Netflix’s fall food lineup
The streaming service is expanding its menu of food and cooking shows with two brand-new series and a new season of Chef ’s Table
When it comes to inspirational, aspirational and downright comical food programming, Netflix has proved itself a serious contender.
With smash hits like Nailed It! on its roster, the streaming service is set to expand its menu of food and cooking shows for fall with two brand-new series and a new season of Chef ’s Table.
James Beard Awardwinning author and chef Samin Nosrat will make her television debut with a fourpart docuseries based on the premise of her cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (Simon & Schuster, 2017).
Nosrat posted on Instagram that she was “elated” to announce that the series, which has been in the making for nearly two years, will premiere on Netflix on October 19. In Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Nosrat provides the foundational principles of good cooking; focusing on techniques and food science to free home cooks from following recipes by rote.
“The Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat theory slipped in alongside these philosophies that were handed down to me about cooking, which is the idea of practice makes perfect… You have to travel and taste and learn every day,” Nosrat told the National Post in 2017.
In that spirit, the new series will include visits to kitchens around the world – including Italy, Japan and Mexico – as well as the legendary Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., where Nosrat began her career as a chef.
Baker Christine McConnell, author of Deceptive Desserts: A Lady’s Guide to Baking Bad! (Regan Arts, 2016), will feature her oftmacabre creations in a new series produced by the Jim Henson Company. The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell will present “delectable confections and hauntingly disturbing decor with the help of her colourful collection of creatures,” according to a statement.
The fifth season of David Gelb’s documentary series Chef ’s Table will launch on September 28. Details are sparse but as in previous seasons, it will showcase the work and lives of various chefs. Casting is of particular interest following February’s Chef’s Table: Pastry, which was widely criticized for its lack of representation.