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Shake, Rattle, and Pole (Beans) - S5 E2
Premiered On: 10/15/2017
Vivian struggles to scrounge up enough green beans to add to the menu at Chef & the Farmer. Mrs. Tessie Mae gives her a golf cart tour of her garden, an intro to pickled pork, and a lesson in snapping pole beans.
- Tuesday August 4, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Tuesday August 4, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
Prolific Peppers - S5 E3
Premiered On: 10/22/2017
Vivian preps peppers for a trip to Lambstock, where chefs, food and music converge. Holley's grandmother offers a lesson in stuffing peppers and delegating authority.
- Tuesday August 4, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday August 4, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
- Wednesday August 5, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Wednesday August 5, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
A Food Truck and a Pear Tree - S5 E4
Premiered On: 10/29/2017
Vivian's cookbook delivery sparks emotions as the reality of wheeling a food truck around the country sets in. The crew does a practice run at the farmer's market.
- Wednesday August 5, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday August 5, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
WANTED: Broccoli - S5 E5
Premiered On: 11/05/2017
Follow Vivian as she heads to NYC, where her book launch means a full itinerary. A lack of rain leads Vivian on a challenging hunt for broccoli.
- Thursday August 6, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday August 6, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Bourbon Country - S5 E6
Premiered On: 11/12/2017
A dinner in Vivian's honor ends as an American history lesson. A tour of Maker's Mark and Jefferson's distilleries clarifies the whiskey, scotch, and bourbon differences. Vivian learns how Frank and Jesse James fit into Kentucky's boozy biography.
- Friday August 7, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday August 7, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Persimmon Style - S5 E7
Premiered On: 11/19/2017
Vivian takes the twins to pick persimmons and learns about the different varieties of the fruit.
- Monday August 10, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday August 10, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Chasing Trout - S5 E8
Premiered On: 12/12/2017
Vivian plans a respite from the road during the holidays and prepares a Feast of the Seven Fishes.
- Tuesday August 11, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday August 11, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Liver Lover - S5 E9
Premiered On: 12/26/2017
Vivian visits a restaurant known for fried liver and learns that not all livers are created equal.
- Wednesday August 12, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday August 12, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
King Cornbread - S5 E10
Premiered On: 12/10/2017
Vivian visits a Kinston institution that uses cornbread to make "pig and a puppy." Mrs. Scarlett and Ms. Lillie's cornbread cook-off showcases their different traditions.
- Thursday August 13, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday August 13, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Sweet Corn & Expensive Tea - S1 E1
Premiered On: 09/15/2013
Chef Vivian and her husband, Ben, leave New York to open a restaurant in her small North Carolina hometown. She revisits the Southern tradition of "putting up" corn and makes smoked corn relish.
- Friday August 14, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday August 14, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Strawberry Stay at Home - S1 E2
Premiered On: 09/22/2013
Vivian and Ben rebuild their restaurant against the backdrop of the Southern harbinger of spring, the strawberry. Chef Vivian develops a recipe for coconut cornbread strawberry shortcake with basil whipped cream.
- Monday August 17, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday August 17, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Pimp My Grits - S1 E3
Premiered On: 09/29/2013
The restaurant gears up for a practice service when the new equipment and new menu will be tested in real time - but nothing is going as planned.
- Tuesday August 18, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday August 18, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Cracklin' Kitchen - S1 E4
Premiered On: 10/06/2013
Vivian christens the restaurant's new "whole animal, no waste" program with two little pigs from Warren Brothers' farm. She demonstrates how to make sweet potatoes with cracklins.
- Wednesday August 19, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday August 19, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Tomatoes....You Say Heirloom, I Say Old Timey - S1 E5
Premiered On: 10/13/2013
Mary Vaughn shows Vivian the old-timey way to can tomatoes. Vivian prepares for a Southern Foodways Alliance luncheon at the restaurant.
- Thursday August 20, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday August 20, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
The World Is Your Oyster - S1 E6
Premiered On: 10/20/2013
Vivian goes to Cedar Island to explore the new culture of farm-raised oysters in the Southeast.
- Friday August 21, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday August 21, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Muscadine Time - S1 E7
Premiered On: 10/27/2013
Ben, Vivian, and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard while learning the history of this native grape. Vivian makes a pizza with mulled muscadines.
- Monday August 24, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday August 24, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
A Road Trip for Rice - S1 E8
Premiered On: 11/03/2013
Vivian travels to Columbia, South Carolina, and learns about Carolina heirloom rice growing in fields on the Savannah River.
- Tuesday August 25, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday August 25, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
A Peanut Pastime - S1 E9
Premiered On: 11/10/2013
Vivian visits a peanut farm and prepares Pepsi glazed pork belly with country ham braised peanuts.
- Wednesday August 26, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday August 26, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Love Me Some Candied Yams! - S1 E10
Premiered On: 11/17/2013
Vivian introduces viewers to Rob and Amy Hill, proprietors of one of the largest sweet potato farms in the country and two of the restaurant's best customers.
- Thursday August 27, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday August 27, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Collard Green Queen - S1 E11
Premiered On: 11/24/2013
Vivian spends the morning with her neighbors, the Mills brothers, participating in their 100-year-old all-male family tradition of making collard kraut.
- Friday August 28, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday August 28, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
The Buttermilk Belt - S1 E12
Premiered On: 12/01/2013
Vivian discusses buttermilk at Maple View Dairy and tries to shoot a Christmas card picture.
- Monday August 31, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday August 31, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Have Yourself Some Moonshine - S1 E13
Premiered On: 12/09/2013
Vivian visits Broad Slab Distillery. AppleJack Moonshine cocktails are prepared and enjoyed.
- Tuesday September 1, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday September 1, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Blueberries and Boiling Over - S2 E1
Premiered On: 10/17/2014
Vivian and Ben open the Boiler Room, a burger/oyster bar featuring Vivian's blueberry BBQ sauce.
- Wednesday September 2, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday September 2, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Recent
Shake, Rattle, and Pole (Beans) - S5 E2
- Friday July 31, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 31, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Two-mato - S5 E1
- Thursday July 30, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday July 30, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Mayo - The Mother Sauce - S4 E10
- Wednesday July 29, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday July 29, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Heavenly Hocks - S4 E9
- Tuesday July 28, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 28, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
All Sunchoked Up - S4 E8
- Wednesday July 29, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Wednesday July 29, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
- Monday July 27, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday July 27, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
More Than One Way to Skin a Catfish - S4 E7
- Tuesday July 28, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Tuesday July 28, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
- Friday July 24, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 24, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Cabbage's Last Stand - S4 E5
- Thursday July 23, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday July 23, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Stand by Your Cabbage - S4 E4
- Wednesday July 22, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday July 22, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Peas, Please - S4 E3
- Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
My Watermelon Baby - S4 E2
- Wednesday July 22, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Wednesday July 22, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
- Monday July 20, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday July 20, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Onions and Avetts - S4 E1
- Tuesday July 21, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Tuesday July 21, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
- Friday July 17, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 17, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
One Potato, New Potato - S3 E13
- Thursday July 16, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday July 16, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
What's Your Beef? - S3 E12
- Wednesday July 15, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday July 15, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Gone Clamming, Part II - S3 E11
- Tuesday July 14, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 14, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Gone Clamming, Part I - S3 E10
- Wednesday July 15, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Wednesday July 15, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
- Monday July 13, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday July 13, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
They Call'em 'Bagas - S3 E9
- Tuesday July 14, 2026 5:30 am ET on KET
- Tuesday July 14, 2026 4:30 am CT on KET
- Friday July 10, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 10, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Honey, I'm Home! - S3 E8
- Thursday July 9, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday July 9, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
A Casserole Says Plenty - S3 E7
- Sunday July 12, 2026 4:30 am ET on KET
- Sunday July 12, 2026 3:30 am CT on KET
- Wednesday July 8, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday July 8, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
If You Can't Beet 'Em - S3 E6
- Tuesday July 7, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Tuesday July 7, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Prickly Business - S3 E5
- Monday July 6, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Monday July 6, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Pickle Perfect - S3 E4
- Friday July 3, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Friday July 3, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Gettin' Figgy with It - S3 E3
- Thursday July 2, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Thursday July 2, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET
Pretty in Peach - S3 E2
- Wednesday July 1, 2026 3:00 pm ET on KET
- Wednesday July 1, 2026 2:00 pm CT on KET

