Vivian Howard
Vivian Howard | |
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Howard at the 73rd Annual Peabody Awards | |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | Salem Academy Virginia Episcopal School |
| Alma mater | North Carolina State University Institute of Culinary Education |
| Occupation(s) | Chef Restaurateur Author Television host |
| Known for | A Chef's Life |
| Awards | Peabody Award 2014 |
| Website | vivianhoward |
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 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. 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.