Man Eats Wild

Mario takes on the unforgiving alpine mountains of the south island of New Zealand in a gruelling fallow deer hunt with his bow just at the end of the rut and cooks an impressive master piece venison pie dish he serves on the same antler of the deer he harvests. kwhunting kwglobal

We are in the outback of Australia … where everything is trying to kill you. It's the Monsoon season, when no one attempts to roam around with salt water crocodiles lurking. Mario links up with long time friend in search of a wild buffalo and he attempts to cook an amazing South American inspired dish in the middle of nowhere.

Mario teams up with good friend and precision rifle expert Bernard and heads into the high alpine mountains above New Zealand’s rugged West Coast in search of tahr. Drawing on his Greek roots, Mario cooks a rustic “Kleftiko” dish in an earth oven.

In one of the harshest environments on the planet, Mario Kalpou travels to the outback desert of Australia in search of feral camels that have been running rampant. What seemingly feels to be a a simple task quickly turns into one of the hardest and most unexpected challenges he has taken on. With a bow in hand and scorching heat he explores the great dividing range, in hope of harvesting one of

Mario hooks up with old friend and current world record holder for kingfish Rick Pollock. They fish the coast of New Zealand just off a live volcano, then tragedy strikes…… after the volcano erupts Mario returns to catch a whopping bass grouper and prepares an amazing ceviche dish.

After being dropped off into the mountains where there were only whispers and tales of mountain monsters being seen. Mario is on the search of the outer limits of the mountains to find him self a monster red deer. His arrow successfully finds a big red and he showcases some recipes he learnt from the southern regions of Italy. But not before a mammoth carry out through the back country of the Deep

Mario returns to his home land in Australia to help a friend with some wild boar pest control and catch some prehistoric fish out of a billabong…. But drama strikes and Mario finds him self in crocodile infested water plucking fish out with his bare hands…. All of these delicious bush treats are prepared of course in a termite oven which Mario makes.

Mario enjoys the camaraderie and challenge of duck hunting on opening day and then teaches the audience how to cook an ancient Chinese recipe with one of the leading chefs of an award winning restaurant from New Zealand.