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Spirit Plate
2025 1 season en
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.
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Episodes
1 season available
E1Cooking for the Powwow of a Lifetime (aka 500 Dancers. One Chef. One Sacred Stew.)
Oct 22, 2025 16mChef Pyet DeSpain returns to her Potawatomi Nation to reconnect with family, food, and tradition.
E2Cooking a 400-Pound Pig in an Underground Oven
Nov 5, 2025 15mChef Kealoha Domingo and his family prepare a sacred Hawaiian coming-of-age feast.
E3Cooking Halibut in a Haida Longhouse
Nov 19, 2025 17mChef Pyet DeSpain and her sous chef Gabby journey to Hydaburg, Alaska—home to the Haida.
E4Beach Asparagus & Wild Salmon in Alaska
Nov 26, 2025 15mChef Pyet DeSpain travels to Tlingit Country on Alaska’s Prince of Wales Island.
E5Cooking Ancient Roots in the Finger Lakes (aka Feasting with the Matriarchs of Onondaga)
Dec 17, 2025 15mChef Pyet travels to the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York to visit the Onondaga Nation.
E6Pacific Eel Meets Salsa Macha Heat
Dec 31, 2025 15mChef 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.
