Pandoc - how to get pagebreak between title block and the table of contents?

Question

Simple markdown file, with YAML block:

---
title: Report 
author: Tom Brown 12345678
date: August 2018
toc: true
numbersections: true
geometry: margin=2.5cm
urlcolor: blue
header-includes: |
    \usepackage{fancyhdr}
    \pagestyle{fancy}
    \lfoot{Draft Prepared: 15 August 2018}
    \rfoot{Page \thepage}
---

When I create the PDF output, the title and ToC are on the same page. How can I get the title block on one page and the ToC on the next? I've searched high and low and cannot find a solution.

Answer 1

Pandoc allows to insert LaTeX between title and the actual document via the include-before metadata field. Adding the following to your YAML header should be sufficient:

include-before:
- '`\newpage{}`{=latex}'

Answer 2

While @tarleb's method of course is correct and more 'YAMLish' (but less intuitive), you can also write the following into your source Markdown file:

---
title: Report 
author: Tom Brown 12345678
date: August 2018
toc: true
numbersections: true
geometry: margin=2.5cm
urlcolor: blue
header-includes: |
    \usepackage{fancyhdr}
    \pagestyle{fancy}
    \lfoot{Draft Prepared: 15 August 2018}
    \rfoot{Page \thepage}
---

\newpage{}

# First Headline

Here comes my markdown text ....