The Mind of a Chef: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Narrated by Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain, The Mind of a Chef is that rare and beautiful thing: An intelligent show about cooking. Season three of the James Beard and Emmy-Award wining series from Zero Point Zero Production and presented by WGBH, enters the minds of chefs Edward Lee and Magnus Nilsson, and follows these two great culinary figures from their home kitchens to destinations around the globe in search of ingredients, inspiration and the perfect meal. As in the previous two seasons, featuring chefs David Chang, Sean Brock and April Bloomfield, The Mind of a Chef combines cooking, travel, history, humor, art and science into a cinematic journey, each episode capturing another glorious flicker from the mind of its subject and focusing on what it truly means to cook, think, create and live in the food-obsessed world that is The Mind of a Chef.

Series details

• Title: The Mind of a Chef
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Food
• Premiere date: 2012-11-09
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 26 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9085
• IMDb ID: tt2510616
• TVDB ID: 263160

Cast and credited roles

• Anthony Bourdain — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-11-09; final listed air date 2013-01-11; episode order: 16.
• Season 2: premiered 2013-09-05; final listed air date 2013-12-20; episode order: 16.
• Season 3: premiered 2014-09-06; final listed air date 2014-12-20; episode order: 16.
• Season 4: premiered 2015-09-05; final listed air date 2015-12-20; episode order: 16.
• Season 5: premiered 2016-10-01; final listed air date 2017-01-03; episode order: 11.
• Season 6: premiered 2017-11-14; final listed air date 2017-12-18.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Mind of a Chef on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.