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Season 2 – 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 2

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Vivian Howard

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Ben Knight

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Cynthia Hill

Director

Vivian Howard

Writer

Vivian Howard

Screenwriter

Amy Shumaker

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 5, 2014 Blueberries and Boiling Over The opening of a burger/oyster bar called the Boiler Room; blueberry barbecue sauce; growler cocktail; blueberry barbecue. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 12, 2014 Shrimp Sells Frogmore stew; a fish camp; fresh shrimp. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 19, 2014 R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Butterbean Vivan chooses to use the butterbean for her new veggie burger. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 26, 2014 Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Preparations are made for a 1,600-plate luncheon for food writers and Southern food enthusiasts at the Southern Foodways Alliance symposium. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 2, 2014 Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Vivian faces one challenge after another as she prepares for the SFA Luncheon. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 9, 2014 Apples Vivian, Ben, Theo and Flo plant their own Southern apple tree. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 16, 2014 The Fish Episode, Y'all The rules of Eastern North Carolina fish stew; a fishing trip on Emerald Isle, N.C. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 23, 2014 Obviously, It's Pecans Sourcing pecans; Ben and Vivian host Thanksgiving dinner at their Deep Run home. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 30, 2014 Turnips -- The Roots Vivian presents her winter rolls with pickled turnips at a charity dinner with James Beard Award-winner Ashley Christensen and other chefs. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 7, 2014 Turnips -- The Greens Buying and cooking good turnips; Vivian awaits the arrival of Ben and Karen Barker. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 4, 2015 Chicken Lickin A whole chicken, pounded and stuffed with broccoli salad, becomes the restaurant's best seller; fried chicken the old-fashioned way, served with a side of banana sandwiches; celebrating the twins' birthday. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 11, 2015 Ramp-ing Up to Spring Hunting for ramps -- Appalachian wild leeks; Theo and Flo show off a piglet and a baby goat at the county agriculture show; compound butter and pimped grits; grilled ramps, pickled ramps and sauteed ramps. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 18, 2015 Eggs a Dozen Ways Egg varieties; boiling an egg; the perfect deviled egg; Vivian prepares for the James Beard Foundation dinner. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 25, 2015 Eggs Two Dozen Ways Vivian cooks at the James Beard House. Details
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Season Info

Director
Cynthia Hill
Executive Producer
Amy Shumaker
Screenwriter
Vivian Howard, Vivian Howard
Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 5, 2014