 When he returned to Australia, he went straight into filming the 8-part food and travel series for the ABC called "Surfing the Menu", with Curtis Stone with an accompanying ABC book in early 2003.This went on to film a total of 4 very successful series.From 2007 onwards, O'Donoghue has appeared in "The Best in Australia" with fellow chef, Darren Simpson and Anna Gare on LifeStyle Food.