Vivian Howard

Vivian Howard is an award-winning author, TV personality, chef, and restaurateur. She is a contributing columnist at Garden & Gun Magazine and is the author of two cookbooks: “This Will Make it Taste Good” and “Deep Run Roots,” a New York Times bestseller and International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Cookbook of the Year. 

Vivian created and stars in the public television show Somewhere South, a deep dive into the complexity of Southern foodways, and the docu-series A Chef’s Life, for which she has won Peabody, Emmy and James Beard Awards.

A James Beard Award semifinalist for Best Chef Southeast, Vivian’s restaurants include The Counter @ Chef & The Farmer and The Kitchen Bar @ Chef & The Farmer in Kinston, N.C.; Handy + Hot, a bakery and coffee shop in Charleston, S.C.; and Lenoir, a casual upscale restaurant in Charleston. Additionally, she operates Viv’s Fridge, a network of smart refrigerators offering prepared meals, snacks and desserts across North Carolina