Chef's Life

A Chef's Life is a new food/reality series featuring Chef Vivian Howard. Vivian was making a name for herself in New York City, when her father, a hog farmer, offered to get her started in her own restaurant. The catch? It would be located in her home town, a place she swore she would never return --- the Deep South. The series plunges audiences into the kitchen of the restaurant Chef and The Farmer, a highbrow restaurant located in Kinston, NC, one of the most impoverished communities in the U.S. When Vivian arrives home, she begs local farmers to grow fennel, lemongrass and Jerusalem artichokes --- none of which are native to the region. Soon, she realizes that the cooking techniques she learned in New York could be applied to her "grandmother's ingredients," the bounty grown by local farmers. Vivian's recipes are exquisitely assembled to bring out the best in the locally grown fresh ingredients. This is real "southern cooking," anyone can implement into their own lives. Six years in, Vivian has become a pillar in this small community, with the restaurant winning accolades across the country. As the series opens, she and her husband Ben are juggling the business and raising twins, when a devastating kitchen fire destroys the restaurant overnight. What happens next is a true testament to Southern grit.

Mon, Oct 12	3:00 A.M.	The Buttermilk Belt NHPBS (11.1) Follow Vivian and Ben to a dairy where Ben savors a cup of buttermilk.
Tue, Oct 13	7:00 P.M.	Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea NH Create (11.4) Chef Vivian and her husband, Ben, leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North Carolina hometown.
Wed, Oct 14	1:00 A.M.	Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea NH Create (11.4) Chef Vivian and her husband, Ben, leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North Carolina hometown.
Tue, Oct 20	7:00 P.M.	Strawberry Stay at Home NH Create (11.4) Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the backdrop of the Southern harbinger of spring, the strawberry.
Wed, Oct 21	1:00 A.M.	Strawberry Stay at Home NH Create (11.4) Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the backdrop of the Southern harbinger of spring, the strawberry.
Tue, Oct 27	7:00 P.M.	Pimp My Grits NH Create (11.4) The restaurant gears up for a practice service when the new equipment and new menu will be tested in real time - but nothing is going as planned.
Wed, Oct 28	1:00 A.M.	Pimp My Grits NH Create (11.4) The restaurant gears up for a practice service when the new equipment and new menu will be tested in real time - but nothing is going as planned.
Tue, Nov 3	7:00 P.M.	Cracklin' Kitchen NH Create (11.4) Vivian goes about christening the restaurant's new "whole animal, no waste" program with two little pigs from Warren Brothers' farm.
Wed, Nov 4	1:00 A.M.	Cracklin' Kitchen NH Create (11.4) Vivian goes about christening the restaurant's new "whole animal, no waste" program with two little pigs from Warren Brothers' farm.
Sat, Nov 7	5:00 P.M.	Obviously, It's Pecans NH Create (11.4) It's November, y'all, and that means it's busy at Chef and the Farmer.
Sat, Nov 7	10:00 P.M.	Obviously, It's Pecans NH Create (11.4) It's November, y'all, and that means it's busy at Chef and the Farmer.
Sun, Nov 8	4:00 A.M.	Obviously, It's Pecans NH Create (11.4) It's November, y'all, and that means it's busy at Chef and the Farmer.
Tue, Nov 10	7:00 P.M.	Tomatoes....You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey NH Create (11.4) Vivian learns the old-timey way to can tomatoes. She prepares for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon where food enthusiasts from around the country are coming to study BBQ, and Vivian plans to serve them the ultimate tomato sandwich.
Wed, Nov 11	1:00 A.M.	Tomatoes....You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey NH Create (11.4) Vivian learns the old-timey way to can tomatoes. She prepares for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon where food enthusiasts from around the country are coming to study BBQ, and Vivian plans to serve them the ultimate tomato sandwich.
Tue, Nov 17	7:00 P.M.	The World Is Your Oyster NH Create (11.4) Vivian explores the new culture of farm-raised oysters.
Wed, Nov 18	1:00 A.M.	The World Is Your Oyster NH Create (11.4) Vivian explores the new culture of farm-raised oysters.