In the thankless business of hospitality, specifically the restaurant industry, it's amazing that a handful of chefs have managed to claw their way from the grease trap into becoming household names. You've got Gordon Ramsay, that Emeril guy, Michelin star sweetheart Rachael Ray, and who could forget Jeremiah Tower? Oh yeah, everybody! Luckily, we have Jeremiah Tower: the Last Magnificent to regale the history of the man credited with reinventing the modern American dining experience. Join us as we learn about the dignified elder who, through his love of aspics and like, cucumber fish(??), grew into an epicurean mentor for hippies who could only make black beans, open the most popular restaurant that no one has ever heard of, and eventually drop off the face of the planet for decades until he decides, in his geriatric mind, that it's time to return to the kitchen of a failing restaurant that everybody hates! Will he bring it back from the depths of critics-review-Hell, and learn that the backbreaking work of an under-appreciated and under-paid chef is just what he's been missing for all those years? Tune in to find out!
