Renowned Chef Jacques Pépin will receive the Emmy® Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 46th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies on May 3, 2019 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California.
He is the first in the culinary programming genre to be so recognized for their career-long contributions to the television industry.
A documentary about his life, “Jacques Pépin: The Art of Craft,” aired as part of the PBS series American Masters, premiering May 26, 2017. The film, narrated by Stanley Tucci, was produced and directed by Peter L. Stein, who had produced several of Pépin’s early television cooking series at KQED in the 1990s.“The Daytime Emmy Awards recognize both the excellence and vibrant diversity of daytime television programming,” said NATAS President & CEO Adam Sharp. “Chef Jacques Pépin epitomizes both, uniquely shaping the culinary genre which has grown to become one of the mainstays of our medium.”
“Daytime television has been forever changed by the culinary efforts of Jacques Pépin,” said David Michaels, Senior Vice President and Executive Producer of the Daytime Emmy® Awards. “Pépin’s body of work helped inspire not just millions of cooks at home, but also the myriad staples of culinary television we now see.”
The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards and The Daytime Emmy Awards recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. during the 2018 calendar year.
