Sandy + Chef

Sandy welcomes chef Lili Almeida from Bahia to spice up her kitchen with lots of "axé". Typical ingredients such as corned beef and crab meat are mixed on the host's stove for a very special guest: her grandmother Mariazinha.

With help from her husband Lucas, brother Junior, and sister-in-law Mônica, Sandy welcomes family friend and renowned chef Renata Vanzetto for a fun-filled vegetarian fusion cooking adventure.

With the cachaça flowing, chef Thiago Castanho introduces Sandy to Amazonian cuisine with banana leaf-wrapped catfish and cassava flour couscous before an impromptu violin solo from Sandy’s brother-in-law.

João Diamante walks Sandy through the traditional Brazilian dish baião de dois with a chocolate mousse for dessert – but will the chef-in-training’s effort be enough to please her mother-in-law, Lorena?