Each episode of “Omnivore” celebrates the cultivation, transformation, and consumption of eight of the world’s most essential ingredients, including banana, chile, coffee, corn, pork, rice, salt, and tuna, revealing how they serve as the cornerstones of global cultural heritage. Redzepi and Emmy Award®-winning executive producer Matt Goulding (“Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown”) guide audiences on a globe-spanning odyssey, unveiling intricate stories behind these ingredients that have shaped societies, cultures, beliefs, and the course of human history.
The series takes viewers to destinations around the world, including Bali, Colombia, Denmark, Djibouti, France, India, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Rwanda, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, and Thailand, as well as locations throughout the United States. In each episode, Redzepi and the series contributors offer an intimate exploration of culinary traditions, showcasing local efforts to honor, conserve, and protect the Earth’s offerings. Each episode is helmed by a different director to guide the ingredient’s journey, including Isabel Coixet, Drea Cooper, Nicola B. Marsh, Sami Khan, Collin Orcutt, David Charles Rodrigues, Rintu Thomas, and Mateo Willis.
“Omnivore” is produced for Apple TV+ by FIFTH SEASON and Film 45 with executive producers Redzepi, Goulding, Chris Rice, Ben Liebmann, Michael Antinoro, Max Wagner, Orcutt and Willis. Cary Joji Fukunaga developed “Omnivore” for television.
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Network: Apple TV+Genre: DocumentarySeasons: 1Episodes: 8 | |
OverviewFrom Peruvian salt flats to Rwandan coffee forests, explore and celebrate the ingredients that built societies, shaped beliefs, and forever altered the tapestry of humanity. |