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Season 5 – 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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10/25/2017 This show is refreshing. It is warm and very informative too. I would like to learn more about ingredients from the chefs perspective. The intro and music is exceptional. See more Read all reviews
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Vivian Howard

Host

Ben Knight

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Cynthia Hill

Director

Vivian Howard

Writer

Amy Shumaker

Executive Producer

Cynthia Hill

Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 7, 2017 Two-mato Vivian Howard searches for ripe tomatoes to serve at the restaurant's 10th birthday celebration; preparing an old school tomato dish. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 14, 2017 Shake, Rattle, and Pole (Beans) Vivian struggles to find enough green beans to add to the menu; Mrs. Tessie Mae offers a golf cart tour of her garden, an introduction to pickled pork and demonstrates snapping pole beans. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 21, 2017 Prolific Peppers Prepping peppers; stuffing peppers. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 28, 2017 A Food Truck and a Pear Tree The crew makes a practice run with the new food truck; pear relish. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 4, 2017 Wanted: Broccoli Vivian heads to a book launch in New York; food truck is readied for Nashville, Tenn.; a challenging hunt for broccoli. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 11, 2017 Bourbon Country A dinner honoring Vivian; the differences between whiskey, scotch and bourbon; how Frank and Jesse James fit into Kentucky's boozy biography. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 18, 2017 Persimmon Style The different varieties of persimmon; a pudding lesson from chef Bill Smith of Crook's Corner in Chapel Hill, N.C. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 25, 2017 Chasing Trout Vivian volunteers at a soup kitchen and does a book signing; preparing a Feast of the Seven Fishes dinner that features trout. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 2, 2017 Liver Lover A simple beef liver and onions recipe inspires Vivian to add a fancy liver dish to the menu. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 9, 2017 King Cornbread "Pig and a puppy" merges corn bread with another Southern staple; corn bread cook-off. Details
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Season Info

Director
Cynthia Hill
Executive Producer
Amy Shumaker
Screenwriter
Vivian Howard
Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Reality, Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 7, 2017