Detox!

What exactly does China know about a healthy mind, body and spirit that the rest of the world seems to be missing out on?

After decades in the high-stakes, high-stress restaurant business, celebrity chef Bobby Chinn is seeking to recharge his batteries and detox his mind, body and spirit. In the remote Chinese provinces of Xinjiang and Yunan locals have spent thousands of years mastering the art of well-being. Bobby risks life and limb when he’s doused in alcohol and set on fire, is buried in salt and cured like a ham and walks the tightrope with a troupe of daredevil high-wire acrobats.

Immersed in a world of traditional and alternative therapies, Bobby roadtests everything from superfoods to adrenalin rushes as he sets out on a journey to find the ultimate detox.

Episode 1:

After decades in the high-stakes, high-stress restaurant business, professional chef Bobby Chinn is seeking to recharge his batteries and detox his mind, body and spirit. In the remote Chinese province of Xinjiang, where the locals have spent thousands of years mastering the art of well-being, Bobby risks life and limb when he’s doused in alcohol and set on fire, gets buried in salt and cured like a ham, walks the tightrope with a troupe of daredevil high-wire acrobats, and escapes the rat race to blow off steam at a nomadic shepherd’s dance party. Immersed in a world of traditional and alternative therapies, Bobby roadtests everything from superfoods to adrenalin rushes as he sets out on a journey to find the ultimate detox.

Episode 2:

Professional chef and restaurateur Bobby Chinn has been living a crazy, hectic life for the last 20 years running a chain of successful restaurants all over the world. His life is high octane and high stress! But Bobby’s fast living has finally caught up with him and his long-suffering body is in need of some serious detox. So he heads to Yunnan province in China, where the locals have spent thousands of years mastering the art of well-being. Bobby immerses himself in a world of traditional and alternative therapies, trying everything from steaming in a compost of rare herbs to drinking some of the oldest tea in the world, and competing in a unique form of wrestling.   It’s all part of his quest to revitalize and re-connect with his life!