The BEST episodes of The Mind of a Chef season 1
Every episode of The Mind of a Chef season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Mind of a Chef season 1!
The Mind of a Chef combines travel, cooking, history, science, and humor into an unforgettable journey. Producer and narrator Anthony Bourdain explores the creative processes of international celebrity chefs to learn what fuels their culinary artistry.
#1 - Noodle
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2012
Author and Chef David Chang visits a noodle factory in Japan; eats the best bowl of ramen in his life; and, cooks two incredible dishes with the instant ramen variety. Food scientist Harold McGee explains how alkaline salts make ramen noodles unique.
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#8 - René
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/16/2012
Chang hangs out with one of his best friends- who happens to be the world’s top chef- Rene Redzepi.
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#9 - Gluttony
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2012
It’s gluttonous goodness in this episode; over the top indulgence with Joe Beef chefs Federic Morin and David McMillian’s fois gras sandwich, a whiskey tasting Mayhem with Chef Sean Brock at Buffalo Trace in Kentucky and the classic dish Hot Brown served up three ways.
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#10 - Chef
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2012
Chang prepares eggs with his chef pals; Wylie Dufresne, Daniel Patterson, Rene Redzepi, and makes his Ko egg.
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#11 - Pig
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/9/2012
This episode explores Chang’s relationship to the pig. He travels to San Sebastian to discuss pork bushi. He makes pork belly, and tonkotsu and travels to Montreal with his pal Aziz Ansari for a fried bologna sandwich. In the kitchen, David makes a "red-eye mayo;" his pastry chef shows how to make a salty sugary late night snack--the corn cookie ham and cheese.
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#12 - Memory
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/9/2012
Author and Chef David Chang revisits a ramen shop in Japan, where he ate while apprenticing at a restaurant in Tokyo. He also visits the Callaway Golf factory where, for the first time in the 14 years since he threw his clubs off a cliff, he hits a golf ball. Later, he prepares a cold Korean soup, naeng myung, that his mother prepared for him and his father when they went golfing.
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#13 - Sweet Spot
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/30/2012
Chang’s protégé Christina Tosi makes corn cookies three ways and her three layered Arnold Palmer Cake, Chef Burns makes ice cream and Chang goes strawberry picking.
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#14 - Rotten
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/16/2012
There is something rotten in David Chang’s kitchen and that’s a good thing. Rotten is delicious; katsuibushi in Japan, XO sauce, rotten bananas with Chef Christina Tosi, and Kimchi.
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#15 - Japan
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/2012
Chang travels from Tokyo to Kyoto to meet and eat with friends. He visits a street market in Tokyo and Michelin three-star restaurant Kikunoi in Kyoto.
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#16 - Soy
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/2012
This episode is all soy; Chang visits tofu and miso factories in Japan, Chef Christina Tosi makes Burnt Miso.
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