Kicking off the new season of Kitchen Cabinet, Annabel Crabb travels to Tasmania to dine with colourful crossbencher Senator Jacqui Lambie. A former soldier, she now leads her own political party, the Jacqui Lambie Network.

Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, who began his life in an Iranian village, takes Annabel to a Persian grocer to demonstrate his lineage & pulls off a genuine Persian dish despite his friends wagering heavily against that outcome.

Annabel Crabb invites herself over to the Canberra share house of WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlam. He claims he can't cook, so Annabel arrives with ingredients to teach the reluctant Ludlam how to make a simple tomato pasta.

Annabel heads to Perth to meet Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash. She whips up a salmon bake and talks about her travels in the Middle East, tough negotiations in the senate and her beloved cats.

Annabel Crabb is joined by former campaign staffers Claire Kimball & Lachlan Harris, plus press gallery veterans Mike Bowers & Samantha Maiden to share war stories from the election campaign.

Annabel Crabb joins Opposition Leader Bill Shorten for a campaign pit stop.

Annabel Crabb has lunch with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and finds out how he is faring on the 2016 campaign trail.