Julia Child: The French Chef

“Bon Appetite” Julia Child saids at the end of The French Chef as she serves her dish, and takes a bite. The French Chef was the first female cooking show in America that premiered in February 1963, and ran for 28 minutes per episode (“The French Chef, 2016”). Julia Child worked with the network WGBH on the channel for National Education Television, and worked with producers Ruth Lockwood, Russell Morash, Russell Fortier, David Griffiths, and David B. Atwood (“The French Chef, 2016”). The show drew heavily on French recipes that came directly from Child’s cook book that were brought the French cuisine to American viewers. The French Chef was well known for Julia’s quirkiness, wine, and her distinctive voice (“The French Chef, 2016”). The French