KQED's first production for American Masters traces Jacques' surprising journey from the countryside of wartime France to cooking at the most influential French restaurant in the United States to his career as a writer, teacher, and ultimately a media star.
| | It's an only-in-America story: a roguish young immigrant with movie-star looks, a charming Gallic accent, a sense of anything's-possible optimism and an ability to raise humble kitchen techniques to a breathtaking art form becomes one of the nation's most beloved and revered food icons.
Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft , KQED's first production for American Masters, traces Jacques' surprising journey from the countryside of wartime France to cooking at the most influential French restaurant in the United States to improving the food at a massive American roadside restaurant chain to the car accident that took him from behind the stove into a new career as a writer, a teacher and ultimately a media star.
Directed by Peter L. Stein and narrated by Stanley Tucci, this documentary vividly brings Jacques' story and personality to life with a trove of rare archival footage and heartfelt interviews with his colleagues, family and a who's-who of culinary stars and media personalities.
If you want even more Jacques, check out his interviews with KQED Newsroom and Forum. | |
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