Happy Cooking with Jacques Pepin
He\u2019s worked as the personal chef for French President Charles de Gaulle, co-hosted a television series with Julia Child and has authored over 30 cookbooks. There\u2019s simply no one in the world like French chef \u2013 and culinary icon \u2013 Jacques P\xe9pin.\xa0 The Emmy- and James Beard Foundation Award winner worked in more than 100 restaurants before becoming the Director of Research and Development for Howard Johnson\u2019s. He then transitioned to educating the public in proper French cooking methods through his groundbreaking cookbooks like \u201cLa Technique\u201d and his latest, \u201cJacques P\xe9pin Cooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking;\u201d as well as through his numerous television series like \u201cToday\u2019s Gourmet\u201d and \u201cEvery Day Cooking.\u201d He is also the co-founder of the culinary certificate program at Boston University and founder of The Jacques P\xe9pin Foundation, which teaches underserved populations a path to employment through cooking. Alec speaks with Chef P\xe9pin about how his family\u2019s work in restaurants influenced his path, why he\u2019s made the pivots he has throughout his career, and what a revered chef likes to eat in his downtime.\xa0
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