Ben and the kitchen team pack up the van and hit the road for New York. A month of planning and preparation peaks as Vivian's invitation to cook at the prestigious James Beard House becomes a reality.
Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds
Episode Number: 214
Fri, Oct 3 | 11:00 P.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
Sat, Oct 4 | 12:00 P.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
Sun, Oct 5 | 2:00 P.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
Tue, Oct 7 | 9:00 P.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
Wed, Oct 8 | 2:00 A.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
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.
Fri, Oct 3 | 9:30 P.M. | The World Is Your Oyster NH Create (11.4) |
Fri, Oct 3 | 11:00 P.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
Fri, Oct 3 | 11:30 P.M. | A Casserole Says Plenty NH Create (11.4) |
Sat, Oct 4 | 1:00 A.M. | Bourbon Country NH Create (11.4) |
Sat, Oct 4 | 10:30 A.M. | The World Is Your Oyster NH Create (11.4) |
Sat, Oct 4 | 12:00 P.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
Sat, Oct 4 | 12:30 P.M. | A Casserole Says Plenty NH Create (11.4) |
Sat, Oct 4 | 2:00 P.M. | Bourbon Country NH Create (11.4) |
Sun, Oct 5 | 12:30 P.M. | The World Is Your Oyster NH Create (11.4) |
Sun, Oct 5 | 2:00 P.M. | Eggs Two Dozen Ways NH Create (11.4) |
Sun, Oct 5 | 2:30 P.M. | A Casserole Says Plenty NH Create (11.4) |
Sun, Oct 5 | 4:00 P.M. | Bourbon Country NH Create (11.4) |
Sun, Oct 5 | 9:30 P.M. | The World Is Your Oyster NH Create (11.4) |
Mon, Oct 6 | 2:30 A.M. | The World Is Your Oyster NH Create (11.4) |
Mon, Oct 6 | 9:00 P.M. | A Road Trip for Rice NH Create (11.4) |
Mon, Oct 6 | 9:30 P.M. | Turnips - The Greens NH Create (11.4) |
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