Chrissy Teigen’s mother Vilailuck to make Thai dishes in upcoming Food Network special: ‘I’m so excited to share my family’s favorite recipes’

Chrissy Teigen’s mother Vilailuck ‘Pepper’ Teigen will be starring in her very own Food Network special which will see her make delicious Thai dishes.   

The upcoming, half-hour show will see Vilailuck and her daughter Tina Teigen cook up a meal inspired by family recipes while reminiscing about the sisters as youngsters, according to Variety.

Viewers will watch the mother daughter duo make spicy tomato, bacon and corn salad, caramelized shrimp lettuce wrap, chicken larb, and pineapple soft serve.

Yum! Chrissy Teigen’s mother Vilailuck ‘Pepper’ Teigen will be starring in her very own Food Network special which will see will be making delicious Thai dishes

And fans will be able to learn how to make the dishes themselves with full recipes available on the Food Network website.

The show, which is executive produced by Chrissy, will premiere on the Food Network and Discovery Plus streamer on November 6. 

‘I’m so excited to share my family’s favorite recipes that we’ve been making and eating for a long time,’ Vilailuck gushed in a statement. ‘I can’t wait for viewers to see how easy it is to make Thai food at home, and after they try these recipes, I know that fish sauce will soon be the new ketchup and pantry staple!’

‘The Teigens have shared their love of cooking and entertaining on their popular social media channels and in their best-selling cookbooks,’ Courtney White, president, Food Network & streaming food content at Discovery Inc., said in a statement.

Coming soon: Chrissy will be executive producing the show set to premiere on Food Network and the Discovery Plus streamer on November 6; pictured last month in Los Angeles

‘With “Getting Spicy With Pepper Teigen,” we are thrilled to bring their fans to Food Network’s linear and DTC platforms for a special look at the whole family in action, cooking and eating together like never seen before.’

Following in the footsteps of her foodie daughter Chrissy, Pepper released her own cookbook, The Pepper Thai Cookbook: Family Recipes from Everyone’s Favorite Thai Mom, earlier this year.

She dedicated the book to her late parents and her grandson Jack. Chrissy was halfway into her pregnancy last year when she lost the child, a baby boy she had already started calling ‘Jack.’

Tight-knit: Pepper, who is divorced from Chrissy’s dad Ron, lives with her daughter and son-in-law in Beverly Hills

‘We talk about him every day,’ Pepper explained in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. ‘That’s how we grieve. We’re getting better each day… We’re getting so much better, and Chrissy too.’ 

Pepper, who is divorced from Chrissy’s dad Ron, lives with her daughter and son-in-law in Beverly Hills. 

She helps care for the couple’s children, daughter Luna, four, and son Miles, two.

Family affair: She told WSJ that the youngsters love to help out in the kitchen and serve as taste testers for her recipes

She told WSJ that the youngsters love to help out in the kitchen and serve as taste testers for her recipes.

Chrissy has already amassed her own culinary empire with a line of kitchen essentials under her belt and several successful cookbooks.  

The model, who is married to John Legend, released her first cookbook, Cravings: Recipes For All The Food You Want To Eat, in 2016.

She is now onto her third cookbook, Cravings: All Together: Recipes To Love: A Cookbook, set for release on October 26, 2021.

Success! Pepper’s daughter has already amassed her own culinary empire with a line of kitchen essentials under her belt and several successful cookbooks

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