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Food & cooking

Food & cooking TV Series

Cooking and food culture at the center.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 46 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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The Bear

★ 8.5
314K 47 2022–2026
Food & cooking · Workplace
10/10

Hell's Kitchen

★ 7.2
24K 377 2005–present
Food & cooking
10/10

Chef's Table

★ 8.5
18K 34 2015–2024
Food & cooking · Docuseries
10/10

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

★ 7.5
16K 116 2007–2026
Food & cooking · Lifestyle reality
10/10

The Great British Baking Show

★ 8.6
16K 213 2010–present
Food & cooking · Cozy
10/10

Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma

★ 8.0
15K 92 2015–2020
Food & cooking · Anime
10/10

MasterChef: USA

★ 7.2
11K 312 2010–present
Food & cooking
10/10

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

★ 8.6
9K 144 2005–2012
Food & cooking · Docuseries
10/10

Somebody Feed Phil

★ 8.3
8K 50 2018–present
Food & cooking · Feel-good
10/10

Man v. Food

★ 7.3
8K 183 2008–present
Food & cooking · Episodic
10/10

Top Chef

★ 7.7
8K 350 2006–present
Food & cooking
10/10

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares

★ 7.6
7K 36 2004–2014
Food & cooking · Lifestyle reality
10/10

The Chef Show

★ 8.2
6K 25 2019–2020
Food & cooking · Easy watching
10/10

Nailed It!

★ 7.4
6K 43 2018–present
Food & cooking
10/10

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

★ 7.3
5K 735 2006–present
Food & cooking · Episodic
10/10

The Final Table

★ 7.6
5K 10 2018–2018
Food & cooking
10/10

Culinary Class Wars

★ 8.5
5K 26 2024–present
Food & cooking
10/10

Chopped

★ 7.4
5K 761 2007–present
Food & cooking
10/10

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill

★ 7.6
4K 24 2023–2025
Food & cooking · Cozy · Anime
10/10

MasterChef: Australia

★ 8.2
4K 1141 2009–present
Food & cooking
10/10

Good Eats

★ 8.8
4K 252 1999–2012
Food & cooking · Episodic
10/10

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

★ 8.6
4K 14 2021–2022
Food & cooking · Docuseries
10/10

Ugly Delicious

★ 7.7
4K 12 2018–2020
Food & cooking · Docuseries
10/10

Midnight Diner

★ 8.6
4K 30 2009–2014
Food & cooking · Vignette style
10/10