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Feb 8, 2024 · On February 11, 1963, Julia Child’s “The French Chef” debuts on public television in the U.S., introducing French cuisine to Americans and creating the cooking world’s first television star.
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The French Chef is an American television cooking show created and hosted by Julia Child, produced and broadcast by WGBH, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts, from February 11, 1963 to January 14, 1973.
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- She needed specially designed countertops. At 6-feet, 2-inches tall, Child often towered over her guests on her cooking show. But, of course, it was her kitchen!
- Her first on-air demo was surprisingly basic. While best known for fancier dishes that often take hours to prepare, Child's first cooking segment was actually an omelet, which she made during her first appearance on WGBH, a local Boston station, in the early 1960s, while on tour promoting "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."
- She used an exorbitant amount of butter — even later in life. According to PBS, Child used a whopping 753 pounds of butter during the time she filmed "Baking with Julia."
- It took her almost a decade to finish her first cookbook. Many authors get discouraged when they work hard on a book and don’t quickly see any rewards for their efforts, but that type of rejection happens to everyone — from J.K.
Nov 26, 2021 · There's a new documentary about Julia Child, who introduced Americans to French cuisine with her 1961 book "Mastering The Art Of French Cooking" and became a public television star who cooked...
- Terry Gross
Apr 6, 2022 · All from a small public television studio in Boston, Massachusetts. Growing up in the UK, actress Sarah Lancashire had no idea who Julia Child was. Child struck a cultural note which was, at the time, distinctly American, despite her obvious passion for French food, which means the rest of the world did not quite catch up until recently.
Aug 2, 2013 · Cooking icon Julia Child came on The Splendid Table in 1995 and chatted about everything from her husband and learning to cook to how to stay healthy.
Oct 10, 2016 · On June 18, 1962, the Childs arrived at a borrowed “studio” in downtown Boston — actually, the demonstration kitchen of the Boston Gas Co. — to shoot the initial pilot episode, “The French Omelette.” (Julia preferred the French spelling of that word.) Julia brought her own frying pan, spatula, butter, and eggs.
