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Best Episodes of Chef at Large
The Screaming Avocado
S5 Ep13
10.0
Join Chef Michael Smith as he tackles a real tough crowd: high school students mandated to eat in an unorthodox school lunch program. Chef Paul Finkelstein runs The Screaming Avocado café in Stratford, Ontario and his competition is the traditional cafeteria down the hall. Chef Paul and Michael take on the challenge as they collaborate on lunch service and a special fundraising dinner.
You get what you Pay for
S5 Ep12
10.0
Ever wondered why the plate of food in front of you costs $27.99? How did they arrive at that price? What goes into the pricing of restaurant food? Earl’s Restaurant is a leading upscale casual dining chain and Michael goes with Earl’s Chef Michael Noble behind the scenes to see for himself what makes that Blackened California New York Striploin cost $27.99. From products and ingredients to staff to breakage and beyond, a menu item is broken down to show where that price comes from.
Tomato Man
S5 Ep8
10.0
Milan is ‘the’ Tomato Man. An organic farmer of passion and pride, Milan has a legion of followers that want his fresh picked tomatoes. Michael joins Milan on what Milan calls “The 36 Hour Tour”. Milan copes with the grueling job of growing, harvesting, driving and delivering his prized tomatoes twice a week to Vancouver’s finest restaurants. With the help of his elderly Mom and Dad, and any Vancouver Chef he can coerce, he snags RAIN CITY GRILL’s Chef Andrea Carlson to help harvest, especially if she wants tomatoes for her latest 5-course all tomato tasting menu.
Rideau Hall
S5 Ep7
10.0
RIDEAU HALL is the home to Canada’s Governor General, who represents the Queen and is Canada’s de facto Head of State. Chef Oliver Bartsch and Chef Louis Charest take Michael, and honoured guests, on a culinary journey with a 5-course, all-Canadian menu. Everything for the Nation’s Table is made from scratch using Canadian ingredients – including the breads and condiments, right down to the chocolate truffles. Michael harvests fresh ingredients from the organic garden and explores the essence of Canadian cuisine.
Community Fundraiser
S4 Ep13
10.0
Join Chef Michael Smith and his neighbours as they band together for an ambitious charity fundraising dinner. The community finds resources they didn’t know they had and deal with some major culinary hurdles on their way to pulling off a wildly successful dinner.
Worst Episodes of Chef at Large
Dude Ranch
S1 Ep2
10.0
Chef Michael dons a Stetson and spurs to rope in the story of how a working ranch, nestled in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, feeds a crew of cowhands and tourists. We’ll see what happens when our city slicker Michael is left alone in the kitchen on chef’s night off at the Three Bars Guest and Cattle Ranch, in Cranbrook, British Columbia.
Cruise Ship
S1 Ep3
10.0
Chef Michael discovers what it takes to produce thousands of high-quality meals in the chaos of an exotic cruise liner kitchen. He goes into the trenches with everyone from the head chef to the dishwasher, and finds that the world between luxury and labour is a swing of the kitchen door away.
Community Kitchen
S1 Ep7
10.0
Chef Michael is going back to basics: feeding hungry people! He joins volunteers at the Out of the Cold community kitchen at St. Andrew’s Church in Toronto where he helps to cook up stews, soups and casseroles. He experiences the challenges and satisfaction of feeding street people who seldom eat well.
Starlight Gala
S1 Ep8
10.0
Chef Michael and five other celebrity chefs create a fabulous meal at the Starlight Children’s Gala at the International Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre in Toronto. He shows us the preparations, the pressure and the pizzazz of the ultimate cooking challenge-to serve a huge, highbrow crowd some very good food, and on time!
House of Commons
S1 Ep10
10.0
Chef Michael takes an inside look at the life of Judson Simpson, Parliament Hill executive chef. Preparing food for three restaurants as well as catering special events makes for an exciting food career. Michael will help Judson cater a very important wine and cheese party where the representatives of the people will choose the House wine!
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Rocky Mountaineer
S1 Ep1
Chef Michael joins Chef Ed Walker in the tiny galley kitchen of the Rocky Mountaineer, a tourist train that follows the spectacular and historic mountain route from Vancouver to Calgary. Our chef deals with the pressure and challenges of preparing gourmet meals in a kitchen that just doesn’t stay still!
Dude Ranch
S1 Ep2
10.0
Chef Michael dons a Stetson and spurs to rope in the story of how a working ranch, nestled in the heart of the Canadian Rockies, feeds a crew of cowhands and tourists. We’ll see what happens when our city slicker Michael is left alone in the kitchen on chef’s night off at the Three Bars Guest and Cattle Ranch, in Cranbrook, British Columbia.
Cruise Ship
S1 Ep3
10.0
Chef Michael discovers what it takes to produce thousands of high-quality meals in the chaos of an exotic cruise liner kitchen. He goes into the trenches with everyone from the head chef to the dishwasher, and finds that the world between luxury and labour is a swing of the kitchen door away.
Kings Landing
S1 Ep4
Chef Michael goes back in time and creates an 1800s meal, with ingredients of the day, at Kings Landing Historical Settlement, near Fredericton, New Brunswick. Michael discovers how our ancestors cooked, as he roasts a chicken and vegetables, and bakes bread over an open hearth.
Oktoberfest
S1 Ep5
Schnitzel, sausages, and strudel! Chef Michael joins in the hard work and fun involved in feeding thousands of hungry revellers at the Kitchner-Waterloo Oktoberfest, the biggest Bavarian bash outside Germany. It’s a mind-boggling volume of food for up to 4,000 partygoers daily!
Scouts Jamboree
S1 Ep6
What happens when you set loose a talented gourmet chef into a sea of boy and girl scouts cooking over their small propane stoves in a Prince Edward Island Campground? Chef Michael shows the kids a few culinary tricks at the Scouts Canada Jamboree, including a traditional Acadian pig roast.
Community Kitchen
S1 Ep7
10.0
Chef Michael is going back to basics: feeding hungry people! He joins volunteers at the Out of the Cold community kitchen at St. Andrew’s Church in Toronto where he helps to cook up stews, soups and casseroles. He experiences the challenges and satisfaction of feeding street people who seldom eat well.
Starlight Gala
S1 Ep8
10.0
Chef Michael and five other celebrity chefs create a fabulous meal at the Starlight Children’s Gala at the International Plaza Hotel and Convention Centre in Toronto. He shows us the preparations, the pressure and the pizzazz of the ultimate cooking challenge-to serve a huge, highbrow crowd some very good food, and on time!
Raptors Basketball
S1 Ep9
Chef Michael shares in the huge challenge, the high pressure and the drama of feeding NBA’s Toronto Raptors, and all who surround the team - the powerful owners, the directors and the rowdy fans--during an exciting home game against Memphis. Just what do these big guys eat?!
House of Commons
S1 Ep10
10.0
Chef Michael takes an inside look at the life of Judson Simpson, Parliament Hill executive chef. Preparing food for three restaurants as well as catering special events makes for an exciting food career. Michael will help Judson cater a very important wine and cheese party where the representatives of the people will choose the House wine!
Marriott Marquis
S1 Ep11
Chef Michael visits a kitchen that truly rocks! The Marriott Marquis in Times Square is the largest hotel operation in the U.S. with $90M in food business annually. Michael will have an exclusive look at the life of Executive Chef George McNeill on a busy day that includes a banquet for 1,600 people celebrating football’s Heisman Award.
Navy Frigate
S1 Ep12
Ship ahoy! Chef Michael helps out the three chefs on board the navy frigate, HMCS Fredericton as they cook for 225 men and women. The chefs have other jobs too, and so work under great pressure and at great speed. Having to cook five meals a day while the ship lurches to and fro on the North Atlantic will be an adventure like none other!
Reel Appetites
S1 Ep13
Chef Michael joins the chefs at Reel Appetites, a large Vancouver catering company, who are feeding the cast and crew on the set of a television series called Jeremiah. Michael will help cook for 150 hard-working film people and he’ll also rub elbows with the stars, Malcolm Jamal Warner from the Cosby Show and Luke Perry from 90210.
The best rated episodes of Chef at Large are:
The Screaming Avocado S5E13 rated 10.0
You get what you Pay for S5E12 rated 10.0
Tomato Man S5E8 rated 10.0
Rideau Hall S5E7 rated 10.0
Community Fundraiser S4E13 rated 10.0
The lowest rated episodes of Chef at Large are:
Dude Ranch S1E2 rated 10.0
Cruise Ship S1E3 rated 10.0
Community Kitchen S1E7 rated 10.0
Starlight Gala S1E8 rated 10.0
House of Commons S1E10 rated 10.0
There are 65 episodes of Chef at Large.
There are 5 seasons of Chef at Large.
Yes.
Chef at Large is set to return for future episodes.
