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The Best Episodes of Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1

Every episode of Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1!

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Tannie Maria sees food as "medicine for the body and heart". She envies romance as much as she enjoys cooking and eating. But it's death that shakes up Tannie Maria's life, when one of the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 1 - Bereft Woman
    7.1/10(162 votes)

    #1 - Bereft Woman

    S1:E1

    Tannie Maria Purvis has just lost her job as recipe-writer for the local paper so turns her talents to the advice column instead. One of the first letters leads her to an abused woman whose life may be in danger.

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  2. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 2 - Sex Cake
    7.3/10(137 votes)

    #2 - Sex Cake

    S1:E2

    Tannie Maria has grave doubts about the police's investigation, but is distracted by a lovelorn farmer who needs a little sweetness in his life. Jessie's drive for investigative journalism lands her and Maria in the middle of a shootout.

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  3. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 3 - Do You Lick Everything?
    7.5/10(120 votes)

    #3 - Do You Lick Everything?

    S1:E3

    Tannie and Jessie have some awkward questions to answer at the police station after another murder. Jessie's mother has a mystery at work that needs solving.

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  4. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 4 - Operation Vetkoek
    7.7/10(104 votes)

    #4 - Operation Vetkoek

    S1:E4

    The community says goodbye to Lawrence and Martine's cousin arrives to take charge of her funeral. Maria and Jessie attempt to interview a befuddled Dirk and Maria uses mince to solve a teenage identity crisis.

    Director:Karen Jeynes
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 5 - A Shoe Murder
    7.9/10(107 votes)

    #5 - A Shoe Murder

    S1:E5

    Tannie Maria and Jessie take their shoes off before they sneak into a house. Later She comes home and finds her missing shoes sitting on her front porch cut in half as a warning. She reports her murdered shoes to detective Khaya.

    Director:Karen Jeynes
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 6 - Breakfast for Dinner
    8.0/10(105 votes)

    #6 - Breakfast for Dinner

    S1:E6

    Dirk and Anna drive the police to distraction. The town attends Martine's funeral but then there's a near death at the reception. Khaya and Maria share their suspicions.

    Director:Karen Jeynes
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 7 - Enough Sweet Potatoes
    8.0/10(106 votes)

    #7 - Enough Sweet Potatoes

    S1:E7

    Hattie fights off an attempt at censorship by the town council. The sinister messages from Scotland continue to plague Maria, while she tries to resolve a family feud.

    Director:Karen Jeynes
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 8 - Pomegranate Juice and Vodka
    8.1/10(99 votes)

    #8 - Pomegranate Juice and Vodka

    S1:E8

    The relentless attention from Scotland is starting to get to Maria, while she tries to help a woman in danger of losing her faith. Jessie's life is put in real danger.

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  10. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 9 - Scrambled Eggs
    8.3/10(97 votes)

    #9 - Scrambled Eggs

    S1:E9

    A frantic search is on for Jessie. Revelations start to make sense of the mystery of Martine's death, as well as Maria's past.

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  11. Recipes for Love and Murder Season 1 Episode 10 - I Only Wanted Advice, Tannie
    8.4/10(130 votes)

    #10 - I Only Wanted Advice, Tannie

    S1:E10

    A terrified Maria flees into the bush just as the police arrive. The search for Jessie continues into the night and the entire community rallies. Maria's past catches up to her.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Bereft Woman" is the best rated episode of "Recipes for Love and Murder" season 1. It scored 7.1/10 based on 162 votes. Directed by Christiaan Olwagen and written by Karen Jeynes, it aired on 3/20/2022. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Sex Cake".