Cotswolds chef Rick Stein has released a new TV show on the BBC after fears.
The restaurateur is best known for his TV cooking, food and travel series as well as his restaurants and businesses, most of which are in the Cornish town of Padstow.
Mr Stein moved to the area in the early 1970s after graduating from New College in Oxford and growing up in Churchill, near Chipping Norton.
Since leaving Oxfordshire, his business empire has ballooned. Four have opened in Cornwall, there's a restaurant in 'millionaire's row' at Sandbanks in Dorset, and there are other restaurants across the south.
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His new BBC Two show, Rick Stein's Australia, continues tonight (Tuesday, January 13), having started last week (Tuesday, January 6).
Filmed across the coast, country and outback, the programme explores how place, migration and history shape the way people cook and eat.
Along the way, Mr Stein meets cooks, producers, artists and First Nations custodians, learning from those whose connection to land and sea runs deep.
The journey takes in bustling cities, regional towns, vast inland plains and coastal waters, with a particular focus on seafood, simple cooking, and food rooted in everyday life rather than restaurant trends.
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This comes after Mr Stein's restaurant in Wiltshire, Rick Stein Marlborough, announced its unexpected closure after dinner service on Sunday, October 5.
Fears were shared for his restaurants in general, as accounts posted to Companies House on September 23, 2025, showed the business posting another financial loss.
Seafood Trading Ltd, one of his businesses, posted a pre-tax loss of £1,146,000 for 2024, while the year prior had also posted a loss at £892,000.
And accounts of Mr Stein's Trading Ltd revealed a pre-tax loss of £290,000.
