Cooking legends Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin pair up for a lively program that showcases each chef’s remarkable ability to teach from their lifetimes of experience on air and in the kitchen.
Cooking with Legends: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pépin premieres Friday, July 18, 2025 at 10 p.m. on WXXI-TV and streams live on the WXXI app.
Lidia Bastianich and Jacques Pépin double the fun when the two “good-natured bosses” and longtime friends come together to share personal family stories and lifetimes of experience on air, alongside mouth-watering recipes that made their careers. Lidia hailing from Pola on the Istrian Peninsula, and Jacques from Bourg-en-Bresse, France, express their passion for the foods that embody the cuisines of their native cultures as they personify what it means to live the American dream.
Photo: Lidia Bastianich & Jacques Pépin
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