Restaurants at the End of the World

Kristen Kish learns the secrets of trek-to-table cuisine at Hacienda Mamecillo and helps the proprietors prepare a special meal for Panama’s top chef.

Located on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway’s Isfjord Radio Restaurant has a mission to create meals that are as adventurous as the journey to get there. But with limited resources and ingredients, Chef Rogier and Kristen must push the limits of their imagination to create dishes that will appease the restaurant’s formidable founder, Brita, who expects a “touch of madness” on her plates.

Kristen Kish travels 12 miles offshore to Maine’s North Haven Island where new chef Carolynn is looking to put her Southern twist on Turner Farm’s classic barn supper menu. Kristen pulls lobsters and oysters from the cold waters and discovers what makes the island’s goat milk so special as she helps Carolynn try to win the locals over with a spicier take on their venerated favorites.

Kristen Kish helps a Brazilian chef source unique ingredients from the rainforest and ocean to serve aboard her floating restaurant, the Sem Pressa.