Rick Stein's French Odyssey

Rick Stein doesn't waste any time getting into the gourmet swing of things for his gastronomic tour of southern France. No sooner has he waved goodbye...

Rick Stein explores the banks of the River Garonne on board a 100-year-old converted barge and savours some French provincial cooking including magret...

Rick Stein journeys along the Canal Lateral a la Garonne and is invited to a BBQ lunch after a morning on the river fishing for shad. He also visits a...

Rick Stein arrives in the city of Agen and continues his barge excursion through South-West France. He tastes the first melon of the season in Quercy,...

Rick Stein joins a local fisherman to go pike fishing on the River Tarn, cooks the popular confit of goose with braised red cabbage and meets a fellow...

Rick continues his journey through south-west France on his way to the Mediterranean. At Toulouse he samples the sausages and further downstream he cr...

Rick continues his journey and fulfils a boyhood dream by visiting the canteen of The French Foreign Legion at Castelnaudary. It inspires him to cook...

Rick Stein's epic barge journey continues and he starts to smell the salty Mediterranean Sea on the warm breeze. At Narbonne he serves freshly grilled...

Rick arrives at Lake Thau and enjoys seafood dishes, and is inspired to make his own. He navigates through Sète on Bastille Day, with celebrations in...

Rick Stein's epic barge journey comes to an end in Marseilles with the most famous seafood dish of all, bouillabaisse.