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"Chef's Table" David Gelb's Award-Winning Chef Documentary Series on Netflix


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I've used the corona down time to watch every season of Chef's Table, David Gelb's award-winning chef documentary series streaming on Netflix.  David Gelb first made a name for himself with the movie Jiro Dreams of Sushi.  He views Chef's Table as the follow-on series to Jiro.  To be fair, the series does become rather formulaic and some of the production is overblown...but the food porn is excellent.  And many of the stories are interesting and inspiring.  On September 3, 2020, Chef's Table: BBQ was released as a four part season focused on BBQ and other fire-based cooking.  

Some highlight episodes include:

Magnus Nilsson of the now closed Faviken.  (This episode is similar to the Mind of a Chef series featuring Magnus)

Enrique Olvera of Pujol. (He comes across as being a genuinely nice person, plus the tacos)

Virgillio Martinez of Central in Lima, Peru. (This episode is pretty much mind-blowing)

Ana Ros of Hisa Franko in Slovenia (Most of the chefs/restaurants I have heard of, but she was new to me) 

Jeong Kwan at the Chunjinam Hermitage, South Korea. (She is Buddhist monk cooking vegan temple food.  This is a very different, serene episode)

Lennox Hastie of Firedoor in Sydney, Australia (Bourdain fans will recognize him from the episode featuring Asador Extebarri)

I wasn't keen on the episodes featuring Tim Raue and Gaggan Anand, who both came across as jerks.  

Anyway, if you haven't watched Chef's Table, it's excellent escapism as we head toward the colder months. 

 

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