The French Chef (1963)
One of the first cooking shows on American television, created and hosted by Julia Child on public television to introduce the French way of cooking. It emphasized fresh ingredients, many of which were unfamiliar to Americans. Based on the books she co-authored, entitled Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
📺 Seasons & Episodes
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Season 125 episodes
1. Boeuf Bourguignon
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. French Onion Soup
⏱ 28 minJulia cooks a french onion soup.
3. Casserole Roast Chicken
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. The French Omelette
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. Scallops
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Quiche Lorraine
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. Fruit Tarts
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. Chicken Breasts and Rice
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. Vegetables the French Way
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. Veal Scallops
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. French Salads
⏱ 30 minJulia Child focuses on tossed salads and French dressings, preparing mixed green salads, mixed vegetable salads and French dressing. She also demonstrates how to dress and serve salad the French way.
12. Chicken Livers a la Francaise
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. Roast Duck a l'Orange
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Chocolate Mousse and Caramel Custard
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. Patés
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. Aspics
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. Bouillabaise
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
18. Lobster a l'Americaine
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
19. French Crêpes I
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
20. French Crêpes II
⏱ 30 minA flaming dessert -- authentic Crepes Suzette! Julia Child shows how to make batter for dessert crepes and how to make crepe fillings with oranges, almonds, custards.
21. Steaks And Hamburgers
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
22. The Potato Show
⏱ 28 minJulia cooks 4 out of 200 potato recipes she found in a french cookbook.
23. Soufflé On A Platter
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
24. Dinner In A Pot
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
25. Pâte à Choux
⏱ 30 minNo description available.
Season 220 episodes
1. Caramel Desserts
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Cooking Your Goose
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
3. Chestnut Cookery
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. Bringing in the New Year
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. Coq au Vin
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Cassoulet
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. Vegetable Adventures
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. Puff Pastry
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. More About Puff Pastry
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. Fish Mousselines
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. Cake for Company
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. Artichokes from Top to Bottom
⏱ 30 minNo description available.
13. Elegance with Eggs
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Cold Soufflés and Bavarian Cream
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. Case for Salmon
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. Broccoli and Cauliflower
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. Veal for a King
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
18. The Soup Show
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
19. Flaming Soufflé
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
20. Small Roast Birds
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
Season 320 episodes
1. Timbales
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Fish Filets Sylvestre
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
3. Babas au Rhum
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. Chicken Dinner in Half an Hour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. Rognons Sautés and Flambés
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. The Mushroom Show
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. Veal Dinner in Half an Hour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. Broiled Chicken Plain and Saucy
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. Lamb Stew Is French Too
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. Introducing Charlotte Malakoff
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. Hot Turkey Ballotine
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. Cold Turkey Galantine
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. Le Marquis au Chocolat
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Vegetables for the Birds
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. French Tarts, Apple Style
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. French Jelly Roll
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. Bûche de Noël
⏱ 28 minBlack & white... different from the 1971 episode.
18. Beef Gets Stewed Two Ways
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
19. Ham Dinner in Half an Hour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
20. Croissants
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
Season 420 episodes
1. Chocolate Souffle
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Four in Hand Chicken
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3. Brioches
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. Veal Prince Orloff
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5. Great Beginnings
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Turban of Sole
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7. Strawberry Tarts
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. The Shrimp Show
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. Salad Fixings
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. Non-collapsible Cheese Soufflé
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. Quiches
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. Fish Dinner in Half an Hour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. French Veal Stew
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Improvisation
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. The Empress' Rice
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. Coquilles St. Jacques
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. More About Steaks
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
18. To Poach a Salmon
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
19. Invitation to Lunch
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
20. Beef in Red Wine
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
Season 521 episodes
1. Your Own French Onion Soup
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Chicken in Cocotte
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
3. Queen of Sheba Cake
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. New Year
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. To Poach Sole Fillets
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Chop Dinner in Half an Hour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. Filet of Beef Wellington
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. Apple Charlotte
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. More Great Beginnings
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. Roast Suckling Pig
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. More About Potatoes
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. Steak Dinner in Half an Hour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. The Endive Show
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Saddle of Lamb
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. Napoleons
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. Paella à l'Américaine
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. Dinner Party First Course
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
18. Dinner Party Main Course
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
19. Dinner Party Meringue Dessert
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
20. Soupe au Pistou
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
21. Quenelles
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
Season 617 episodes
1. Génoise Cake
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Petits Fours
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
3. The Mayonnaise Show
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. Swordfish Dinner in a Half Hour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. Ossobuco
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Sweetbreads and Brains
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. Asparagus from Tip to Butt
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. Operation Chicken
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. To Poach a Chicken
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. Mousses, Bombes and Parfaits
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. Bourride and Aïoli
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. To Poach an Egg
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. Roast Leg of Lamb
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Lobster Thermidor
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. Speaking of Tongues
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. Pipérade for Lunch
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. Turban of Sole
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
Season 723 episodes
1. Bouillabaisse à la Marseillaise
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Napoleon's Chicken
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
3. Spinach Twins
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. Cake with a Halo
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. Hamburger Dinner
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Salade Niçoise
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. Turkey Breast Braised
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. Lasagne à la Française
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. Waiting for Gigot
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. How About Lentils
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. Fish in Monk's Clothing
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. Gâteau in a Cage
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. Cheese and Wine Party
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Curry Dinner
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. Apple Desserts
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. Meat Loaf Masquerade
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. To Roast a Chicken
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
18. Hard Boiled Eggs
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
19. Boeuf Bourguignon (1971)
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
20. Strawberry Soufflé
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
21. Spaghetti Flambé
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
22. French Bread
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
23. More About French Bread
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
Season 820 episodes
1. Vegetable for All Occasions
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Pot au Feu
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
3. Pizza Variations
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. Begin with Shrimp
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. Chocolate Cake
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Working with Chocolate
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. To Press a Duck
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. Flaky Pastry
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. Glamour Pudding
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. The Whole Fish Story
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. VIP Veal: Poitrina Farcie
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. Brochettes, Kebabs and Skewers
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. Rye Bread
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Flaming Fish
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. Summer Salads
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. The Lobster Show
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. Coq Au Vin Alias Chicken Fricassee
⏱ 28 minThe French Chef's Julia Child prepares Coq Au Vin Alias Chicken Fricassee. Take chicken, onions, and mushrooms, simmer them in red wine for coq au vin, or in white wine for an old fashioned fricassee. This episode offers two recipes in one–two famous dishes that will teach you a lot more about cooking than just how to stew a chicken.
18. Mousse Au Chocolat (Chocolate Mousse)
⏱ 28 minJulia Child demonstrates how to make a classic French chocolate mousse. She shows techniques for whipping egg whites, melting chocolate, and molding the dish for an elegant presentation, often serving it with langues de chat (cat's tongues) cookies.
19. Quiche Lorraine and Company
⏱ 28 minSudden guests? Julia shows you how to bake them a quiche, in this episode of The French Chef. It’s fast, fancy and foolproof. Here’s the ultimate motivation for learning to make your own pie dough. Julia teaches you how to concoct an expert pie-crust dough and use it for open face, main dish pies, such as custard and bacon, spinach, and /or crab.
20. To Suff a Sausage
⏱ 28 minJulia shows how to use a funnel, pastry tube, or stuffing horn to fill casings, and explains how to twist and tie them into links, emphasizing techniques to prevent air bubbles.
Season 926 episodes
1. Coq au Vin Alias Chicken Fricassee
⏱ 29 minNo description available.
2. Mousse au Chocolat
⏱ 29 minNo description available.
3. Quiche Lorraine & Co.
⏱ 29 minNo description available.
4. To Stuff a Sausage
⏱ 29 minNo description available.
5. The Artichoke
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. Tartes aux Fruits (Fruit Tarts)
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. To Roast a Turkey
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. French Croissants
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. Soupe du Jour
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
10. Terrines and Pâtés
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. Madeleines and Génoise
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. To Make a Bûche
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. Le Cocktail
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
14. Gallic Pot Roast
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
15. Cheese Soufflé
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
16. The Good Loaf
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
17. The Hollandaise Family
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
18. Tripes à la Mode
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
19. Sole Bonne Femme
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
20. Orange Bavarian Cream
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
21. To Stuff a Cabbage
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
22. The Omelette Show
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
23. Elegance with Aspic
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
24. French Fries
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
25. Ham Transformation
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
26. Ice Cream
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
Season 1013 episodes
1. For Working Guys and Gals
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
2. Small Kitchen, Big Ideas
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
3. Coffee and Brioche
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
4. Brunch for a Bunch
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
5. VIP Cake
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
6. To Ragoût a Goose
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
7. Sudden Company
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
8. First Course Sit Down Dinner
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
9. Main Course Sit Down Dinner
⏱ 28 minCreating a main course featuring a beef tenderloin.
10. Grand Finale Sit Down Dinner
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
11. Kids Want to Cook
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
12. Two Dollar Banquet
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
13. Puff Pastry to Go
⏱ 28 minNo description available.
