Show Info

Status: Canceled
First Aired: September 7, 2013
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 60
Networks: PBS
Genres: Reality, Documentary

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A Chef's Life(2013)

TMDB Rating: 10.0 (2 votes)

Overview

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.

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Season 1

13 episodes • 2013

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea	Sep 7, 2013
2	Strawberry Stay at Home	Sep 14, 2013
3	Pimp My Grits	Oct 1, 2013
4	Cracklin' Kitchen	Oct 8, 2013
5	Tomatoes: You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey	Oct 15, 2013
6	The World is Your Oyster	Oct 22, 2013
7	Muscadine Time	Oct 29, 2013
8	Amber Waves of Grain	Nov 5, 2013
9	A Peanut Pastime	Nov 12, 2013
10	Love Me Some Candied Yams!	Nov 19, 2013
11	Collard Green Queen	Nov 21, 2013
12	The Buttermilk Belt	Nov 28, 2013
13	Have Yourself Some Moonshine	Dec 5, 2013

Season 2

14 episodes • 2014

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Blueberries and Boiling Over	Oct 5, 2014
2	Shrimp Sells	Oct 12, 2014
3	R-E-S-P-E-C-T the Butterbean	Oct 19, 2014
4	Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! (Part 1)	Oct 26, 2014
5	Don't Tom Thumb Your Nose at Me! (Part 2)	Nov 2, 2014
6	Apples	Nov 9, 2014
7	The Fish Episode, Y'all	Nov 16, 2014
8	Obviously, It's Pecans	Nov 23, 2014
9	Turnips: The Roots	Dec 21, 2014
10	Turnips: The Greens	Dec 28, 2014
11	Chicken Lickin'	Jan 11, 2015
12	Ramp-ing up to Spring	Jan 18, 2015
13	Eggs A Dozen Ways	Jan 25, 2015
14	Eggs Two Dozen Ways	Feb 8, 2015

Season 3

13 episodes • 2015

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Stop, Squash and Roll	Sep 5, 2015
2	Pretty In Peach	Sep 12, 2015
3	Gettin' Figgy With It	Sep 19, 2015
4	Pickle Perfect	Sep 26, 2015
5	Prickly Business	Oct 3, 2015
6	If You Can't Beet 'Em...	Oct 10, 2015
7	A Casserole Says Plenty	Oct 17, 2015
8	Honey, I'm Home!	Oct 24, 2015
9	They Call 'Em 'Bagas	Oct 31, 2015
10	Gone Clamming, Part I	Nov 7, 2015
11	Gone Clamming, Part II	Nov 14, 2015
12	What's Your Beef?	Nov 21, 2015
13	One Potato, New Potato	Nov 28, 2015

Season 4

10 episodes • 2016

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Onions and Avetts	Sep 10, 2016
2	My Watermelon Baby	Sep 17, 2016
3	Peas, Please	Sep 24, 2016
4	Stand by Your Cabbage	Oct 1, 2016
5	Cabbage's Last Stand	Oct 8, 2016
6	Rabbit	Oct 15, 2016
7	More Than One Way to Skin a Catfish	Oct 22, 2016
8	All Sunchoked Up	Oct 29, 2016
9	Heavenly Hocks	Nov 5, 2016
10	Mayo - The Mother Sauce	Nov 12, 2016

Season 5

10 episodes • 2017

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Two-Mato	Oct 7, 2017
2	Shake, Rattle and Pole (Beans)	Oct 14, 2017
3	Prolific Peppers	Oct 21, 2017
4	A Food Truck and a Pear Tree	Oct 28, 2017
5	WANTED: Broccoli	Nov 2, 2017
6	Bourbon Country	Nov 5, 2017
7	Persimmon Style	Nov 18, 2017
8	Chasing Trout	Nov 25, 2017
9	Liver Lover	Dec 2, 2017
10	King Cornbread	Dec 9, 2017

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