Red Chef Revival

TELUS Storyhive · 6 × 22 min · 2019

A chef holding a prepared rack of ribs outdoors

Hosts

Cezin Nottaway, Rich Francis & Shane Chartrand

Director

Danny Berish

Writer

Trevor Carroll

Producers

Jasleen Kaur, Priyanka Desai & Ryan Mah

Director of Photography

Ryan Mah

Editors

Danny Berish, Ryan Mah & Lon Gross

Indigenous cuisine is being reclaimed and reinvented by a new guard of chefs. Follow Cezin Nottaway, Rich Francis and Shane Chartrand as they discover their people’s story on a plate.

Cezin Nottaway smiling in warm window light

A circular structure silhouetted against the sunset

A finished dish plated with vegetables and greens

Horses crossing the open landscape of the Nemiah Valley

The story

Across six communities, three Indigenous chefs explore the connections between food, identity and the land. Cezin Nottaway, Rich Francis and Shane Chartrand step beyond restaurant kitchens to meet people reclaiming culinary traditions and finding new ways to carry them forward.

From the coast of Prince Rupert to the plains of Maskwacis and the backcountry of the Nemiah Valley, each journey opens a conversation about resilience, food access and reconciliation. Ingredients such as beaver tail, moose nose, seal and bison heart become starting points for stories of loss, healing, pride and belonging.

Intimate and personal, Red Chef Revival is more than a cooking show. It is a people’s story on a plate.

Project milestones

A winner of the STORYHIVE $100K Edition, the series premiered at a sold-out screening at Toronto’s Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in April 2019. Its festival journey took the stories of these communities to audiences in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.