daintree Rainforest. Paradise has never been this hot!

Popular Recipes From This Show

Barramundi with Crispy Pancetta Recipe by Miguel Maestre from Miguel's Tropical Kitchen

Caramelised Papaya and Crispy Jamon Recipe by Miguel Maestre from Miguel's Tropical Kitchen

Chicken Cabbage Rolls Recipe by Miguel Maestre from Miguel's Tropical Kitchen

Chocolate Fondue with Strawberries Flambe Recipe by Miguel Maestre from Miguel's Tropical Kitchen

More Recipes

What Do You Think ?

Ms Mac 9 months ago

I can't wait for this show! Wow, Miguel is sooooooo hot, I just want to spend the rest of my life in the tropics with him! And I love his accent... and it looks like he's trimmed down a bit since Boy's Weekend... Mmmm, I just want to devour him... with a twist of something exotic of course!

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Andrea Bellshaw 9 months ago

Bring it on - this looks fantastic. What amazing footage - love the look of the food, the view and the host aint bad either. Makes you want to pack your bags and head up north for a holiday to enjoy the tropical food and ambience. Here's hoping Miquel is a fun as he was in Boys Weekend...I'm sure he'll be 'funtastic'.

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brian didio 9 months ago

hot spanish man, great food, great scenery..sounds like my perfect programme!

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liz 9 months ago

any food with an accent of great along with a man with a great accent sounds good to me look forward to all his goodies.

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9 months ago

<3 Miguel!

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SG167 8 months ago

This guy is hilarious. Maybe a bit OTT but you have to admit he's pretty entertaining and his food looks great

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Maria Lawrie 8 months ago

Never seen him before but have been looking forward to the show. He is very entertaining and I am looking forward to making the Chicken Cabbage Rolls as I already have the ingredients in the fridge.

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Ms Mac 8 months ago

Wow! Blew me away. He's funny, cute, the setting is amazing and best of all... his recipes are terrific. I loved the tuna caparcio and the wonton fruit dessert. More of Miguel please... much more!

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Rosemary Ioppolo 8 months ago

choppy choppy choppy...he's a hottie!!

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HD1985 8 months ago

who was the woman making cocktails??

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- ME7 8 months ago
  
  Sarah Clare, IIRC.
  
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Miguel 8 months ago

This guy is the most annoying *** on television.

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- Antonia2 8 months ago
  
  ...I have the perfect solution - 'turn it off'
  
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- Eulalia 3 months ago
  
  Eres Guapisimo! y me recuerdas a mi padre q es espa`nol como tu....cuando cocinas con pimientos, jamon serrano y manchego, mucho exito! desde mi isla Puerto Rico. Espero ganen la Copa Mundial de Futbol le voy a la furia roja....
  
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sweets! 8 months ago

Best show - Best Chef on TV! He makes everything look fresh, tasty and fun to eat! Juicy!!!!!

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Paddy 8 months ago

Recorded the show and watched it last night with my children, aged 20 & 14. Both commented Miguel was completely over the top and put on, the 14yo said if he doesn't wake up and tone down nobody will watch after the next episode. The 20yo simply said he was a ... and would prefer Boys Weekend.
Me, he was trying way too hard first time around and nervous. Let's see what the next episode delivers as he relaxes.

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Helen Sharwood 8 months ago

What an ego! Unpleasant personality. Full of himself. After watching 2 episodes I have turned off! Cant anyone else do tropical food?

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Ingo 8 months ago

Love his passion and although a little on the annoying side it is addictive and I am a follower. Great food ideas!!

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Giulia6 8 months ago

Yummy, yummy.... apart from what a few of you have said, I still think he is very sexy and prepares great food... I would love for him to cook for me!!!!!

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Roger 8 months ago

He's pretty entertaining but the recipes are really simple and hardly tv quality. Plus, he claimed that "papillote" is French for butterfly, when it actually means "paper or tinfoil for cooking" and butterfly in French is actually "papillon". Don't mean to nitpick but the producers should get something so basic correct. He does present with panache, which is (essentially) the show's only saving grace. P.S. are the sexual innuendos really necessary? A particular example that stands out is the episode when he gets women at the races to taste some white, sticky meringue-y concoction, then proceeds to cajole them into trying his "skewer". o.o

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Sarah H 8 months ago

OMG! What would my last meal be....? Strawberries, vanilla, caramel, chocolate and Miguel!!!! If all Spaniards are like him I'm moving to Spain!!!!

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laz 8 months ago

I love the show and find the recipes have a tropical twist to an old favourite. I only wish that the cocktail receipies were listed on the site also!

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Jo-Anne11 8 months ago

I was wondering if anyone has the recipe where Miguel made a prawn dumpling a few weeks ago. I got the tail end of the show unfortunately and by the time I got a get a pen, it had gone. It was definitely a whole prawn, and I think it was coriander, chilli, pine nuts. If anyone could help would be great.

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- hungry girl 8 months ago
  
  Hi Jo-Anne, if you click the "more recipes" link above you will find the prawn ravioli is in there ... enjoy!
  
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JEANETTE 8 months ago

THE BEST COOKING SHOW EVER

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Philippa Jane 8 months ago

I watched this for the first time yesterday and I have to say Miguel's enthusiasm is infectious! Haven't enjoyed a cooking show this much for ages - thanks for 'putting a smile on my dial' Miguel and you've won another fan!!!

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Rebecca 8 months ago

Miguel is amazing I dont care if you are over the top that is how I am when I cook with a few of the delicous cocktails also featured in the show. We live in the tropics and this is how we want to cook simple and with ingredients so bountiful in our wonderful part of Australia.

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TS114 7 months ago

after reading all the reviews I went there for lunch today...OMG! Amazing. Jugs of sangria are the best I have ever had. The calamari was my fave on the tapas menu. And the terrine, something i would never have tried but was so good!! This place is rockin!! Great atmosphere, great service and great location!

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- SKW 7 months ago
  
  TS - maybe if you aren't busy we could go there together some time
  
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lbudd 7 months ago

Truely appalling! this would have to be THE worst cooking show on TV at the moment! MM is a lunatic who cooks rubbish and try to lech onto his co star! get off you loser!

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- SKW 7 months ago
  
  jealousy is a curse
  
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warwick Tetlow 7 months ago

Ibudd you are a ***.

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Helen227 7 months ago

Oh this guy is the complete package... HOT, with an accent to sweep any lady off her feet and he cooks as well... OMG my husband thinks I watch for the recipes he he he

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SKW 7 months ago

what a show what a crazy bull

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Annie 7 months ago

I could watch Miguel boil water all day long...he`s smokin` HOT...

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steph 7 months ago

last few epsiodes were a couple 'o bewties.

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Notafan 7 months ago

I hate his hysterical style an awful grating voice

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Danielle134 7 months ago

Im health nut and he can cook for me anyday. Lovely smile :)

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mirowe@optusnet,com,au 7 months ago

miguel is HOT HOT HOT He can cook for me anyday of the week YUM YUM

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rooleyes 7 months ago

Very mixed reactions from this show, but at the end of the day I somehow managed to enjoy it! I think the setting really helps, you just get that laid back feel from watching the show, even if Miguel is over the top!! I think Sarah Clare was great with the drinks, I think she should have her own show!! Now that would be something different, a show focusing on cocktails and the like!!!

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tubish 7 months ago

miguel is the best!funny guy at least hes not boring nice food we always watch him.

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GVITUP 7 months ago

the best cooking show.keep up the good work bro.all you haters get a life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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MAV 7 months ago

best cooking show EVER!!!!! Its the perfect show, hot spaniard, amazing food, beautiful scenery :) god i adore miguel!!!!!!!

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Brian Magill 7 months ago

My name is BRIAN RODNEY WILLIAM MAGILL for A-Town i love Miguel's Passion for FOOD, Cooking & Ladies ... UUUUPPPPPAAAAA! ARIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAA!

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Deb 7 months ago

A fantastic funny chef and filmed in my home town to boot! cant ask for more!

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Julia 7 months ago

He is HOT! And Sarah is stunning.

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Andreana 7 months ago

lol i love this show its my faourite

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TD62 6 months ago

Wow, this show looks great! Those poor camera men having to swelter in the heat salivating over all that food... Hmmmm, tropical food....

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Dean66 6 months ago

I would love that mussel recipe you made on the beach, it looked so yummy & simple.

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Alberto RamÃ³n Siles 6 months ago

Eres un figura y en Murcia presumimos mucho de tÃ. Un abrazo pichica.
You are a crack. In Murcia ( Spain ), people talks good things about you. You are a lucky man,

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edunortes 6 months ago

eres un puto crack nene...me alegro que te vaya de lujo y lleves el nombre de murcia con orgullo me cagon la puta!!!sigue asi...EduNortes

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J 6 months ago

I met Miguel on Saturday at The Maitland Taste Food and Wine Festival. He was very friendly, and dispite what people above have said, he was neiter "over the top" or "full of himself". He was a genuinely nice guy who has a passion for cooking, and took the time to stop and speak to us and even pose for a happy snap. If people don't like him, simple, don't watch. I don't see the need to write comments on a public forum simply to put someone down.

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James 3 months ago

I wont to *** this bad *** player up the *** until i make a cream pie with him he is a hot peace of meat which i wil cook welldone and have a burger with with tomato sauce and french fries i would also like to *** his wife and children until they bleed

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- Josh 3 months ago
  
  hi i agree with you i would lick to slaugter him like a cow and *** and *** into his intestines
  
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- Luke 3 months ago
  
  hey sexy man migual i wont to *** you on a watermelon and cut off your head and then *** your head whilst the blood is dripping on my erect ***
  
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- Mickeal dillion 3 months ago
  
  Hey sexy man miguael i wont to *** ur bumbum untill it bleeds we can have a cherry pie then i will sacravise your body to the god zues
  
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Michael Dillon 3 months ago

i love this guys peepee he is an orgasmic *** i will *** his bumbum

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Luke Harriss 3 months ago

i like fleashlight i want to shove soap in my *** cus im tops guys

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