Food
Station:
FYI (US)
Status:
Running
Start:
2025-01-27
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The Chef's Garden joins Farmer Lee Jones on his farm as he meets with renowned chefs from across the country to celebrate fresh produce and regenerative agriculture with aspirational, creative dishes.In each half hour episode, The Chef's Garden brings viewers to the farm and into its industrial kitchen, the Culinary Vegetable Institute, where Farmer Lee and his chef friends—some of the most celebrated names in the industry including Emma Bengtsson, Curtis Duffy, Jenner Tomaska, and Rachael Ray — use the inspiration from the farm to experiment and cook together. Utilizing the ingredients around them, the chefs create dishes ranging from beat granita with cured salmon and chilled corn soup to Thai spiced shepherd's pie and crab meat stuffed burrata with roasted watermelon and tomatoes.
There is no Next Episode of The Chef's Garden planned.
S1E6 - Edible Flowers with Jamie Simpson
Air Date: 10 Feb 2025 21:30 (CDT)
S1E7 - Cucumbers with Bradley Kilgore
Chef Bradley Kilgore is a Miami-based chef and long-time friend of the Chef's Garden. He is back on the farm to see his friend Farmer Lee and find the best cucumbers growing on the farm. Chef Kilgore loves to use modern techniques to highlight the quality of the produce from the farm. Back at the test kitchen, he is doing his take on sashimi and martinis.
Air Date: 17 Feb 2025 21:00 (CDT)
S1E8 - Tomatoes and Watermelon with Jenner Tomaska
Executive Chef and owner of Michelin-starred Esme in Chicago, Chef Jenner Tomaska is visiting the farm for the first time. He and Farmer Lee are strolling the fields talking about the importance of knowing where your food comes from and extolling the virtues of serving food at its ripest stage. Then they head to the test kitchen where Chef Tomaska is playing a riff off of burrata, roasting watermelon and intensifying the tomato in a new and exciting way.
Air Date: 17 Feb 2025 21:30 (CDT)