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Annabel Crabb cooking up a series?

Annabel Crabb may be about to host an ABC series in which she cooks dinners for politicians in their own home.

Annabel Crabb, who is always interesting brain food on 7:30 and The Drum, may be stepping well into the food genre if a report today is on the money.

The Sydney Morning Herald speculates that she is likely to host her own cooking show, cooking dinner for politicians in their own homes.

The pollies are said to be in charge of dessert. Should they call it Just Desserts?

”You could speculate but I cannot confirm,” an ABC spokeswoman told the newspaper.

Filming is said to be underway with Labor’s Penny Wong.

On her Twitter, Crabb today says, “About to go on my first ever job for the ABC where a safety officer is required.”

Which sounds like small talk for “Yes.”

14 Responses

  1. Bump

    David – Annabel was on her regular radio spot in Adelaide this morning, and said that filming had finished and that the program was likely to air from late February.

  2. Well I, for one, think it’s a great idea – a witty, intelligent interviewer interacting with pollies on an informal basis. I’m especially looking forward to JG’s “Dessert des fruites de bol vide” and TA’s “Gateau Non Plus!”

  3. This is a great idea. I can see it now. Annabelle in the kitchen with salad spinner under her arm interviewing a Labor factional leader. They hand Annabelle the salad leaves they’ve washed and tell her how to spin and for how long. It is not hard to imagine – she’s been doing it for years.

  4. Please don’t mention Annabel Crabb’s name in the same breath as Andrew Olle, she is neither a great political analyst nor a great interviewer. She functions within a specific area (ie doing “colour pieces” tinged with opinion masquerading as political journalism, the reason she was poached from Fairfax to the ABC’s “The Drum”), so remorsefully, this kind of show is right up her alley. Why the ABC is putting time and money into this type of show is beyond me. We need better political analysis, not more dumbed down crap.

  5. I love Annabel, I think she’s got a great sense of humor and she’s great at what she does and I like the ABC’s coverage of politics. However, I never thought the ABC would ever resort to such unoriginal programming ideas, by which I mean trying to shove cooking into every show possible (even totally unrelated formats) to cash in on the flavour of month.

  6. Oh please, no! Stick to what we love you doing, Annabel – being a brilliant political analyst and interviewer.

    [Sigh] … I really miss reporters of the calibre of Andrew Olle, Quentin Dempster, Geraldine Doogue, Kerry O’Brien … even those days when Mike Willesee hosted ACA and you’d actually get a political interview taking place! Seems crazy but it was true. Those were the days when reporting and analysing politics meant something.

  7. I saw Wil Anderson tweeting about this earlier today and I thought it was a joke…

    I’d happily watch Annabel Crabb interview politictians… but this… is something Ten would do.

    I can’t think of a bigger insult than that right now.

  8. Annabel has spoken more than once about this on Adelaide radio. Her view is that politicians will be more forthcoming over a meal – the focus will really be on the conversation, not the food.

  9. Rolling my eyes big time here.

    We need people at the ABC much like the late Andrew Olle who were serious about their craft, not show ponies giving politicians free Women’s Weekly style publicity.

  10. Why is the ABC doing this? Annabel is a good journalist who should be researching and writing stories. We don’t want her opinions. This is just a marketing opportunity for politicians. Take the same crew out and create some real journalism Annabel. We want some substance not souffles from the ABC. Nolonger can the ABC argue it lacks funds for breaking news when it uses its money to breaks eggs.

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