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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Life of Matty

    • July 7, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty takes his mentor Rang Nguyen back to his hometown and down memory lane, showing us where he came from the how he became the chef he is today.

  • S01E02 City Matty, Country Matty

    • July 14, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Canadian Chef Matty Matheson checks out Ontario Farms, Perth Pork and Y. U. Ranch and throws an epic BBQ for his friends at his parent's house in Stratford, Ontario.

  • S01E03 The Matty of Manila

    • July 21, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Canadian Chef Matty Matheson heads to Winnipeg and hosted by Ron and "Hot Rod" Cantiveros learns how to make Longanisa sausages and cooks at a traditional Filipino Boodle Fight.

  • S01E04 Pow Wow Wow

    • July 28, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Invited by the Long Plain First Nation Reserve, Matty travels to Portage La Prairie as a guest of their annual Pow Wow. He participates in a sweat lodge, and learns to Fancy Dance.

  • S01E05 Where The Bison Roam

    • August 4, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty meets Ivan Smith, the Bison Whisperer in Alberta and learns the ins-and-outs of raising bison. Matty travels to meet up with Chef Edgar Gutierrez for an off-road adventure.

  • S01E06 North of Saskatoon

    • August 11, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty goes to Saskatchewan for the Great Prairie Feast. Then he heads to a cabin for a wild weekend of duck hunting and blowing shit up.

  • S01E07 Super Nova...Scotia

    • August 18, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty hits Nova Scotia for lobster fishing and visits chef Bryan Picard’s Bite House. On their way back to Halifax they hit a cheese farm for some award winning Gouda.

  • S01E08 The Prodigal Rang Returns

    • August 25, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Rang and Matty pick up where they left off in Episode One but this time in Newfoundland. The dynamic duo’s tour ends up with moose hunting.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Rang's Journey

    • October 27, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    In the second-season premiere, Matty and Rang visit Rang's hometown in southern Vietnam, where Matty meets his family and learns the story of how he immigrated to Canada.

  • S02E02 The French Connection

    • November 3, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty and Rang travel to Hanoi to check out the growing restaurant scene. Later, the guys meet with French ex-pats to sample French-inspired Vietnamese food.

  • S02E03 Matty, Son of Bear

    • November 10, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    French Canadians are known for having a strong cultural identity. Matty investigates the uniqueness of Quebecois culture through a number of unusual subcultures, including LARPing!

  • S02E04 Mardi Gras, a Young Man's Game

    • November 17, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty travels to New Orleans to witness two different Mardi Gras celebrations, Lundi Gras in the Lower Ninth Ward and Cajun Mardi Gras in Lafayette Square.

  • S02E05 Kosher Montreal

    • December 1, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty experiences one of Canada's oldest Jewish communities; Rabbi Bernath, aka `The Hipster Rabbi', shows Matty around Montreal's kosher food community.

  • S02E06 The High Cost of Arctic Living

    • December 8, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty experiences the Inuit way of life while visiting the Arctic.

  • S02E07 Caribananas

    • December 15, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Matty participates in a Caribana celebration and learns about West Indian culture while visiting Toronto.

  • S02E08 Hardcore Tailgating

    • December 22, 2016
    • Viceland (CA)

    Growing up as a hardcore kid in Fort Erie, Matty has always heard stories of legendary football pre-game tailgate parties, but has never attended one until now.

Season 3