The Curious Chef

From a lawyer to an actor to an insurance analyst, Stephanie discovers a world of folks who’ve turned their passion for cooking into side hustle food businesses. From dumplings, sushi and pretzels she explores how they balance their day jobs.

Latin-inspired ice cream to Caribbean, Channa curry doubles to gourmet, deli sandwiches; Stephanie Izard shows what comfort food means to 3 very different cooks and learns how they turned their childhood memories into thriving food businesses.

Stephanie meets 3 cooks who use fire in different ways to create distinct dishes. Using their love of cooking over an open flame; these cooks introduce her to the diverse flavors of Armenia; a classic Italian hero, and infrared grilled Brazilian BBQ

With the help of a guide, Stephanie Izard explores the underground secret pizzas of Los Angeles, including an off-menu pizza at a cinnamon bun pop-up, apartment-cooked limited drop specials and gourmet sourdough pies made in pizza van’s mobile oven.

From backyard mariscos to Cantonese remixes of British hand pies to made-to-order slap noodles, Stephanie catches hangs with 3 chefs who left the traditional restaurant scene and found alternative ways to cook for a living and make the food they love

From a chef creating dishes that combine her Mexican and Indigenous heritage to a pizza pop up that improvs with farmers market ingredients to a backyard-run Indigenous dinner series, Stephanie Izard meets cooks taking their lead from the land.

From roast chicken to smash burgers to hot sauce, Stephanie Izard meets three different chefs putting their own California-inspired spin on food from their heritage by remixing traditional recipes that center local, fresh ingredients.

From a chef making Italian pasta with Mexican flavors to a groundbreaking functional cocktail bar to a couple that roasts whole goats behind a tire shop, Stephanie Izard finds unique eateries serving up one-of-a-kind food.

From brothers selling mom’s Syrian food to a Filipino family remixing a classic dessert to a mom and son running an Indian restaurant out of their house, Stephanie meets multi-gen families turning family recipes into smash hit food business.

From a homerun Greek dinner party series to a backyard that’s become a gourmet deli to a Burmese pop up running out of an apartment kitchen, Stephanie Izard meets cooks finding ingenious ways to serve mouth-watering food out of their houses.