Chef's Story
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Chef's Story is a 26-Part Public Television series featuring Dorothy Cann Hamilton
interviewing well known chef
s and restaurateurs.
Hamilton, founder and CEO of The French Culinary Institute
, conducts the interviews in front of culinary students in the first half of each episode.
Each chef then moves into a kitchen in the second half and prepares a dish that they consider signature or instructive. The FCI's International Culinary Theater acts as the host for each episode.
Inspired by Inside the Actors Studio
, interviews focus on each guest's growth as a chef and the philosophy they bring to their restaurants.
Chef's Story is produced by Soho Culinary Productions, Full Plate Media, and Lemnos Development and first debuted on public television stations in April 2007.
A companion book compiled by Dorothy Hamilton and Patric Kuh was also published by Harper Collins.
Dorothy Cann Hamilton
Dorothy Cann Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of The International Culinary Centers in New York and California, which houses The French Culinary Institute, The International Culinary Center School of Italian Studies, formerly known as The Italian Culinary Academy, and a new Bespoke Institute...
interviewing well known chef
Chef
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who cooks for a living, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation.-Etymology:The word "chef" is borrowed ...
s and restaurateurs.
Hamilton, founder and CEO of The French Culinary Institute
French Culinary Institute
The French Culinary Institute , also known as The International Culinary Center has locations in SoHo, New York City and in the San Francisco Bay Area of California....
, conducts the interviews in front of culinary students in the first half of each episode.
Each chef then moves into a kitchen in the second half and prepares a dish that they consider signature or instructive. The FCI's International Culinary Theater acts as the host for each episode.
Inspired by Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio is a series on the Bravo cable television channel, hosted by James Lipton. It is produced and directed by Jeff Wurtz; the executive producer is James Lipton. The program, which premiered in 1994, is distributed internationally by CABLEready and is broadcast in 125 countries...
, interviews focus on each guest's growth as a chef and the philosophy they bring to their restaurants.
Chef's Story is produced by Soho Culinary Productions, Full Plate Media, and Lemnos Development and first debuted on public television stations in April 2007.
A companion book compiled by Dorothy Hamilton and Patric Kuh was also published by Harper Collins.
List of episodes
- Rick BaylessRick BaylessRick Bayless is an American chef who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is perhaps best known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time....
- Anthony BourdainAnthony BourdainAnthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain is an American chef, author and television personality. He is well known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.A...
- Lidia BastianichLidia BastianichLidia Matticchio Bastianich is an American chef, author, and restaurateur....
- André SoltnerAndré SoltnerAndré Soltner is an internationally recognized French chef and author working in the United States.- Background :...
- Bobby FlayBobby FlayRobert William "Bobby" Flay is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur and reality television personality. He is the owner and executive chef of 12 restaurants: Mesa Grill in Las Vegas, New York City, and the Bahamas ; Bar Americain in New York City and Uncasville, Connecticut; Bobby Flay Steak...
- Daniel BouludDaniel BouludDaniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Montreal, Beijing, and Singapore...
- Jacques PépinJacques PépinJacques Pépin is an internationally recognized French chef, television personality, and author working in the United States. Born in Bourg-en-Bresse, Lyon in France, Pepin was raised by a father and mother who jointly owned a restaurant, where he later credited the start of his love for food. He...
- Thomas KellerThomas KellerThomas Keller is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark Napa Valley restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996, and the Best Chef in America in 1997...
- Cat CoraCat CoraCatherine "Cat" Cora is a Greek-American professional chef best known for her featured role as an "Iron Chef" on the Food Network television show Iron Chef America.-Early life:...
- Patrick O'ConnellPatrick O'Connell (chef)Patrick O’Connell is the chef and proprietor of The Inn at Little Washington, a country inn and restaurant in the town of Washington in Virginia's Rappahannock County. O’Connell was not classically trained as a chef. His training began at fifteen when he worked after school at a neighborhood...
- Michel RichardMichel RichardMichel Richard is a French-born chef, and is formerly the owner of the restaurant Citrus in Los Angeles. He currently owns the award-winning restaurant, Citronelle in Georgetown and Carmel, and Central in Las Vegas, NV and Washington, D.C.-Biography:...
- Alain SailhacAlain SailhacAlain Sailhac, born in Millau, France is an internationally recognized French chef working in New York City where he holds the position of Executive Vice President and Dean Emeritus at The French Culinary Institute. Sailhac earned the first ever four star rating from The New York Times while at Le...
- Marcus SamuelssonMarcus SamuelssonMarcus Samuelsson is a Swedish chef and co-owner of Aquavit restaurant in New York City and C-House Restaurant, located in the Affinia Hotel in Chicago.-Early life and career:...
- José AndrésJosé AndrésJosé Ramón Andrés Puerta , known as José Andrés, is a Spanish chef often credited for bringing the small plates dining concept to America...
- Todd EnglishTodd EnglishWilliam Todd English is a celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, entrepreneur, and television personality based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States...
- Norman Van Aken
- Suzanne GoinSuzanne GoinSuzanne Goin is a chef and restaurateur from Los Angeles, California. As a restaurateur, she runs four restaurants in the Los Angeles area: The A.O.C., Lucques, and Tavern, which she runs with partner Caroline Styne, and The Hungry Cat, where she shares duties with her husband, David Lentz...
- Dean FearingDean FearingWilliam Dean Fearing is an American chef known as "The Father of Southwestern Cuisine." He was executive chef for 20 years at Dallas' The Mansion on Turtle Creek, leaving in 2007 to start his own restaurant, Fearing's, in partnership with Ritz-Carlton...
/Robert Del Grande - Dan BarberDan BarberDan Barber is a chef and owner of several restaurants including Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York. He is a 1992 graduate of Tufts University with a B.A. in English.- Achievements :...
- Jacques TorresJacques TorresJacques Torres, known as “Mr. Chocolate,” is a master pastry chef. Torres is a prominent member of the FCI community, leading the Pastry Arts as well as holding pastry demonstrations.- Biography :...
- Jean-Georges VongerichtenJean-Georges VongerichtenJean-Georges Vongerichten is a French chef. He was born in Alsace, France, in 1956 and now resides in the United States of America. Vongerichten commands restaurants in culinary capitals Las Vegas, London, Paris and Shanghai, as well as New York's Jean Georges restaurant...
- Charlie PalmerCharlie Palmer (chef)Charlie Palmer is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and author. He is best known for his namesake Michelin star restaurant Aureole in Las Vegas and sister restaurant in New York. He has received three Michelin stars. Palmer appeared as a guest judge on Top Chef season 6 and has previously...
- Charlie TrotterCharlie TrotterCharlie Trotter is a chef and restaurateur.-Biography:A graduate of New Trier High School, Trotter started cooking professionally in 1982 after earning a degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For the next 5 years, he worked and studied in Chicago, San Francisco at...
- David Bouley
- Arun Sampanthavivat
- Tom ColicchioTom ColicchioThomas Patrick "Tom" Colicchio is an American celebrity chef. He co-founded the Gramercy Tavern in New York City, and formerly served as a co-owner and as the executive chef. He is also the founder of Craft and Colicchio & Sons restaurants...