The French Chef

Overview

The French Chef is a television cooking show created and hosted by Julia Child, and produced and broadcast by WGBH, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts, from February 11, 1963 to 1973. It was one of the first cooking shows on American television. The show grew out of some special presentations that Child did based on the book Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which she had co-authored. The French Chef was produced from 1963 to 1973 by WGBH for National Educational Television. Reruns continued on PBS until 1989, and currently air on Cooking Channel as of 2010.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

February 2, 1963

Last aired

December 24, 1972

Episodes

204

Network

PBS, National Educational Television

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

WGBH

Creator

Julia Child

Homepage

Official site