Searching for Soul Food
Finding the flavors that connect us all.
Finding the flavors that connect us all.
series currently in production
Returning Series
Documentary
Reality
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 8
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 2023-06-02
Last EP | 2023-06-02
Overview
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Follow rock star celebrity chef Alisa Reynolds as she discovers what soul food looks like around the world. As she seeks out the food, she also explores the stories, the people, and the traditions of each place she visits, bringing her own flavor right along with her.
Created by
Produced by
Woodman Park Productions
De La Revolución Films
Ventureland
Onyx Collective
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2023-06-02
1
Mississippi
2023-06-02
Chef Alisa Reynolds, French-trained with a soul food foundation, returns to the roots of the soul food story with a journey to Mississippi to uncover the origins and legacy of this American cuisine.
2
Oklahoma
2023-06-02
Chef Alisa heads to Oklahoma to meet and eat with Native Americans who are reconnecting to their heritage by restoring and reclaiming their food.
3
Appalachia
2023-06-02
Chef Alisa heads for the hills to uncover the heart and humanity beneath the stereotypes and behind the food of people in Appalachia.
4
South Africa
2023-06-02
In her first ever trip to The Motherland, Chef Alisa cooks and eats her way through Cape Town, South Africa, a city with a complex culture of food formed by an even more complicated history.
5
Italy
2023-06-02
Chef Alisa experiences the passion of Neapolitans for the dish perfected by its poorest people, that became of the most beloved comfort foods in the world.
6
Jamaica
2023-06-02
In Jamaica’s Portland parish, Chef leaves the beaches for higher ground to uncover the little-known story of resistance behind one of Jamaica’s most iconic foods.
7
Peru
2023-06-02
Chef Alisa dives into the diverse cultures that combined their culinary traditions with the natural bounty of Peru to elevate Lima into one of the culinary capitals of the world.
8
Los Angeles
2023-06-02
She’s been around the world and back again, and now Chef Alisa is seeing her own city with new eyes as she returns to the roots of LA food culture to find the source of its soul.
CREW
Rodney Lucas
Director
Directing
Melina Matsoukas
Executive Producer
Production
Traci A. Curry
Executive Producer
Production
Ali Brown
Executive Producer
Production
Mike Rosen
Executive Producer
Production
Khaliah Neal
Executive Producer
Production
Rodney Lucas
Co-Executive Producer
Production
April Smith
Co-Executive Producer
Production
Jacob Cohen-Holmes
Executive Producer
Production
Alisa Reynolds
Executive Producer
Production
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