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Tireless quest

Kylie Kwong: My China airs on July 27 at 10 pm on Travel and Living. Kylie Kwong rediscovers her Chinese heritage in Kylie Kwong: My China. Whether searching for the perfect dumpling in Shanghai, exploring the contemporary art scene in Beijing and Hong Kong, or marvelling at the silkiness of freshly-made noodles in Xi’an, Kylie is tireless in her quest for new experiences and encounters, cooking up a storm and winning hearts wherever she goes. Join Kylie as her journey continues along the Eastern seaboard and leads Kylie into China’s largest and youngest city, Shanghai. Join Kylie as she goes hunting for the original Shanghai local food. 

Fighting intense competition

Master Chef Australia — Season 2 starts on July 27 on Star World. The show has been described as a television phenomenon, inspiring millions of Australian families to try their hand at mastering a culinary feast fit for a king. And now, the top rated Master Chef Australia is here to exhilarate and entertain like never before starting  July 27, every Tuesday to Thursday at 9 pm.

Thousands of budding cooks from around Australia applied for this second series to showcase their culinary skills.

The Master Chef dream is one where ordinary Australians can have their cake and eat it too.

The judges are putting their own reputations on the line to mould the best chefs they can, but make no mistake, the pressure to achieve that dream can reach boiling point.
In the second season, the challenges will be bigger, the expectations higher and the competition more intense. From incredible challenges aboard a cruise ship, to time-pressure challenges with mystery boxes filled with exotic ingredients, cooking challenges against world renowned chefs, to tasks that will test their cooking creativity, this is an apprenticeship into the fiery world of cooking that certainly isn’t for the faint-hearted.

Sorting out complications 

Sony PIX presents Hitch on July 27 at 9 pm starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes and Kevin James. The movie is directed by Andy Tennant. Alex Hitchens is ‘The Date Doctor’. He helps men to land dates. Sara is a gossip columnist for a New York tabloid. Both are very guarded around the opposite sex. Despite their natures, Alex and Sara begin a relationship. Complications ensue when Sara’s latest scoop happens to be on one of Alex’s clients.

Weird happenings

Watch Fire From Below on HBO on July 27 at 9 pm. The movie stars Kevin Sorbo, Glen Morshower, Alex Meneses and Matthew Tompkins. Seismic investigator Jake Denning and his fiancee, Karen, are on vacation at Lost Lake when the first in a bizarre series of events embroil them in a mystery of huge proportion. Digging at a nearby cave, a careless industrialist unearths a vein of pure base Lithium and brings it to the surface, where the Lithium combusts when coming into contact with water and begins to wreak havoc on the countryside.

Now Jake must race against the clock for his own survival.