A Chef's Life
| A Chef's Life | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Vivian Howard |
| Starring | Vivian Howard |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 28 (2 seasons) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 28-30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | PBS |
| Release | September 7, 2013 – present |
A Chef's Life is an American cooking show and a documentary created by Cynthia Hill (Markay Media) and Vivian Howard that premiered September 7, 2013 on PBS. A Chef's Life is predominately filmed at Chef & The Farmer restaurant in Kinston, North Carolina . Vivian Howard is head chef and her husband, Ben Knight is general manager. They are also co-owners. The first season consisted of 13 half-hour episodes. Season 2 premiered in October 2014 and consists of 14 half-hour episodes and an hour-long holiday special. The show won a Peabody award on April 2, 2014.[1]
Production
A Chef's Life is produced by Markay Media in association with South Carolina ETV. The series is directed and produced by Cynthia Hill with Rex Miller as director of photography and co-producer. Vivian Howard is writer and producer. Tom Vickers is editor. Amy Shumaker is executive-in-charge for SCETV. The series is a project of the Southern Documentary Fund. The show's theme song is written and performed by North Carolina's Avett Brothers.
Season 1 (2013)
The first season of A Chef's Life consists of 13 episodes.[2]
- Episode 1: (2013-9-10) "Sweet Corn And Expensive Tea"
- Episode 2: (2013-9-17) "Strawberry Stay At Home"
- Episode 3: (2013-9-24) "Pimp My Grits"
- Episode 4: (2013-10-01) "Cracklin' Kitchen"
- Episode 5: (2013-10-08) "You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey"
- Episode 6: (2013-10-15) "The World Is Your Oyster"
- Episode 7: (2013-10-22) "Muscadine Time"
- Episode 8: (2013-10-29) "A Road Trip For Rice"
- Episode 9: (2013-11-05) "Peanut Pastime"
- Episode 10: (2013-11-12) "Love Me Some Candied Yams!"
- Episode 11: (2013-11-19) "Collard Green Queen"
- Episode 12: (2013-11-26) "The Buttermilk Belt"
- Episode 13: (2013-12-03) "Have Yourself Some Moonshine"
Season 2 (2014-2015)
The second season of "A Chef's Life consists of 14 episodes and one hour-long holiday special.
- Episode 1: "Blueberries and Boiling Over"
- Episode 2: "Shrimp Sells"
- Episode 3: "R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Butterbean"
- Episode 4: "Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 1"
- Episode 5: "Don’t Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! Part 2"
- Episode 6: "Apples"
- Episode 7: "The Fish Episode, Y'all"
- Episode 8: "Obviously, It’s Pecans"
- Holiday Special: "Deck The Halls Y'all"
- Episode 9: "Turnips- The Roots"
- Episode 10: "Turnips- The Greens"
- Episode 11: "Chicken Lickin’"
- Episode 12: "Ramp-ing up to Spring"
- Episode 13: "Eggs, A Dozen Ways"
- Episode 14: "Eggs, Two dozen Ways"
Reception
A Chef's Life has received mainly positive reviews. Jill Warren Lucas from Indy Week praised the show.[3] It won a Peabody Award in 2013 "for its refreshingly unsensational depiction of life and work in a modern restaurant – with generous sides of Southern folkways and food lore."[4] "The whole point of “A Chef’s Life” is to showcase the people and traditions of Eastern North Carolina, not some version of them gussied up for TV." --WASHINGTON POST
References
- ^ Andrea Weigl (April 2, 2014). "A Chef's Life wins a Peabody award". newsobserver.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ www.tvguide.com/shows/a-chefs-life-578709/episodes/season-1/ Season 1 Episode Guide
- ^ Jill Warren Lucas (Sep 11, 2013). "Kinston restaurateur Vivian Howard and A Chef's Life, a new PBS show". Indyweek.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ 73rd Annual Peabody Awards, May 2014.
External links
- A Chef's Life - official site