“First, he cameoed on The Bear, and now he’s the star of his very own show, the new Apple TV+ series Omnivore.”
“Omnivore sets out to shine a light on the purest artisanal forms of eight ingredients: salt, pork, corn, tuna, coffee, rice, banana, and chile. Across eight episodes, each focused on one of these items,…”
In an interview with Food & Wine , Redzepi said that the series was influenced heavily by Planet Earth, the beloved David Attenborough-voiced nature series. That influence is obvious from the jump: With Redzepi’s calming voiceover, the frequent shots of coastlines and foggy tree canopies, the series might’ve been called Planet Earth But for Food.
There is also a significant amount of Chef’s Table DNA in the show, especially in terms of its sweeping cinematography and cinematic soundtrack, but where Chef’s Table highlighted the world’s best chefs, Omnivore turns its attention to the materials they work with.
My dad’s favorite was what’s described as either the apple banana or lady finger banana in this article — slightly longer than a finger / half the size of a “normal” american banana, thin skin, and more (tiny) seeds that earn it the name of Elchi Kela / Cardamom (seed) Banana.