chefATL is back — and it’s already won an Emmy

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chefATL started as a class assignment. Now it’s an Emmy winner. On this episode of WABE Arts, Sherri Daye Scott talks with Astrid Sims, a SCAD student director who worked her way up from production assistant to helming two episodes of the student-produced docuseries made in partnership with WABE. Sims, who also took home a 2026 Gracie Award for Director (TV – Student), talks about what it takes to connect with Atlanta’s chefs on camera and why the show is about so much more than food. chefATL Season 2 premieres June 25 on WABE TV. 🎙️See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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SCAD student director Astrid Sims on making two Emmy-winning episodes of chefATL, a docuseries that explores Atlanta through its chefs. 🎙️

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