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Lidia's 25th Anniversary Dinner

Season 2023 Episode 1 | 4m 10s

To cap off 25 years of cooking on PBS, Lidia hosts a celebratory dinner. The guest list includes friends she feels have been instrumental to her life and career: Actor Christopher Walken and his wife Georgianne, Restaurateur Geoffrey Zakarian, Lidia’s first TV producer Geoffrey Drummond, Restaurateur Angelo Vivolo, and Chef Jacques Pépin. Hear these celebrity guests toast their dear friend Lidia.

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