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A Chef's Life

Obviously, It’s Pecans

Season 2 Episode 8

It’s November ya’ll and that means it’s busy at Chef and the Farmer. Vivian is feeling the stress of both work and home as she juggles running the restaurant after suspending her sous chef and preparing for her own Thanksgiving feast. She and Ms. Scarlett head to Ms. Scarlett’s family farm where they source their pecans and have a run in with Uncle Dwight’s wild boar.

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The Buttermilk Belt
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Vivian and Ben go to Maple View Dairy to pick up buttermilk for the restaurant.
Collard Green Queen
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Vivian gets a lesson in a 100-year-old tradition of making collard kraut.
Love Me Some Candied Yams
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Vivian visits one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country.
A Peanut Passtime
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Vivian visits neighbor Marty Harper’s peanut farm just before and during harvest.
A Road Trip for Rice
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Vivian travels to meet with Glenn Roberts to learn about Carolina Heirloom Rice.
Muscadine Time
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Ben, Vivian and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard.
Oysters
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Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters.
You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey
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Vivian preps for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon with the ultimate tomato sandwich.
Cracklin' Kitchen
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Vivian launches the restaurant’s new “whole animal, no waste” program with two pigs.
Pimp My Grits
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The restaurant gears up for a practice service — but nothing is going as planned.
Strawberry Stay at Home
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Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the Southern harbinger of Spring.
A Chef's Life Season 1
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Chef Vivian and her husband leave NYC to open a restaurant in her North Carolina hometown.
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