Great show on PBS (unsurprisingly) called Chef's Story. Basic premise is Dorothy Hamilton from the French Culinary Institute interview tops chefs, then the chefs do a cooking demo in front of a group of students from the FCI. Basically, Inside the Actor's Studio for chefs. Great concept and as usual it's real refreshing watching amazing chef's talk about their journey in the food world and watch how they create their own dishes. One of the most interesting stories is how Jean-Georges felt like he needed to take classes on opening up a business (Hunter's College) before he opened up his own restaurant in NYC. He was head chef at 3-4 other restaurants he opened up for someone else, but never on his own. A great contrast to all the idiots on Kitchen Nightmares that feel like they can open up their own restaurants easily. Great show and can't wait to see the rest of the episodes...Notable chef's on the show (sadly, no Eric Ripert):
- Daniel Boulud
- Jacques Pepin
- Andre Soltner
- Alain Sailhac
- Jean Georges Vongerichten
- Charlie Palmer
- Patrick O'Connell
- Rick Bayless
- Jose Andres
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