Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie Season 2 Premiere!
UPDATE: Find your local PBS station and airtime here. Watch Season 1 online here.
Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie Season 2 premieres this weekend on PBS in the US! The first four episodes will be "Southern India: The Spice of Life", "New Zealand: The Rugged Land", "Bread: The Foundation of a Meal", and "Hidden Hong Kong". I can't wait to see Gourmet's Bangalore correspondent, Shoba Narayan, and my dear friend and South China Morning Post Food Editor, Susan Jung. And watch what happens when Steven Kaplan, Cornell professor and baguette expert, wields his bread knife in France!
I was on location in France and the US Midwest again, so yes, you'll see me in episodes throughout the season. This year there's an entire show devoted to France - and to bloggers. You may have seen Clotilde's beautiful post about her shoot with Sadaharu Aoki. (I love you too Clo) Look for David and a few other beloved bloggers too.
Please note that most PBS stations do not repeat episodes so you have but one chance to watch or record.
International friends, the series will again air as Chic Eats, but this year on the National Geographic Channel.
And not only did Season 1 win the James Beard award, but we just heard that we won the CINE Golden Eagle too! Thank you Gourmet, Zero Point Zero (who also produce a little show with Bourdain), and WGBH!
I've compiled a comprehensive list of PBS stations with Foodies currently on their schedules. Sadly it's not playing in all markets - and this season that includes my hometown Chicago. If you find that I've missed your local station, please let me know and I'll update the list. Thanks!
WGBH (Boston, MA)
Premiere January 12
Saturdays, 4:00 p.m.
WNET (New York, NY)
Premiere January 6
Sundays, 4:00 p.m.
NJN (Trenton, NJ)
Premiere January 5
Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.
WQED (Pittsburgh, PA)
Premiere January 5
Saturdays, 5:00 p.m.
WITF (Harrisburg, PA)
Premiere
January 12
Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.
WHUT (Washington D.C)
Premiere January 7
Mondays, 7:30 a.m.
NHPTV (Durham, NH)
Premiere January 5
Saturdays, 1:00 p.m.
WPBT (Miami, FL)
Premiere January 12
Saturdays, 4:00 p.m.
APTV (Birmingham, AL)
Premiere January 14
Sundays, 10:30 p.m.
KET (Louisville KY)
Premiere January 11
Fridays, 7:30 p.m.
NPT (Nashville, TN)
Premiere January 5
Saturdays, 12:30 p.m.
MPTV (Milwaukee, WI)
Premiere January 19
Saturdays, 12:30 p.m.
TPT (St. Paul, MN)
Premiere January 12
Saturdays, 12:00 p.m.
IPTV (Johnston, IA)
Premiere January 13
Sundays, 9:30 p.m.
KERA (Dallas, TX)
Premiere
January 12
Saturdays, 5:00 p.m.
KACV (Amarillo, TX)
Premiere January 12
Saturdays, 12:00 p.m.
KCWC (Riverton, WY)
Premiere TBD
Saturdays, 9:30 a.m.
IDPTV (Boise, ID)
Premiere
January 12
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.
KQED (San Francisco, CA)
Premiere January 12
Saturdays, 1:30 p.m.
KVIE (Sacramento, CA)
Premiere January 5
Saturdays, 10:30 a.m.
OPB (Portland, OR)
Premiere January 12
Fridays, 12:30 p.m.
The stations below are currently airing the award-winning Season 1!
UNC-TV (Research Triangle Park, NC)
Saturdays, 3:00 p.m.
KBDI (Denver, CO)
Wednesdays, 4:30 p.m.; Thursdays, 3:30 p.m.
KUED (Salt Lake City, UT)
Saturdays, 1:31 p.m.
KCTS (Seattle, WA)
Thursdays, 12:30 a.m.
KTNW (Pullman, WA)
Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.
There are also Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie podcast teasers on iTunes.
Congratulations. Great way to start the New Year.
Posted by: H.Alexander Talbot | 04 January 2008 at 15:13
Congratulations, indeed. I'm very disappointed this won't be shown in the Chicago area - any chance that these will eventually be released on DVD?
Posted by: Doug Fawley | 05 January 2008 at 15:23
Yeah Louisa congrats for the upcoming shows! I went and bought a vcr to tape the shows - my dvr is no more!
Thanks for the time/date info as well - I emailed it to my cousin in Miami.
Posted by: Vincent | 06 January 2008 at 20:26
I agree, very disappointed not shown in Chicago while Riverton Wyoming will carry it?! Crazy.
Posted by: Karen | 11 January 2008 at 16:39
KVIE Sacramento, CA
Saturdays 10:30AM
Looks like 1/12 will be the New Zealand episode...
Posted by: el jefe | 11 January 2008 at 18:41
Alex - thanks so much - hope to see you and Aki this year too!
Doug - I'm so disappointed too - but the great news is that all of Season 1 is coming up on the new Gourmet site - Season 2 will follow!
Vincent - WOW - thank you for taping!
Karen - LOL! I actually have a friend in Wyoming - who's raising Wagyu - lucky him!
El Jefe - thanks - list updated!
Posted by: Louisa | 21 January 2008 at 20:15
thanks for sharing.
Posted by: lei | 28 January 2008 at 18:44
Congrats!
I hope I can see it when it is on National Geographic here in ITaly!
If you need a foodie here let me know!
Been here teaching cooking for 25 years!
Posted by: Judy Divina Cucina | 16 February 2008 at 00:10
The segment re Hong Kong about the restaurant serving the pregnant crab was more than compelling. I have a friend in HK who would like to learn of the name and location of the restaurant. Can you help me with this?
Posted by: Jerry Buerge | 19 February 2008 at 13:21
Hi Louisa,
Diary of a Foodie can be seen in NorthEast Ohio on the Akron and Youngstown stations WNEO/WEAO:
http://www.pbs4549.org/alpha.htm#g
Posted by: edsel | 20 February 2008 at 02:23
My fellow Chicagoans, Season 1 episodes are available as free podcasts from iTunes. Some teasers for Season 2 are up. You don't need an iPod, you only need to download iTunes from the Apple site, if you don't have it already.
Posted by: dPeter | 29 February 2008 at 20:05
My fellow Chicagoans, Season 1 episodes are available as free podcasts from iTunes. Some teasers for Season 2 are up. You don't need an iPod, you only need to download iTunes from the Apple site, if you don't have it already.
Posted by: dPeter | 29 February 2008 at 20:07