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Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul
Cooking For The President
Season 1
Episode 108
Jacques’ illustrious cooking career includes time in the Élysée Palace cooking for the French President. At the young age of 22 and alongside his best friend, pastry chef, Jean-Claude Szurdak, Jacques cooked classic dishes for the de Gaulle family.
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Jacques and daughter, Claudine reminiscence about past menus enjoyed as a family.
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Jacques combines his knowledge of American cookery with his traditional French training.
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Jacques demonstrates how home cooking using quality ingredients can be inexpensive.
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It’s a family reunion as Jacques’ daughter Claudine lends a helping hand in the kitchen.
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Jacques cooks down memory lane, sharing anecdotes from his childhood along the way.
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Jacques makes budget-friendly dishes made with inexpensive ingredients.
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Jacques showcases four sophisticated seafood servings.
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There’s never a dull moment when Jean-Claude joins Jacques in the kitchen!
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Jacques spends some of the winter at his home-away-from-home, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.
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Jacques’ granddaughter Shorey is back in the kitchen and she’s all grown up!
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In honor of their love, Jacques prepares a meal of his wife Gloria’s favorites.
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Shorey, Jacques’ granddaughter joins him in the kitchen.