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Spirit Plate

Spirit Plate

2025•15m•Documentary
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An immersive culinary adventure that takes viewers deep into the heart of Native America, guided by award-winning celebrity Chef Pyet DeSpain (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation). Each episode drops audiences into a new and breathtaking landscape—deserts, forests, plains, and coastlines—where Chef Pyet joins Indigenous communities to gather, fish, hunt, and cook in the spirit of ancestral tradition.

StatusReturning Series
Runtime15m
LanguageEN
First Air DateOct 22, 2025

Episodes

Episode 1 - Cooking for the Powwow of a Lifetime (aka 500 Dancers. One Chef. One Sacred Stew.)E116m

Cooking for the Powwow of a Lifetime (aka 500 Dancers. One Chef. One Sacred Stew.)

Chef Pyet DeSpain returns to her Potawatomi Nation to reconnect with family, food, and tradition.

Oct 22, 2025

Episode 2 - Cooking a 400-Pound Pig in an Underground OvenE215m

Cooking a 400-Pound Pig in an Underground Oven

Chef Kealoha Domingo and his family prepare a sacred Hawaiian coming-of-age feast.

Nov 5, 2025

Episode 3 - Cooking Halibut in a Haida LonghouseE317m

Cooking Halibut in a Haida Longhouse

Chef Pyet DeSpain and her sous chef Gabby journey to Hydaburg, Alaska—home to the Haida.

Nov 19, 2025

Episode 4 - Beach Asparagus & Wild Salmon in AlaskaE415m

Beach Asparagus & Wild Salmon in Alaska

Chef Pyet DeSpain travels to Tlingit Country on Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island.

Nov 26, 2025

Episode 5 - Cooking Ancient Roots in the Finger Lakes (aka Feasting with the Matriarchs of Onondaga)E515m

Cooking Ancient Roots in the Finger Lakes (aka Feasting with the Matriarchs of Onondaga)

Chef Pyet travels to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York to visit the Onondaga Nation.

Dec 17, 2025

Episode 6 - Pacific Eel Meets Salsa Macha HeatE615m

Pacific Eel Meets Salsa Macha Heat

Chef Pyet DeSpain to California’s untamed North Coast—where redwoods scrape the sky and the Klamath River crashes into the Pacific. Here, she dives headfirst into Yurok Country to join tribal fishermen chasing the slippery thrill of Pacific eel, and then hits a bustling farmers market to scoop up fresh coastal bounty. Pyet’s adventure closes in a traditional village feast—smoky grilled eel served to Yurok families in a joyful celebration of tradition, resilience, and the unforgettable flavors of land and sea.

Dec 31, 2025

Actors

Stephanie Despain

Herself

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