René Redzepi
Self - Narrator (voice)
Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes2024
Omnivore
Season 1
Each episode of this documentary series celebrates the cultivation, transformation and consumption of eight of the world's most essential ingredients, including bananas, chilies, coffee, corn, pork, rice, salt and tuna, revealing how they serve as the cornerstones of global cultural heritage.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 151 min2024-07-18
Chile
Mild, medium, hot...inferno. From paprika to ghost pepper, discover how chile has firmly rooted itself into parts of our identity.
Episode 242 min2024-07-18
Tuna
Once undesirable but now a sought-after luxury, bluefin tuna has one of the food world's most tumultuous stories.
Episode 336 min2024-07-18
Salt
The food we eat. The sweat on our skin. Salt shapes everything around us—its history is our history.
Episode 438 min2024-07-18
Banana
There are over 1,500 varieties of bananas, and yet most of us have only tasted one. Why? And what do we lose when a single banana wins out?
Episode 545 min2024-07-18
Pig
In western Spain lies a quaint village called La Alberca, where locals celebrate one animal unlike anywhere else in the world: the pig.
Episode 638 min2024-07-18
Rice
For millennia, rice has fueled humanity. But as global demand skyrockets, the future of rice production grows more dire by the day.
Episode 736 min2024-07-18
Coffee
Follow a coffee bean from tree to cup to uncover the complicated history, extraordinary craft, and unique collaboration behind the brew.
Episode 842 min2024-07-18
Corn
No longer just a plant, corn is a building block of modern society. But what does its domination mean for the future of food—and for us?