PBS lost a “tried and true” favorite with the death of Charlie Trotter.
Old school flavors meets modern kitchen. He wasnpt around for a lot of episodes but i stll refer to his PBS work on occaision.
Many of the modern chefs have migrated from PBS to FoodNetwork and FoodChannel; note that PBS grill-chef Rick Browne appeared 2X in Chopped in the last 3 years.
“Many of the modern chefs have migrated from PBS to FoodNetwork and FoodChannel”
I can’t attest to this myself, since I haven’t watched Food Network in years, but I know of at least two former Food Network personalities who are now on PBS (Ming Tsai and Sara Moulton).