Gordon’s Great Escape

(Channel 5 TV Show – 51min – 2011)

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay travelled to Cambodia for the filming of Gordon’s Great Escapes, made by Optomen for Channel 5 in the UK. Hanuman Films provided all production services for this shoot, including filming permissions, fixing services and general logistical support. Chef Ramsay was on his best behaviour throughout the Cambodia shoot learning how to prepare amok, the closest recipe Cambodia has to a national dish. He also travelled to Prek Toal floating village to learn about prahoc, or fermented fish paste, an essential and pungent ingredient in many Cambodian dishes. Finally, he learnt how to hunt for frogs using a traditional spear and headlamp and was shown a tasty recipe stuffed with char kreung, a lemongrass-infused paste.

Chef Ramsay’s adventures also took him into the depths of Kompong Thom to hunt for hairy black tarantulas, and onto the wild east of Mondulkiri, where he attended a local tribal Bunong wedding, witnessed a buffalo sacrifice and joined locals in traditional honey collecting. The shoot finished with the British chef learning some new tricks from the culinary students at Friends Restaurant in Phnom Penh which he put to good use in a preparing a royal banquet about the RV Pandaw steamer. Kulikar Sotho worked as Line Producer on the shoot and the Hanuman Films team joined a royal banquet aboard the RV Pandaw as part of a cook-off between Chef Ramsay and Cambodian Chef Luu Meng.

Locations: Siem Reap, Temples of Angkor, Kompong Thom, Phnom Penh, Mondulkiri
Talent: Presenter Gordon Ramsay of Hell’s Kitchen and Masterchef fame.