Searching for Soul Food Trailer

Celebrity chef Alisa Reynolds travels the world to find the flavors that connects us all in the new series Searching for Soul Food premiering on Hulu. The new food and travel docuseries takes viewers on a journey to find out what soul food is like around the globe.

Chef Reynolds travels to Mississippi, Oklahoma, Appalachia, Peru, Jamaica, South Africa, Italy and Los Angeles to explore their culinary worlds. While there, she discovers the deep ties of soul food and the people who eat it. She digs into the foundation of the traditions and stories of each place she visits. As a result, she learns the recipes passed through time from hand to hand and kitchen to kitchen. She even learns about the oldest recipe in South Africa which is an 8,000 year old cooking tradition.

In Searching for Soul Food, we learn the true meaning of soul food. The love and the history of what makes it so great. As a classically trained chef, she knows a thing or two about food. However, being raised on soul food, she wanted to know how these recipes began.

It’s about making something out of nothing with sustenance and love in every bite, and I want to get a taste of it all

Alisa Reynolds

About Chef Alisa Reynolds

Chef Reynolds is a classically trained chef and owner of My 2 Cents in Los Angeles. In her restaurant, she marries Southern comfort food with a modern diet. The menu offers gluten free versions of meals like fried chicken as well as vegan options. Her vision was to create a place where people could eat health-conscious soul food without sacrificing flavor or comfort.

Hulu will stream all eight episodes of season 1 of Searching for Soul Food on June 2, 2023.

Where To Watch

Hulu