About this episode

Alec Baldwin interviews culinary icon Jacques Pépin about his career and influences in French cooking.

He’s worked as the personal chef for French President Charles de Gaulle, co-hosted a television series with Julia Child and has authored over 30 cookbooks. There’s simply no one in the world like French chef – and culinary icon – Jacques Pépin.  The Emmy- and James Beard Foundation Award winner worked in more than 100 restaurants before becoming the Director of Research and Development for Howard Johnson’s. He then transitioned to educating the public in proper French cooking methods through his groundbreaking cookbooks like “La Technique” and his latest, “Jacques Pépin Cooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking;” as well as through his numerous television series like “Today’s Gourmet” and “Every Day Cooking.” He is also the co-founder of the culinary certificate program at Boston University and founder of The Jacques Pépin Foundation, which teaches underserved populations a path to employment through cooking. Alec speaks with Chef Pépin about how his family’s work in restaurants influenced his path, why he’s made the pivots he has…

People in this episode

Host: Alec Baldwin

Guest: Jacques Pépin

Topics covered

• culinary arts
• French cooking
• chef interviews
• cookbooks
• television cooking shows

Keywords

• Jacques Pépin
• cooking
• French cuisine
• cookbooks
• culinary education
• television chef
• Alec Baldwin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Howard Johnson’s, Boston University, The Jacques Pépin Foundation

Books & works: La Technique, Jacques Pépin Cooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking, Today’s Gourmet, Every Day Cooking

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