New podcast: Burn the Menu with Chef Stephen Coe · Get notified →
New podcast: Burn the Menu with Chef Stephen Coe · Get notified →
A TV series in development · Starring Chef Stephen Coe
Chef Stephen Coe leaves the safety of the kitchen for raw, untamed places where the ingredients fight back.
Logline
The show
Each episode drops Chef Coe into a new environment: rocky coastlines, swamps, mountains, open ocean. He has to hunt, catch or forage what he plans to cook. Once the ingredients are secured, he builds a makeshift kitchen from whatever the wild allows and lets the flames do the rest.
No shortcuts, no safety net. Just technique, instinct and fire. It's not a studio show: it's food at the source, with real weather, real risk and real heat.
The world
Lobster pulled from cold surf, game tracked through thick brush, shellfish dug from shifting sand, wild herbs cut from sheer rock. Along the way Chef Coe highlights the people, traditions and ecosystems that shape each ingredient.
Shot with shoulder-mounted rigs and GoPros in impossible places, the series delivers unfiltered, boots-on-the-ground energy. Viewers don't just watch the danger. They feel it.
The chef
Stephen Coe is a fierce competitor and inventive chef. Trained in classic technique and obsessed with big flavor, he thrives under pressure, whether it's a television clock or an incoming tide. Dangerous Eats is his purest arena yet.
Equally at home on a beach fire, in a forest clearing or on a rocking boat, Coe turns unforgiving conditions into unforgettable meals. That's the heart of the show.
Winner of Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay and Chopped: Ultimate Redemption, World Food Championships titles, and World Bacon Champion.
Works with local farms, harvests his own honey, and respects the ecosystems that make great food possible.
Beyond the camera he supports food banks and charitable foundations, using his craft to bring people together around the table.
The pilot · Episode 1
Chef Coe returns to where his story began: Plymouth, Massachusetts. He walks the ground of the first settlers, from Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower to Plimoth Plantation, then steps into the Wampanoag world to learn traditional cooking, fire craft and ancestral hunting techniques.
He joins a local guide to hunt venison using classic Wampanoag methods, then heads to the Atlantic with a lobster fisherman and an oyster farmer, navigating rough water, fragile ecosystems and the very real risk of dropping heavy pots.
With everything he's earned, Coe builds a beachside feast near where the Pilgrims first landed: raw, simple, and grounded in history.
Season one concepts
Episode 01
Plymouth, MA: lobster traps, oyster beds and a rugged coastline that never plays nice.
Episode 02
The mountains don't care who you are. Coe stalks wild game in one of America's most unforgiving landscapes.
Episode 03
New York City's warriors: Coe teams up with NYC firefighters to craft a pie worthy of the brave.
Episode 04
Texas game wardens reveal the chaos of wild hogs, and Coe turns the invasion into a high-heat cookout.
Episode 05
Into the swamp after an apex predator, learning conservation and cooking one of his most dangerous meals yet.
Episode 06
Zero degrees. Zero shortcuts. Ancient techniques and extreme terrain at the ends of the Earth.
Episode 07
A single mistake can be lethal. Coe prepares blowfish far from any hospital.
Episode 08
The desert hides some of the oldest cooking traditions on Earth, and a classic goat feast under brutal heat.
It's a journey: part survival, part exploration, part culinary showdown. Beneath the action is the heart of the show: food as history, craft and connection. Around the fire, Coe and the people who guide him share the stories, techniques and traditions behind every meal earned in the wild.
Dangerous Eats is in development with TheRiot Agency's Greenlit division. We're talking with networks, streamers, sponsors, production partners and the guides and locations that make each episode possible.
Media partners can request the full press kit: series details, images and Chef Coe's bio. Screeners, interviews and partnership conversations start here too. Beyond the series there are recipes and behind-the-scenes content, plus sponsorship across the show, the podcast and the Lobsta Love cookbook.
