The Mind of a Chef Season 3
Go inside the minds of some of the world's top chefs. Narrated by Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain, The Mind of a Chef is that rare and beautiful thing: an intelligent show about cooking.
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The Mind of a Chef
2012 / TV-PGJoin chefs Magnus Nilsson and Ed Lee as they show viewers what it truly means to cook, think, create and live in the food-obsessed world that is The Mind of A Chef.
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The Mind of a Chef Season 3 Full Episode Guide
A day in the life of chef Magnus Nilsson as he and the Fäviken staff prepare for dinner. The routine starts early, as Nilsson forages for spruce branches for his scallop dish and ends late, as every detail of the dinner is meticulously choreographed and executed.
Chef Magnus Nilsson's efforts to document and preserve Nordic traditions are detailed including a visit to the Faroe Islands.
Explore how seasons affect a restaurant’s menu when the food is sourced in a 100-mile radius.
Examine how the bonds of tradition help to forge the identities of families and individuals.
Return with Magnus to France, a place that had a profound impact on his culinary career.
When Chef Nilsson develops a dish at Fäviken, he pays careful attention to the unique properties of an ingredient. Through research and recipe testing, the components of a dish are combined with the aim of preserving their natural quintessence. “The Creation of a Dish” follows the life cycle of an ingredient as it transforms from an idea into a dish at his restaurant.
After a long winter, the arrival of spring awakens the delicate flavors of young herbs. The sun remains perched in the sky until midnight, the temperature climbs, and life returns to the once snow-covered landscape. This episode takes advantage of this brief window of time to explore the ingredients of spring in Sweden.
Explore the ways that the Scandinavian people have survived winter through the practice of preservation and aging with Chef Magnus Nilsson.
Ed tends bar and serves up a tentacled dish for actress and bourbon-lover Aisha Tyler.
The more things change… the more they continue to change. Explore the ephemeral with Ed as he tries his hand at cooking alternative meats.
What grows together, goes together. Ed explores combining the food of different cultures as culinary borders disappear.
From the smokehouse to the plate, see why country ham is one of Ed’s favorite ingredients from the Bluegrass State.
Taste the food and culture of Louisville, Kentucky, the place Ed now calls home.
Travel with Ed to the foothills of the Andes to explore the most elemental part of cooking: fire.
Head to Houston, Texas, where a sweat-inducing crawfish dinner exemplifies how flavors can blend together to create an entirely new American cuisine.
Ed returns to his roots in East Brooklyn and the eclectic mix of cuisines that inspired how he cooks today.