Netflix introduced at the moment by way of press launch that Chef’s Desk, the meals documentary sequence created by David Gelb, is coming again for 3 extra seasons, starting this fall. The present’s final season — which centered on pizza makers in the USA, Rome, and Japan — aired in 2022.
Chef’s Desk: Noodles, a single topic-focused season akin to the present’s earlier deep-dives into pastry, barbecue, and pizza, premieres on October 2. It’ll characteristic Evan Funke, the Los Angeles chef identified for his handmade pasta; Guirong Wei, the London chef who specializes in Shaanxi delicacies; Peppe Guida, the Italian chef behind the Michelin-starred Antica Osteria Nonna Rosa; and Nite Yun, the Oakland chef who has championed Cambodian delicacies in the USA.
Following on November 27 — proper in time for Thanksgiving TV watching — is Chef’s Desk: Quantity 7, which can return to the present’s roots of spotlighting cooks who cook dinner every kind of meals. It’ll embrace Nok Suntaranon of Philadelphia’s Kalaya; Kwame Onwuachi of New York Metropolis’s Tatiana; Ángel León of El Puerto de Santa María, Spain’s Aponiente; and Norma Listman and Saqib Keval of Mexico Metropolis’s Masala y Maíz and Mari Gold.
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Chef’s Desk, which first aired on April 26, 2015, adopted David Gelb’s extensively beloved Jiro Desires of Sushi. Its creative method and behind-the-scenes seems into the highest echelons of the meals world earned it acclaim in addition to many imitators (it’s been known as “probably the most stunning present about meals, ever”). The present additionally helped gasoline the concept of cooks as “singular visionaries” and as celebrities throughout mainstream tradition. Having confronted criticism for its failure to focus on ladies and folks of colour, the sequence has made a concerted effort in current seasons to course-correct.
And with 2025 marking the present’s 10-year anniversary, Netflix has additionally introduced plans for Chef’s Desk: Legends, which the discharge notes will embrace “individuals who have formed the meals world and transcended borders,” although its lineup hasn’t but been launched. Provided that the present has already featured so many high-profile and massively influential cooks — together with Massimo Bottura, Alain Passard, and Grant Achatz — it’ll be fascinating to see the way it defines the time period “legends” on this season.
Followers of Chef’s Desk have so much to sit up for: After all, the trailer guarantees the identical dramatic, slow-motion cinematography and hovering rating which have come to outline the sequence.