Vivian Howard
She/her/hersYears of Participation
2010-2023
first cookbook, Deep Run Roots, is a New York Times bestseller and was named “Cookbook of
the Year” by the IACP. She created and stars in public television shows Somewhere South and
A Chef’s Life, for which she has won Peabody, Emmy and James Beard awards. Vivian runs the
restaurants Chef & the Farmer in Kinston, NC; Benny’s Big Time in Wilmington, NC; Handy &
Hot and Lenoir, both in Charleston, SC. In October 2020, Vivian released her second cookbook,
This Will Make It Taste Good: A New Path to Simple Cooking. This year, Vivian launched Viv’s
Fridge - a network of attendentless, smart-refrigerators stocked with next-level prepared meals
from her kitchen at Chef and the Farmer.
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