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Chef's Story

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Summary: Chef's Story is a 26-Part Public Television series featuring Dorothy Cann Hamilton interviewing well known chefs 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.

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Season 1

Episode 1: Rick Bayless

Air Date: April 1st, 2007

Summary: Rick Bayless discusses his passion for Mexican cuisine; red chili steak with beans.

Episode 2: Anthony Bourdain

Air Date: April 8th, 2007

Summary: Anthony Bourdain talks about his culinary and traveling adventures; duck confit with frisee salad.

Episode 3: Lidia Bastianich

Air Date: April 15th, 2007

Summary: Lidia Bastianich discusses her quest to bring Italian cuisine to America; skillet cauliflower with bacon; brussels sprouts alla padella.

Episode 4: André Soltner

Air Date: April 22nd, 2007

Summary: André Soltner, owner of New York's Lutece, demonstrates the basic omelet method.

Episode 5: Bobby Flay

Air Date: April 29th, 2007

Summary: Bobby Flay talks about his life in television; 16 spice chicken with caramelized mango-garlic sauce.

Episode 6: Daniel Boulud

Air Date: May 6th, 2007

Summary: Daniel Boulud's journey from his family's farm in France to America; scorpionfish farci braised with a crab bouillabaisse.

Episode 7: Jacques Pépin

Air Date: May 13rd, 2007

Summary: Jacques Pépin talks about working as a personal chef to three French heads of state; pate a choux.

Episode 8: Thomas Keller

Air Date: May 20th, 2007

Summary: Thomas Keller discusses his quest for culinary perfection; poularde legs stuffed with morel mousse with pickled ramps.

Episode 9: Cat Cora

Air Date: May 27th, 2007

Summary: Cat Cora talks about the Food Network's "Iron Chef America" and her role as founder of Chefs for Humanity; milk and honey soup.

Episode 10: Patrick O'Connell

Air Date: June 3rd, 2007

Summary: Patrick O'Connell discusses how he showcased his love for theater by running The Inn at Little Washington; scrambled eggs with caviar.

Episode 11: Michel Richard

Air Date: June 10th, 2007

Summary: Michel Richard, one of the founders of "California Cuisine," prepares apple risotto.

Episode 12: Alain Sailhac

Air Date: June 17th, 2007

Summary: Alain Sailhac discusses his experiences of coming to America from France; making french fries.

Episode 13: Marcus Samuelsson

Air Date: June 24th, 2007

Summary: Marcus Samuelsson shares the importance of his multicultural heritage; gravlax with Ethiopian berbere and avocado soup.

Episode 14: José Andrés

Air Date: July 1st, 2007

Summary: Spanish chef José Andrés prepares shrimp paella.

Episode 15: Todd English

Air Date: July 8th, 2007

Summary: Celebrity chef Todd English prepares fresh pasta tajarin with lobster and spring vegetable carbonara.

Episode 16: Norman Van Aken

Air Date: July 15th, 2007

Summary: Norman Van Aken describes his quest to translate the sensuality of Latin American flavors to the North American palate; tuna tiradito.

Episode 17: Suzanne Goin

Air Date: July 22nd, 2007

Summary: Suzanne Goin runs three Los Angeles restaurants; blood orange and arugula salad with dates and almonds; warm kabocha squash with dandelion.

Episode 18: Dean Fearing and Robert Del Grande

Air Date: July 29th, 2007

Summary: Dean Fearing and Robert Del Grande discuss their love for Southwestern cuisine; grilled barbecue shrimp tortillas; pickled red onion salad.

Episode 19: Dan Barber

Air Date: August 5th, 2007

Summary: Dan Barber talks about his restaurant project; crispy braised pork belly with mixed baby greens.

Episode 20: Jacques Torres

Air Date: August 12nd, 2007

Summary: Pastry chef Jacques Torres shares his passion for chocolate; chocolate balloon cups filled with chocolate mousse.

Episode 21: Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Air Date: August 19th, 2007

Summary: Jean-Georges Vongerichten blends his French Alsatian roots with Asian influences; ginger lime syrup; raw tuna with chili oil spiced tapioca.

Episode 22: Charlie Palmer

Air Date: August 26th, 2007

Summary: Charlie Palmer discusses his progressive American cuisine, American artisanal products and produce of small farmers; roux and reduction sauce methods.

Episode 23: Charlie Trotter

Air Date: September 2nd, 2007

Summary: Chicago restaurateur Charlie Trotter prepares a celery root conjugation.

Episode 24: David Bouley

Air Date: September 9th, 2007

Summary: David Bouley talks about feeding rescue workers at Ground Zero after Sept. 11; hot smoked salmon with creme fraiche.

Episode 25: Arun Sampanthavivat

Air Date: September 16th, 2007

Summary: Arun Sampanthavivat's journey to become a self-taught master of Thai cuisine; Hung Lay Curry.

Episode 26: Tom Colicchio

Air Date: September 23rd, 2007

Summary: Tom Colicchio created a culinary empire from New York to Las Vegas and the Carolina Islands; artichokes barigoule and sea bass.

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