Episode 1: Vivian Howard

In this episode, David Ellner sits down with Vivian Howard, host of PBS’s award-winning series, A Chef’s Life, and gets to know the down-home Southerner behind the superstar chef. After a childhood spent longing to escape North Carolina, Howard picked up years of invaluable culinary training in New York City before coming back home to her roots in her twenties. Hear all about that journey and more—including the time she unexpectedly found herself with 500 pounds of blueberries on her hands.