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Season 1 – A Chef's Life

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Chef Vivian Howard explores farm-fresh cooking, family and community in North Carolina's low country in this half-hour series from South Carolina ETV. Each episode follows Vivian into cornfields, strawberry patches and hog farms as she searches for ingredients for her seasonal menus at her restaurant, Chef & the Farmer, in Kinston, N.C. As the series opens, Vivian and her husband, Ben Knight, find themselves juggling the new restaurant as they raise their twins and build a new home.

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A Chef's Life — Season 1

A Chef's Life — Season 1

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Vivian Howard

Host

Ben Knight

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Cynthia Hill

Director

Vivian Howard

Screenwriter

Derek Britt

Executive Producer

Amy Shumaker

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 10, 2013 Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea Chef Vivian Howard and her husband, Ben, open a restaurant in North Carolina; smoked corn relish; a setback threatens the business. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 17, 2013 Strawberry Stay at Home Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant; picking strawberries; coconut cornbread shortcake with basil whipped cream. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 24, 2013 Pimp My Grits The restaurant prepares for a practice service; using grits four different ways. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 1, 2013 Cracklin' Kitchen Two pigs from Warren Brothers' farm; sweet potatoes with cracklings. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 8, 2013 Tomatoes ... You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey Ultimate tomato sandwich. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 15, 2013 The World Is Your Oyster Oyster farm; plans for an oyster bar; oyster roast. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 22, 2013 Muscadine Time Picking muscadine grapes at a local vineyard; homemade wine; pizza with mulled muscadines. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 29, 2013 A Road Trip for Rice Heirloom rice; efforts to save heirloom grains; rice dinner at the restaurant; chicken and rice. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 5, 2013 A Peanut Pastime Peanut farm; Pepsi-glazed pork belly with country ham-braised peanuts; boiled peanuts. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 12, 2013 Love Me Some Candied Yams! Candied yams; candied yams with sorghum and pecans; a beef dinner features sweet potatoes. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 19, 2013 Collard Green Queen Collard kraut; cabbage collard; Vivian prepares a three-course meal. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 26, 2013 The Buttermilk Belt A visit to Maple View Dairy; Vivian's nieces and nephews attempt to make buttermilk with their great-grandmother's butter churn. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 3, 2013 Have Yourself Some Moonshine Incorporating moonshine into new drinks at Broadslab Distillery; applejack moonshine cocktails. Details
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Season Info

Director
Cynthia Hill
Executive Producer
Derek Britt, Amy Shumaker
Screenwriter
Vivian Howard
Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 10, 2013