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Netflix · 26 April 2015 · Docuseries · 6 episodes

Chef's Table (Volume 1)

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Each episode profiles a chef, connecting their personal histories with their culinary practice. The first volume visits six chefs and their restaurants across several countries.[Netflix Tudum] [Bon Appétit]

Interviewees

6 publicly named · coverage checked 8 November 2026

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How this list was compiled. Compared the Netflix volume listing with contemporaneous reporting by Bon Appétit and Deadline. The episodes and end credits have not been checked frame by frame, so brief appearances named only on screen may be missing. Spotted a missing name? Tell us.

Timeline

  1. 2015-04-26

    Chef's Table (Volume 1) released on Netflix[Netflix Tudum] [Bon Appétit]

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Massimo Bottura
  2. Episode 2: Dan Barber
  3. Episode 3: Francis Mallmann
  4. Episode 4: Niki Nakayama
  5. Episode 5: Ben Shewry
  6. Episode 6: Magnus Nilsson

Netflix Tudum lists the six Volume 1 profiles; Bon Appétit independently identifies the same six chefs.

Credits

Creator, executive producer and director
David Gelb[Deadline]
Directors
Clay Jeter, Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn[Deadline]

Sources

  1. Chef's Table: Volume 1 — Netflix Tudum, publication date not recorded. Accessed 2026-11-08.Official production sourceHigh reliability
  2. Go Inside the Restaurants of the World's Best Chefs in Netflix's New Series Chef's Table — Bon Appétit, published 2015-04-02. Accessed 2026-11-08.News organisationMedium reliability
  3. Netflix’s Chef’s Table: How Genius Culinary Minds Tick — Deadline, published 2015-04-01. Accessed 2026-11-08.Entertainment trade pressHigh reliability
  4. Chef's Table — Wikipedia, publication date not recorded. Accessed 2026-11-08.Reference workMedium reliability

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