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About Vivian

I’m a mom, cook, author, occasional TV host, and restaurant owner from Deep Run, North Carolina. I work to blend family, food and storytelling in a way that touches people and reminds them of where they came from. The process of it all is generally a bit messy for me, but it’s been an interesting and rewarding journey so far.

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Vivian Howard Wants to Dismantle Traditional Notions of 'Southern' Food via Jezebel

In her new show, Somewhere South, Howard steps instead into the role of host, taking viewers on a journey through the history of Southern food and placing those foods into their context in the modern South. By exploring the food that people in the South are making, Howard aims to paint a portrait of the communities we are all a part of and to highlight the ways in which where we come from directly influence who we are.

Somewhere South Premiere Party Postponed

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Vivian Howard

American chef, restaurateur, author and television host

Vivian Howard is an American chef, restaurateur, author and television host. From 2013 to 2018, Howard hosted the PBS television series A Chef's Life[1] focusing on the ingredients and cooking traditions of eastern North Carolina — using the backdrop of the Chef & the Farmer restaurant in Kinston, North Carolina, which Howard co-owned with her then-husband and business partner, artist Ben Knight.

In 2014, Howard was the first woman since Julia Child to win a Peabody Award for a cooking program.[2] In 2017, she authored the cookbook-memoir Deep Run Roots, and in 2020 This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking.

In 2023, Howard wrote an opinion piece for the New York Times, outlining the foundational problems with the current restaurant business model, many that contributed directly to the post-pandemic temporary closure of The Chef and the Farmer — which she reopen in a re-envisioned format as a story-telling tasting menu seating.[3]&#

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Vivian Howard

Writing a description of yourself is really hard. But under instruction to list the things that make me, me - I’d have to say I’m a two-time author whose young adult self dreamt of being a writer. I’m the mother of a twin boy and girl who once doubted her maternal instincts. I’m a chef who cooks for therapy. I’m a lucky daughter who counts her parents among her friends. And I’m a television personality who can’t bear to look at herself in pictures. My greatest strengths are fearlessness, creativity, enthusiasm and humor. My most frustrating weaknesses are patience, organization and numbers. 

I always thought winning awards was for someone else but I’m happy to say there have been a few folks out there who thought I was worthy of some awards over the years.

If you’re looking for more official bio of sorts, here you go:

Vivian Howard is an award-winning cookbook author, tv personality, chef and restaurateur. Her first cookbook, Deep Run Roots: Stories & Recipes from My Corner of the South (2016), is a New York Times bestseller and was named “Co

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