Chef’s Desk: Legends is pulling up a chair at some icons’ tables.
For the tenth anniversary of the long-running Netflix present, airing on Monday, April 28, the franchise seems to be to 4 influential superstar cooks over 4 45-minute episodes, PEOPLE can announce solely.
“Within the final twenty or thirty years, a small handful of individuals modified how we have a look at meals,” a voiceover narrates in regards to the culinary leaders: Alice Waters, Jamie Oliver, José Andrés and Thomas Keller.
“Alice Waters is the mom of the farm-to-table motion. It’s her uncompromising method that she pushes us to do issues we didn’t assume have been potential,” somebody says in regards to the chef and restaurateur. “A spot the place we treasure our farmers, that’s the world I wish to stay in,” Waters, who lately appeared on Meghan Markle’s new present, With Love, Meghan, explains within the clip.
Subsequent up is Keller, chef-owner of French Laundry, the enduring Yountville, Calif., restaurant. “Thomas Keller has led the best way for a number of a long time now,” somebody narrates. “He’s crucial American chef in historical past.”
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“When somebody tells you you could have influenced them, that’s why I do what I do,” Keller says.
“He’s modified the best way folks take into consideration meals on this nation,” a voiceover narrates about “charming TV chef” Oliver. The British culinary star says, “I’ve a job to information as many individuals to the enjoyment of meals and cooking and I’m going to present it my finest shot.”
Of Andrés, somebody says, “José is a maximalist. On one aspect you could have a small empire of unbelievable eating places and the opposite aspect you could have a non-profit group eager to feed the world.”
The World Central Kitchen founder explains, “There’s a second I noticed for those who give folks the spark of chance, that spark turns into a giant flame of hope.”
Followers of Andrés can see extra of him on the small display in his new NBC present Sure, Chef! The cookbook writer and Martha Stewart host the competitors collection which sees 12 cooks compete for a money prize of $250,000. The collection airs on April 28.
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“I did not know what it might be like working with him on one thing like this, however I believed it might be very fascinating,” Stewart advised PEOPLE on a day of filming in early March. “And it has turned out to be very fascinating, even though he hears and sees imaginary raccoons in all places and he has rubber duckies and chickens [that he hides on set],” she added of Andrés’ antics.
Even after lengthy days on set whereas filming in Toronto, the 2 play playing cards, shoot darts and have meals collectively when their shoots wrap.
“We have been going out to dinner, she’s been coming and partying in my residence for dinner, we prepare dinner collectively,” Andrés advised PEOPLE. “We eat collectively till they kick us out of the restaurant — no, we have been behaving.”