[tomwed]

A Chef’s Life [click here to watch it] It is a PBS show.

[My Review--This is a great show for me, my favorite show. I love cooking using local ingredients and I always wanted to know what it's like to run a restaurant. That's what it's about and more. It feels very homey, even the theme song. You see the pressure between husband and wife being business partners. So it's a reality show too without the BS and ego. The chef Vivian is a real working mom with 4 year old twins. I especially like when Vivian goes to the local farms and fisheries. You do learn about cooking and presentation too.]

What follows is from the website:

A Chef's Life is a half-hour 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.

Each episode follows Vivian out of the kitchen and into cornfields, strawberry patches and hog farms as she hunts down the ingredients that inspire her seasonal menus. Using a chef’s modern sensibilities, Vivian explores Southern cuisine, past and present — one ingredient at a time. A celebration of true farm to table food, the 13-week series combines the action and drama of a high-pressure business with the joys and stresses of family life.

About the Show

Vivian Howard originally made a name for herself in the Manhattan restaurant world and with her own gourmet delivery service. Acclaim and potential investors poured in, but it was the offer from her own parents that called to her the loudest. They would help her build a restaurant — but with one catch. She had to open it back home in Eastern North Carolina, a place to which she swore she would never return.

And so The Chef & the Farmer, located in Kinston, North Carolina, was born. Six years in, Vivian and her restaurant have won numerous accolades, including her selection as a James Beard semi-finalist, but the challenges continue. As the series opens, Vivian and Ben are juggling the restaurant, raising twins and anxiously building their own home — right next door to her parents.

[Bonny]

I love cooking competition shows. 2 favorites are The Next Food Network Star and Master Chef. There are so many good ones.

[Ecuadog]

The two Cooks Illustrated shows, America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Country, are my favorites. I haven't tried A Chef's Life yet, but I will.

[Medtrans]

Master Chef, Top Chef, Pioneer Woman.

[pbkmaine]

Agree with Ecuadog on the Cooks Illustrated shows on PBS.

[KayakerNC]

Been 13 years, but I still miss Justin.

[Bonny]

I remember my mom and I watching Wok with Yan. He was so funny !

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by Bonny

I remember my mom and I watching Wok with Yan. He was so funny !

Was it Yan Can Cook? I didn't meet him but I got real close. About 3 years ago I was in San Francisco. He opened a new place on the top floor of a mall that was several stories high. You could sit at the counter that was seperated from the kitchen by a thick piece of glass. The guy sitting next to me was a local foodie and pointed Yan out to me. He was not cooking but in a suit. You should see his guys cook and goof around. It was very entertaining.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by tomwed

Was it Yan Can Cook? I didn't meet him but I got real close. About 3 years ago I was in San Francisco. He opened a new place on the top floor of a mall that was several stories high. You could sit at the counter that was seperated from the kitchen by a thick piece of glass. The guy sitting next to me was a local foodie and pointed Yan out to me. He was not cooking but in a suit. You should see his guys cook and goof around. It was very entertaining.

Wok With Yan was Stephan Yan.
Yan Can Cook was Martin Yan.
Martin Yan actually worked for Stephen Yan in the 80's.
We really enjoyed them both. They both were so entertaining.

[KayakerNC]

Originally Posted by Bonny

Wok With Yan was Stephan Yan.
Yan Can Cook was Martin Yan.
Martin Yan actually worked for Stephen Yan in the 80's.
We really enjoyed them both. They both were so entertaining.

Stephen Yan was the guy with the apron puns.
Wok & Roll
Wokking My Baby Back Home
Danger, Men at Wok
Wok Around the Clock
Wok the Heck
You Are Wok You Eat
Wok Goes up Must Come Down
Wok's New, Pussycat?
Wokkey Night in Canada
Stuck Between a Wok and a Hard Place
Raiders of The Lost Wok
Moon Wok
Jailhouse Wok
Over Wok, Under Pay
Wok Me to the Church On Time
Woksy Ladies
Wok-A-Doodle-Doo
Martin Yan was the chef that did the super fast chopping while smiling at the camera. Never lost a finger but....wow.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by KayakerNC

Stephen Yan was the guy with the apron puns.
Wok & Roll
Wokking My Baby Back Home
Danger, Men at Wok
Wok Around the Clock
Wok the Heck
You Are Wok You Eat
Wok Goes up Must Come Down
Wok's New, Pussycat?
Wokkey Night in Canada
Stuck Between a Wok and a Hard Place
Raiders of The Lost Wok
Moon Wok
Jailhouse Wok
Over Wok, Under Pay
Wok Me to the Church On Time
Woksy Ladies
Wok-A-Doodle-Doo
Martin Yan was the chef that did the super fast chopping while smiling at the camera. Never lost a finger but....wow.

LOL, it doesn't get much more entertaining than them !!

[kissmelatr]

Food net work channel. Chopped, cut throat kitchen and pioneer woman.

[Chi-Town]

Man Vs. Food. Reruns now but still fun.

[marianne237]

Definitely Cooks Country on Create TV

[Patty55]

The Barefoot Contessa is one of my favorites, also like Diners, DriveIns and Dives.

The Pioneer Woman, Farmhouse Rules and Semi Homemade-I just want to smack them.