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Eastern NC Chef Vivian Howard Finalist For James Beard Award For 'A Chef's Life'

Vivian Howard, Chef and the Farmer
Vivian Howard

Working in famous New York City restaurants, Vivian Howard swore she’d never move back to her home state of North Carolina.  Then, in 2005, when she decided to open her restaurant, her family offered financial help with a catch: She had to open the restaurant near her home town.

"I was against it," she remembers.

But Howard and her husband Ben Knight wound up moving to the 20,000-population city of Kinston, N.C., and opened an upscale restaurant.

The couple documented their journey, and the resulting program, PBS' A Chef's Life, is now a finalist for a 2014 James Beard Award for Best Television Program, On Location.

Vivian Howard talked with WUNC's Dick Gordon in 2013. She said at the time that she was surprised by how much she enjoys dressing up Southern staples like okra, corn, bacon and oysters in her restaurant Chef and the Farmer.

Listen to their conversation:

http://www.thestory.org/sites/default/files/public/audio/story/2013_9_12_chef_and_the_farmer.mp3

Carol Jackson has been with WUNC since 2006. As Digital News Editor, she writes stories for wunc.org, and helps reporters and hosts make digital versions of their radio stories. She is also responsible for sharing stories on social media. Previously, Carol spent eight years with WUNC's nationally syndicated show The Story with Dick Gordon, serving as Managing Editor and Interim Senior Producer.
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