Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders

Lidia Bastianich visits men and women on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders Lidia Celebrates America

Premiered February 12, 2021
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Lidia Celebrates America: A Salute to First Responders

Celebrity Chef Lidia Bastianich travels across the country visiting the men and women serving on the front lines, from firefighters in California battling wildfires, to medical workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Lidia meets first responders who’ve worked quietly in the shadows, and now find themselves thrust into the spotlight by crises facing the country in 2020.

About the Program

Lidia Celebrates America

Beloved chef and Italian immigrant, Lidia Bastianich, travels from big cities to small towns in America to share the inspiring stories of first, second, and third-generation Americans forging their own way, and shaping the shifting definition of what it means to be an American.

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