Sharing Her Corner of the South

Born in Deep Run, N.C., Chef Vivian Howard spent her post-college years exploring New York City and working at renowned restaurants like wd~50. In 2005, Howard and her now husband Ben Knight returned to North Carolina and opened a farm-to-fork restaurant in the small town of Kinston. That restaurant—Chef & the Farmer—is also the center of her award-winning PBS documentary and cooking series, A Chef’s Life. And most recently, Howard released her fir…