The Best of The Mind of a Chef

2016 • PBS

4.0

4 reviews

TV-PG

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Eligible

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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Best of: Eggs

10/1/16

Eggs — everyone’s favorite food. From the NYC classic egg on roll to Faroe Island fulmar egg and curry, re-fall in love with the best egg dishes culled from the archives. Crack them open and let the fun begin.

2 Best of: Legends

10/15/16

Everyone knows that it takes a great chef to make a great chef. This episode pays homage to some of the greatest culinary minds in the world. Fergus Henderson, Eric Ripert, Pascal Barbot and more spend some quality time cooking with series alumni.

3 Best of: Fried

10/15/16

When it comes to preparations, few could be as delightful and decadent as a good, old-fashioned deep fry, crispy and sizzling in grease. This episode serves up food fare from oyster po’boys to pig’s head, alligator to sardine spines.

4 Best of: Surf N Turf

2/11/17

This “best of” episode explores the wet and dry side of our culinary world. Magnus Nilsson dry-ages a steak in kidney fat as long as possible, April Bloomfield hallucinates while at a butcher shop, Ed Lee makes a ribeye with eel puree, and more.

5 Best of: Desserts

2/18/17

This “best of” episode takes a long, hard look at the cherry on top of a dining experience. On the list are burnt miso apple pie, the English classic banoffee pie and sorghum ice cream. Grab a spoon.

6 Best of: Birds

2/25/17

This “best of” episode opens the birdcage on some familiar (and not so familiar) poultry dishes. Chinese chicken noodle soup and chicken and dumplings make an appearance, but stuffed Faroe Island puffin and duck on a string get screen time as well.

About this show

Narrated by Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain, The Best of The Mind of a Chef is that rare and beautiful thing: an intelligent show about cooking. The Best of The Mind of a Chef shows the very best of the show that combines cooking, travel, history, humor, art and science into a cinematic journey. Each episode captures another glorious flicker from the minds of its subjects and focuses on what it truly means to cook, think, create and live in the food-obsessed world that is The Best of The Mind of a Chef.

Ratings and reviews

4.0

4 reviews

Jim Clinton

February 10, 2021

I purchased the entire season. Episode 2: Legends is missing. While the Episode 2 description is accurate, the video corresponds to Episode 3: note the similarities in airdate and thumbnail. Would happily give 5 stars once Episode 2 is available, I'm a huge fan of the series! For now, it feels like I paid for 6 episodes but have only received 5.

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