Charcoal Chefs

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Charcoal Chefs
Genrecooking
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
Production
ProducerTed Benoit
Production locations Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release4 July 1976 (1976-07-04) 
12 August 1978 (1978-08-12)

Charcoal Chefs is a Canadian cooking television series which aired on CBC Television from 1976 to 1978.

Contents

Premise

George Knight and Fernie Kirouac hosted this Winnipeg-produced series in which they demonstrated barbecue cooking on location at St. Vital Park. [1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern) for three seasons: 4 July to 19 September 1976, 21 August to 25 September 1977 and 3 June to 12 August 1978.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Charcoal Chefs". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.