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''Food and wine writer and presenter Lyndey Milan wasn't keen on her son, Blair, doing a bungee jump over the Corinth Canal while filming their new TV series in Greece last September.
In retrospect, Milan is glad the exuberant 29-year-old had the chance to taste adventure. Blair died unexpectedly last month only days after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia.
"I was very nervous about the bungee jump, you can get detached retinas," says Milan by phone from her Sydney office.
"And so I wouldn't let him do it until the last day of filming even though it happens in an earlier episode."
Lyndey and Blair's Taste of Greece premieres on SBS One tomorrow night. They visit Peloponnese food and wine producers and historic sites, with Lyndey cooking in restaurants and private homes.
"There are 400,000 Greek Australians," says Milan of focusing on Greek food. "We go to Kythira and cook in a private home. There are 60,000 Australians of Kythiran descent but the population of Kythira is 3300. So it was an absolute natural."
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