Name: Global Soul Kitchen
Genre: Food

Best-selling author and chef Deborah VanTrece introduces viewers to 'global soul food', a style of cooking that combines traditional Southern American soul food with different international influences.

Global Soul Kitchen

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Food • 2026 • 13

Chef Deborah VanTrece brings a Southern twist to a traditional recipe by adding bacon, lettuce, and tomato to the Dutch Baby "pancake", and serves it alongside a colourful asparagus and radish salad.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep01

Chef Deborah combines the flavours of Morocco, Tunisia and Louisiana by making savoury cheddar cheese grits topped with "eggs in purgatory", a dish made with spicy tomato sauce, similar to shakshuka.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep02

Chef Deborah VanTrece makes Southern-style fried chicken Monte Cristo, served with a cranberry sauce. It's inspired by and similar to a croque monsieur, a delicious warm French ham and cheese sandwich.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep03

Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a smothered chicken gizzard poutine, which mixes traditional, Southern-fried chicken gizzards with French-Canadian fries, gravy and cheese curds for a decadent global meal.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep04

Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a classic German dish of smothered chicken meatballs and spaetzle, inspired by the traditional Southern meal of chicken and dumplings.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep05

Chef Deborah VanTrece makes a soulful Southern twist on steak Diane, a pan-fried beef steak, by adding Cajun spices to the marinade and serving it with foie gras and Creole dirty rice.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep06

Chef Deborah cooks a dish inspired by American meatloaf, blending the recipe with an English-style Wellington. She adds a Southern favourite, sorghum mustard, and prepares smothered potatoes.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep07

Chef Deborah VanTrece puts a Southern twist on the classic Peruvian dish lomo saltado by using pork and adding sweet potato fries.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep08

Chef Deborah makes country captain chicken stew, a flavourful Southern dish with an Indian influence, made with bone-in chicken, curry, tomatoes and coconut milk, served over rice noodles.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep09

Chef Deborah VanTrece blends flavours from Latin and South America, adding her southern charm to create encocado shrimp with poblano-stuffed grits, also known as Latin shrimp and grits.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep10

Chef Deborah VanTrece prepares a pasta version of paella, a traditional Spanish dish, and gives it a Southern mac-and-cheese twist.

Global Soul Kitchen S1 Ep11

Chef Deborah prepares two dishes inspired by Chinese wontons: an all-American dish made with apple wontons and milk jam; and a collard green dumpling influenced by Southern cuisine.

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Global Soul Kitchen S1

Chef Deborah elevates the classic Jamaican beef patty by giving it a Southern twist and turning it into a delicious pot pie. This hearty and flavourful dish offers a vibrant journey to the Caribbean.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep13

Chef Deborah VanTrece creates a fusion of Southern and Italian flavours with her boudin and crawfish arancini. She combines boudin, the iconic Louisiana sausage, with creamy Italian arborio rice.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep14

Chef Deborah prepares her Southern-style chicken confit by seasoning the chicken, adding vegetables and herbs, and slow-cooking it in oil. She finishes the dish with pickled fennel and "dirty pasta".

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep15

Chef Deborah VanTrece kicks off this incredible meal with crispy purple yam jojos, inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Coated in oil and a seasoned flour mixture, they’re baked to perfection.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep16

Chef Deborah VanTrece brings together Southern and Indian flavours with her black-eyed pea biryani. She sautés the peas with vegetables, spices and coconut milk, then bakes it with rice.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep17

Chef Deborah creates a flavourful party menu featuring zupa ogórkowa, a Polish dill pickle chowder, and Kansas City-style barbecue salmon with biscuits. She smokes the salmon, then prepares a pickle soup.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep18

Chef Deborah puts a twist on the classic Polish dish galumpkis by using smoked ham hocks. The ham hocks and cabbage are cooked in a seasoned stock, while the stuffing is made from pork, rice and more.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep19

Chef Deborah brings a Filipino classic to life with her adobo baby back ribs and pancit noodles, each with a Southern twist and inspired by a chef in Atlanta. She marinates the ribs and pan-fries them.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep20

Chef Deborah takes the chicken and waffles to the next level with her duck schnitzel and sweet potato waffles. She marinates and fries the duck, then mixes baked sweet potatoes with egg, milk and spices.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep21

Chef Deborah puts a Southern spin on the classic French-inspired chicken fricassee. She starts by seasoning and browning the chicken, then simmers it in a sauce made with vegetables, cream and white wine.

Global Soul Kitchen S2 Ep22

Chef Deborah combines French cuisine with deep Southern cooking in her take on bouillabaisse. She starts by making a homemade broth with fish remnants, vegetable scraps, spices and more in a pot.