Cooking Demos

Orange County native and executive chef Jessica Roy enjoys celebrating fresh, California flavors in her cuisine. She’s passionate about gardening, cultivating healthy food and utilizing seasonal ingredients. Watch as she takes us into her personal backyard oasis and creates a visually stunning steak salad.

Farm Bureau Foodies correspondent Anna Genasci meets up with “Farm Girl Chef” for a cooking lesson highlighting processed tomatoes. Check out this yummy tomato sausage penne.

Watch as Chef Jonathan De La Cruz plates up a delicious rock cod “crudo” dish at The Mayor’s Table in Newport Beach. It’s a dish that is sure to bring color to your palate.

A berry good salad features creamy burrata as its centerpiece, and it all comes together with fresh strawberries and drizzles of balsamic vinaigrette, served over arugula and basil leaves.

Chef Alex Seince of Amour in West Hollywood, invites us into the French brasserie to demonstrate their smoked salmon tartine perfect for a delicious breakfast or brunch.

Stephanie Klassen of Gold Ridge Organic Farms talks about how cooking with citrus can elevate your plate. From candied kumquats to a citrus compote, she shares how citrus can be consumed in different ways.

Rated as on of the best cioppino dishes in Marin County, Nick's Cove shows us how the fusion of shrimp, crab, mussels, clams, and fish come together with a silky broth at their coastal inn and restaurant.

Chef Ichiro of Morimoto Napa crafts a plate of the restaurant’s signature Sashimi, featuring seasonal sashimi cubes and assorted toppings, infused with their own special blend of locally sourced grapeseed oil.

Chef Sung Park of Kothai Republic in San Francisco's Inner Sunset neighborhood demonstrates how he makes a delicious dish of Yellowfin Tuna Tartare.

Morimoto Napa is known for being inventive and artful when it comes to the plates of Japanese fare served to diners, and we went into the kitchen with Chef Jave as he cooked up plates of Tuna Pizza and Dry-Aged Salmon, crafted with Morimoto’s own blend of grapeseed oil.

CaBountiful host Aubrey Aquino gets a firsthand lesson in how to make a Disney holiday treat called the “Cookie Dough Yule Log.”

The Vineyard Mom shares her recipe for roasted Brussel sprouts with a twist!

Celebrity Chef Marcel Vigneron of Lemon Grove LA demos his recipe for Miso Honey Salmon with fennel and brown emulsion, dukkah and roasted rainbow carrots.

Chef Seth Miller of Azucar, located at La Serena Villas in Palm Springs demonstrates a seared scallop dish with a curry sauce.

Step into the kitchen for a Sausage and Kale Soup recipe and wine pairing with the Vineyard Mom. This is the perfect meal to satisfy any fall appetite cravings.

A fresh and delicious approach to sweetening up an ice cream treat sing California prunes. YouTube chef Jerry James Stone shares his recipe for making this frozen delight and show our host, Aubrey Aquino, a step by step on how to make is prune perfect!

The Vineyard Mom shares one of her favorite family recipes for grilled salmon topped with fresh microgreens. It’s a perfect plate for the summertime, and she offers up her wine pairing suggestions too.

Back by popular demand, the California Nut Festival hosted its spirited “Nutty Chef Competition” in Durham. Three chefs sharpened their cook sets and brought their A game to concoct their best nut-infused plate. The chefs were provided with a selection of ingredients – such as olive oil, nuts, honey, spices, sauces, beer and wine – and then the heat was on for each one to add in “secret” or special ingredients of their own. Festival attendees sat in as the chefs took the stage in succession for bragging rights and a trophy.