The Mind of a Chef - Season 2

The Mind of a Chef - Season 2

Season 2

Season 2 features two culinary masters: Sean Brock and April Bloomfield. In the first eight episodes of season two, Chef Sean Brock of McCrady’s and Husk spotlights southern cooking with heritage varieties of rice, beans and grains. In the second half of the season, Chef April Bloomfield of The Spotted Pig follows up with an innovative, refreshingly straightforward take on food.
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Episodes16
DatesSep 5, 2013 - Dec 20, 2013
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Episodes

Southerners
Season 2Episode 125 min

Southerners

A spotlight on the regional variations of southern cuisine. Chef Steven Satterfield makes okra and grits. Chef John Currence makes tamales. Chef Ed Lee creates a dish using bourbon, sorghum and country ham. Pastry chef Lisa Donavan makes a buttermilk pie. New host Sean Brock is joined by the Lee Brothers to make deviled crab
Sep 5, 2013
Seeds
Season 2Episode 225 min

Seeds

It all began when Sean Brock went looking for Jimmy red corn. That simple journey turned into a lifetime of searching, archiving and reviving lost crops of the South. His partners in crime are legendary owner and operator of Anson Mills, Glen Roberts, and University of South Carolina professor David Shields — a trifecta of seed nerds hell-bent on preserving Southern food heritage.
Sep 12, 2013
Rice
Season 2Episode 325 min

Rice

The resurrection of Carolina gold rice, which disappeared following the Civil War era, is examined. Included: making pilaf and Hoppin' John fritters. Also: Louisiana chef Donald Link makes jambalaya; and Senegalese chef Fati Ly makes pilau.
Sep 19, 2013
Louisiana
Season 2Episode 425 min

Louisiana

A look at Louisiana cuisine features a visit to Middendorf's Restaurant in Akers, La., with food writer John T. Edge; and a frogging excursion with chef Donald Link.
Sep 26, 2013
Preserve
Season 2Episode 525 min

Preserve

Preservation techniques that play an important role in Southern culture are discussed, including drying, salt-curing, canning and fermentation.
Oct 3, 2013
Roots
Season 2Episode 625 min

Roots

Host Sean Brock prepares a typical Appalachian dinner; cooks chicken dumplings with his mother; visits with chef Joseph Lenn at Blackberry Farms in Tennessee; and learns how to make fried okra and country ham.
Oct 10, 2013
Low Country BBQ
Season 2Episode 725 min

Low Country BBQ

Host Sean Brock prepares an outdoor feast on a friend's farm, where he's joined by barbecue pitmaster Rodney Scott, who roasts a whole pig; and Steven Satterfield, who makes Savannah red rice. Brock also prepares frogmore stew
Oct 17, 2013
Senegal
Season 2Episode 825 min

Senegal

The influence of West Africa on Southern cuisine is explored during a visit to Senegal. Historian and chef Fati Ly leads a tour of the markets in Dakar and M'Bour; and cooks theibou yapp, a traditional Sengalese dish.
Oct 24, 2013
London
Season 2Episode 925 min

London

Chef April Bloomfield visits London, where she began her cooking career. Cooking walnut tagliatelle with chef Ruth Rogers. Making rabbit pie with chef Fergus Henderson, and enjoying a pint and scotch eggs with chef Rowley Leigh.
Nov 29, 2013
Sea/Salt
Season 2Episode 1025 min

Sea/Salt

Focus on April’s love of the sea, which is deep and fully realized.
Nov 29, 2013
Curry
Season 2Episode 1125 min

Curry

Explore the origins of curry and England’s versions of this historic cuisine.
Dec 6, 2013
Italian
Season 2Episode 1225 min

Italian

Explore April Bloomfield’s deep love for Italian cuisine and its influence on her cooking.
Dec 6, 2013
British Classics
Season 2Episode 1325 min

British Classics

Review some of the signature dishes of UK cuisine: bangers and mash, fish-n-chips, and pies.
Dec 13, 2013
Farmer
Season 2Episode 1425 min

Farmer

April travels four hours outside London to Cornwall to visit and cook with farmer and chef Tom Adams on his farm. Tom raises the cute, furry and delicious mangalitsa pigs. April and Tom butcher and cook the entire pig piece by piece: loin, shoulder, belly and head.
Dec 13, 2013
Leftovers
Season 2Episode 1525 min

Leftovers

This episode aims to prove that nasty bits have been given a bad rap and deserve to be on the kitchen table along with meatloaf and mashed potatoes. In the kitchen, April cooks faggots, bubble and squeak and pig parts; Fergus Henderson works his offal magic on kidneys.
Dec 20, 2013
Restaurateur
Season 2Episode 1625 min

Restaurateur

Chef Bloomfield wrestles with the questions every aspiring new or expanding veteran chef has to confront. April and her business partner, Ken Friedman, explore the challenges of opening their first out-of-state venture in San Francisco: Tosca. April is inspired by a local morning bun, and she’s busy in the kitchen testing and tasting dishes for her new menu.
Dec 20, 2013

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