The BEST episodes of The Mind of a Chef season 2
Every episode of The Mind of a Chef season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Mind of a Chef season 2!
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 - Low Country BBQ
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/17/2013
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
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#2 - Rice
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/2013
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.
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#4 - Seeds
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/12/2013
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.
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#5 - Preserve
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/3/2013
Preservation techniques that play an important role in Southern culture are discussed, including drying, salt-curing, canning and fermentation.
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#6 - Southerners
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/2013
In this episode, Chef Sean Brock explores a few of the unique regional cuisines in the South.
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#7 - Curry
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/6/2013
Explore the origins of curry and England’s versions of this historic cuisine.
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#8 - Italian
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/2013
Explore April Bloomfield’s deep love for Italian cuisine and its influence on her cooking.
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#9 - British Classics
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/2013
Review some of the signature dishes of UK cuisine: bangers and mash, fish-n-chips, and pies.
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#10 - Roots
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/10/2013
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.
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#11 - Sea/Salt
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2013
Focus on April’s love of the sea, which is deep and fully realized.
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#12 - Leftovers
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/2013
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.
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#13 - London
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/2013
Travel with Chef April Bloomfield to London, where her cooking career began.
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#14 - Restaurateur
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/20/2013
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.
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#15 - Senegal
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/24/2013
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.
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#16 - Farmer
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/13/2013
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.
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