A Chef's Life

A Chef's Life is a new 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.

A Chef's Life

Have Yourself Some Moonshine

Vivian visits Broad Slab Distillery, and talks about the art and soul of white lightning.

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The Buttermilk Belt

Vivian and Ben go to Maple View Dairy to pick up buttermilk for the restaurant.

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Collard Green Queen

Vivian gets a lesson in a 100-year-old tradition of making collard kraut.

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Love Me Some Candied Yams

Vivian visits one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country.

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A Peanut Passtime

Vivian visits neighbor Marty Harper’s peanut farm just before and during harvest.

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A Road Trip for Rice

Vivian travels to meet with Glenn Roberts to learn about Carolina Heirloom Rice.

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Muscadine Time

Ben, Vivian and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard.

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Oysters

Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters.

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You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey

Vivian preps for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon with the ultimate tomato sandwich.

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Cracklin' Kitchen

Vivian launches the restaurant’s new “whole animal, no waste” program with two pigs.

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Pimp My Grits

The restaurant gears up for a practice service — but nothing is going as planned.

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Strawberry Stay at Home

Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the Southern harbinger of Spring.

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Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea

Chef Vivian and her husband leave NYC to open a restaurant in her North Carolina hometown.

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