Chef at Home

Chef at Home is a Canadian cooking reality TV show presented by professionally trained chef Michael Smith. Produced by Ocean Entertainment, it debuted October 5, 2004 on Food Network Canada and in the United States was aired on ION Life until September 17, 2015.

Filmed at the Farmhouse at the Cove home in Prince Edward Island, Chef Michael Smith invites viewers into his home kitchen. The authors of Lifestyle describe the show as a “Culinary Institute of America graduate explains to viewers how to create uncomplicated, tasty meals for family and friends”. In each episode Michael inspires home cooks to create meals and plates by choosing flavours and ingredients that naturally go together. Using basic cooking techniques Michael demonstrates simple ways to cook perfect meat and experiments with an array of exotic spices from all over the world. Food Network Canada describes the show as: “Close your cookbooks, look in the fridge, fire your imagination and let your instincts and appetite be your guide!”.

Chef at Home was divided into six seasons, composed each of 26 episodes offering recipes from all around the world, inspiring different tastes and referring to some specific plates, suggestions for occasions such as  Christmas, Thanksgiving or even Valentine's Day. Some examples of the recipes were, teaching viewers how to cook a Backyard Smoked Salmon (Season 5, episode 2), how to make homemade sushi or  how not to miss the cooking of a Tuscan Beef (Season 6, episode 9).