Hook, Line & Dinner
TV Show · Special Interest · Reality

Ben Sargent is a lifelong seafood lover who once ran a successful underground lobster roll business out of his basement apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y. Now, Sargent takes his knowledge and passion for seafood on the road as he searches for the best regional seafood across the United States, showcasing the local joints where it is served. Among the stops on his journey, Sargent checks out blue crab in Charleston, S.C., sardines and sea urchin in San Diego and sturgeon in Oregon. Sargent believes the restaurants he visits -- including crab shacks and chowder houses -- are hangouts for eccentrics, where locals swap stories and fishermen share their tales from the sea.

2010 · 20m
Starring Ben Sargent

Season 1

  • EPISODE 1
    Bayou Country
    Ben joins the local debate on whether farm raised or wild caught crawfish are better; Ben goes to Café des Amis for some Zydeco music and Cajun catfish with crawfish au gratin sauce.
    20m
  • EPISODE 2
    Miami and The Everglades
    Ben travels back in time from cosmopolitan Miami to rustic Everglades City.
    20m
  • EPISODE 3
    Charleston, South Carolina
    Ben discovers the foundations for Charleston's current culinary renaissance is the region's rustic lowcountry cuisine.
    20m
  • EPISODE 4
    New Orleans
    Ben explores New Orleans' 400-year-old mishmash of culinary traditions with gusto.
    20m
  • EPISODE 5
    Oregon
    Ben navigates the Columbia River with the Yakama Nation of Native Americans during their annual sturgeon catch; Ben pan-sears ling cod at Thistle in McMinnville.
    20m
  • EPISODE 6
    San Francisco
    Ben's seafood pilgrimage in San Francisco.
    20m

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Cast & Crew

  • Ben Sargent
    Actor
  • A‌S
    Al Szymanski
    Producer

About

Hook, Line & Dinner

Special Interest

Ben Sargent is a lifelong seafood lover who once ran a successful underground lobster roll business out of his basement apartment in Brooklyn, N.Y. Now, Sargent takes his knowledge and passion for seafood on the road as he searches for the best regional seafood across the United States, showcasing the local joints where it is served. Among the stops on his journey, Sargent checks out blue crab in Charleston, S.C., sardines and sea urchin in San Diego and sturgeon in Oregon. Sargent believes the restaurants he visits -- including crab shacks and chowder houses -- are hangouts for eccentrics, where locals swap stories and fishermen share their tales from the sea.

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Cooking Channel
Released
2010
Rated
G

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Africa, Middle East, and India

  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Botswana
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Cape Verde
  • Egypt
  • Eswatini
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • India
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger (English)
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe

Asia Pacific

  • Australia
  • Cambodia
  • Fiji
  • 香港 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Indonesia (English)
  • 日本
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 澳門 (廣東話–繁體)
  • Malaysia (English)
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mongolia
  • New Zealand
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • 대한민국
  • 台灣
  • Thailand
  • Turkmenistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

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  • Antigua and Barbuda
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  • Bahamas
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Bolivia (Español)
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  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile (Español)
  • Colombia (Español)
  • Costa Rica (Español)
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