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				A Chef's Life			


			

				
A Chef's Life


				

					9.3											
							IMDb tt3181672
						
										2013										Reality · Documentary				


				
A character-driven documentary and cooking series that takes viewers inside the life of Chef Vivian Howard, who, with her husband Ben Knight, left the big city to open a fine dining restaurant in small-town Eastern North Carolina.

				

									

						
Cast

						

															

																		Vivian Howard
								

															

																		Ben Knight
								

													

					

							

		


					

				

	

		
Episodes							13
					

				
			


	

				
			

									Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea
								1
								
			

			

				Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea
				30m				Chef Vivian Howard and her husband Ben leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North…			

		
				
			

									Strawberry Stay at Home
								2
								
			

			

				Strawberry Stay at Home
				30m				Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the backdrop of the Southern harbinger of spring, the strawberry. Their…			

		
				
			

									Pimp My Grits
								3
								
			

			

				Pimp My Grits
				30m				The restaurant gears up for a practice service when the new equipment and new menu will be tested…			

		
				
			

									Cracklin' Kitchen
								4
								
			

			

				Cracklin' Kitchen
				30m				Vivian goes about christening the restaurant's new "whole animal, no waste" program with two little pigs from Warren…			

		
				
			

									Tomatoes: You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey
								5
								
			

			

				Tomatoes: You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey
				30m				Vivian preps for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon. Food enthusiasts from around the country are coming to study…			

		
				
			

									The World is Your Oyster
								6
								
			

			

				The World is Your Oyster
				30m				Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters in the Southeast. She and…			

		
				
			

									Muscadine Time
								7
								
			

			

				Muscadine Time
				30m				Ben, Vivian and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard while learning the history of…			

		
				
			

									Amber Waves of Grain
								8
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				Amber Waves of Grain
				30m				Vivian travels to Columbia, South Carolina, to meet with Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills and learns about Carolina…			

		
				
			

									A Peanut Pastime
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				A Peanut Pastime
				30m				Vivian visits neighbor Marty Harper's peanut farm just before and during harvest. Vivian's dad introduces Ben and Vivian…			

		
				
			

									Love Me Some Candied Yams!
								10
								
			

			

				Love Me Some Candied Yams!
				30m				Vivian introduces us to Rob and Amy Hill, proprietors of one of the largest sweet potato farms in…			

		
				
			

									Collard Green Queen
								11
								
			

			

				Collard Green Queen
				30m				Vivian spends the morning with her neighbors, the Mills brothers, participating in their 100-year-old, all-male family tradition of…			

		
				
			

									The Buttermilk Belt
								12
								
			

			

				The Buttermilk Belt
				30m				Vivian and Ben go to Maple View Dairy to pick up product for the restaurant. They talk buttermilk…			

		
				
			

									Have Yourself Some Moonshine
								13
								
			

			

				Have Yourself Some Moonshine
				30m				Vivian visits Broad Slab Distillery, where they talk about the art and soul of white lightning. The restaurant’s…			

		
			



			

		
		

			

	
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