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The 15 Best Food Shows Of 2022

In a world where there rarely appear to be enough hours in a day to work, leisure, and, yes, cook, we find ourselves watching television. Food television — shows teaching viewers how to cook a recipe, travel shows that bring awareness to the worldwide variation in cuisines, or cutthroat competitions that present the best of the best chefs  and restauranteurs preparing signature dishes to impress a panel of even more famous judges — are an essential part of a foodie's life and media consumption (or ours at least). Besides the obvious learning and entertaining aspects, we find ourselves immersed in the ability to live vicariously through the plates of others.

This year, we have seen a wide variety of shows both emerge and release new seasons of classic food T.V. favorites . Here are our reviews for the best food shows in 2022 — perfect for viewers who like a balance of competition, culture, and company.

The Great British Baking Show

The " Great British Baking Show " is a 10-week baking showdown between 12 of Britain's best amateur bakers. Each week, bakers are required to produce a signature piece based on a recipe of their choosing, followed by a technical challenge where each baker is given paired-down instructions of the same recipe. The showstopper challenge caps out each week, in which bakers are asked to create dazzling work with both talented baking and design skill. These three challenges are set around a theme chosen by producers (with input from judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood) such as biscuit week, bread week, and caramel week. One baker is eliminated at the end of each week and the rest truck on for another week in the baking tent.

It is hard not to love the premise of the " Great British Baking Show ," as well as the sheer joy of many of the amateurs who are just happy to be baking each week. We've found this show less cutthroat than American cooking shows like "MasterChef" and "Chopped," but still emblematic of a learning opportunity for viewers and competitors alike.

Chef's Table: Pizza

If you're looking for a lighter food show, your best bet is to tune into comedian Nicole Byer's " Nailed It! " This show, judged with some legitimacy from pastry chef Jacques Torres, is made to put an end to cutthroat kitchen shows entirely. Some of the worst (yes, you read that correctly) amateur bakers in America are invited to compete for a $10,000 prize — for creating look-alike pastry masterpieces. However, the results of these challenges are not only laughable, but also reflective of some of the worst times you've probably ever had stress-baking for an important occasion.

This show wouldn't be complete without its hosts and the laughs it delivers. Nicole Byer is not only hysterical, but seems to be genuinely having the time of her life hosting each episode — which makes it all the more funny. The nature of the series is chaotic and not always the most organized (like many of the baker's final presentations), but it is guaranteed to give even the worst bakers hope for success.

Pizza fans, this one is for you. "Best in Dough" appeared for its first season on Hulu and Disney+ in 2022 and has since produced several episodes that challenge the way viewers think about a simple pizza pie. Host Wells Adams (from Bachelor in Paradise) brings in panels of other judges to usher competitors through three rounds of pizza making. Not only do the challenges vary each week, but there is a lot of variation in the competitors battling for the $10,000 prize. The show has featured Nonnas (Italian grandmothers), batches of college students, and deep dish rivals from the American midwest. Producers have honed in on the challenges specific to pizza, which makes this show more unique than other cooking competitions. For example, competitors in one episode have to put a spin on frozen pizza without changing the crust, while in another, pizza traditionalists have to harness techniques from outside the box to upgrade their pizza into something new.

Overall, "Best in Dough" has the benefit of being a novel show with a more specific plot than other cooking competitions. We're hopeful to see what slice the show will dish next.

Best in Dough

You rarely see competitive food shows revolving around beverages. " Drink Masters " is here to fill that gap. Each week, contestants use their mixology experience to craft alcoholic beverages that transcend martinis and Long Island iced teas. The prize of $100,000, as well as the title of "Ultimate Drink Master" is at stake with every passing week. Host Tone Bell is joined by a panel of judges for each round and uses a keen sense of humor and wit to keep viewers engaged — and entertained.

For folks just diving into mixology, "Drink Masters" reveals how culinary ingredients, like the foods we eat rather than drink, have become more ubiquitous for mixologists. The show highlights fruits and botanicals, as well as themed weeks that you would see on other traditional cooking shows. Reality Blurred notes that Drink Masters also obscures the line between just shaking a beverage and pouring it into a glass and transforming mixology into a beautiful art that is worthy of celebration.

Drink Masters

" The Bear " on FX has all of the properties of a good show — great casting, a heartfelt storyline, and connections to the emotions and identity of the audience. Each episode follows the life of Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, a young professional chef who returned home to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop following the death of his brother. Carmy has to find a balance between running a small business, figuring out a new family dynamic, and developing himself into the young man he wants to be.

Although food is at the center of this show, it is not the only feature of it. The Bear is a heartfelt, emotional, fast-paced, and raw show that emulates many of the emotions experienced in the back-of-house at a nonfictional restaurant. "The Bear" is also underlined by elements of a family as Carmy builds connections with the rough-edged kitchen crew at the shop — a similar phenomenon that glues folks working in the restaurant industry together. In short, if you've worked in a kitchen before, you'll relate to many of the themes expressed in "The Bear."

The " Tiny Chef Show " is a light, food-infused television show for children. Each episode follows Tiny Chef, a tiny herbivore, who teaches children all about plant-based cooking. Tiny Chef is voiced by RuPaul and includes problem-solving, kitchen safety, and friendship for audiences above the age of four. Besides absorbing knowledge about cooking, viewers are immersed in Tiny Chef's tree stump community with his friends Henry the snail, assistant cook Olly, and pet Ruby the caterpillar.

Each episode of the show follows the same format — a "dish of the day" for what will be prepared, a "what's in the bag" segment discussing ingredients, and a "dish with chef" where Tiny Chef interviews a celebrity guest. This show keeps things lighthearted with Tiny Chef's exit line "Love you so much, bye!" Although the young audience of the show may not remember much about how to make pancakes or snap-pea stir fry, viewers will remember Tiny Chef's commitment to his friends and why having fun (while being safe) is important in the kitchen.

Tiny Chef Show

" Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy " premiered on CNN in 2021. In the most recent season of the show, the American actor and filmmaker traveled to Sardinia, Calabria, Puglia, and Liguria to explore the culinary history and flavors of each region. Although the food is no doubt tantalizing (after all, who wouldn't love learning about the rich history of San Marzano tomatoes), Stanley Tucci provides an undoubtedly sensual flair to the way he talks about the relationship between food and Italian culture.

A review published in The Dartmouth  notes that the show emphasizes a connection to place-based learning, as well as a commitment to representing a wide diversity of guests. You'll find each episode packed with Michelin-star-rated chefs, local purveyors, and food enthusiasts alike. There is something for everyone on this show, and you will walk away learning so much about Italian culture and the food that makes the country's regions so unique from one another.

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy

A show starring host Michelle Obama? Count us in! Waffles & Mochi is a streaming show for kids on Netflix that focuses on kid-friendly cooking. Puppet hosts Waffle and Mochi travel from the "land of frozen foods" (a stab at the political liberalism experienced with Obama's "Let's Move Campaign"), to an animated neighborhood in New York where Obama helps the two puppets learn about foods like mushrooms, tomatoes, and eggs. Episodes feature food media figures like Samin Nosrat (author of "Salt Fat Acid Heat") and chef José Andrés. Each episode ends with a tidbit and a moral — such as eating foods like salt in moderation or the importance of having patience (in making pickles).

While there are some drawbacks to the information being presented in the show (including and most notably, the assumption that eating certain foods is a choice rather than a major systemic equity issue), there's a lot of positive information about eating with knowledge and working with others presented in the show, which is a premise that makes Waffles & Mochi one of the best cooking shows to watch on Netflix for kids.

Waffles & Mochi

Many of the shows we've selected travel to Europe frequently, but " Take Out with Lisa Ling " is one of the very few shows set entirely around Asian cuisine. The HBO Max original series features journalist Lisa Ling as she travels across America looking for the stories of Asian Americans who have contributed to the institution of takeout food in America — much like Lisa's own family. The show tells the unique stories behind the Asian influence on American culinary industries. One particularly poignant example was Lisa's travel to Louisiana where Asian Americans first settled in 1763. The Filipino decedents from this area contributed indescribably to the shrimp industry in the Gulf, as well as the culinary traditions around seafood in the Southern United States.

"Take Out with Lisa Ling" has all of the elements of an effective cultural docu-series — a charming host, clear historical connection, and a reclaimed narrative that has largely been lost to both time and misinformation.

Take Out with Lisa Ling

"Top Chef," released for season 19 in 2022, is back with new competitors in Houston. Hosts Padma Lakshmi, Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons are joined by guest judges to evaluate competitors' performance on varying challenges that make this show seem like a part reality television show and a part cooking show. Over time, audiences grow attached to competitors and have an investment in the competitors' success throughout the season. The subliminal focus on food and cooking through a similar structure to Bravo's other top-performing show "Project Runway" makes "Top Chef" one of the best cooking shows of all time .

There are favorable reviews for this season of "Top Chef" compared to other seasons, as noted by Variety.  The show has calmed down in terms of fits of anger and battery from its contestants. Variety notes that the focus of the show has steadily shifted toward making really great food rather than the raging stress and violence that plagues (and ultimately makes or breaks) other competitive cooking shows.

" Fast Foodies " on truTV is a reality show that first appeared in 2021 and renewed for a second season in 2022. Each episode features cooking show chef alumni Jeremy Ford, Kristen Kish, and Justin Sutherland as the chefs try to re-create a celebrity guest's favorite fast food with a few innovative twists. There are three rounds to each competition, including the "copycat round" in which the chefs make a dish as similar as possible to the guest's favorite, and the "remix round" in which the chefs have to make a remix on the dish — along with a bit of challenge from their competitors. The winner receives the "chompionship" trophy while the losers eat a gnarly slurry of ingredients or face other minor punishments.

From a viewer's perspective, it is cool to see what some of the celebrity guests' favorite fast food indulgences are (like "Community" actor  Joel McHale 's love of the Portillo's Chicago-style hot dog), as well as laugh at the childlike nature of the show. If you want a quick laugh with not much investment in the series, "Fast Foodies" is the way to go.

Fast Foodies

HBO's " The Big Brunch " is trying to reinvent how we think about brunch food. Hosted by "Schitt's Creek" star Dan Levy, competitors are charged to cook their best spins on classic brunch dishes in a two-round showdown for a $300,000 prize. Levy, an avid brunch enthusiast, handpicked the 10 competitors on the show and was the executive producer (via Guilty Eats ) — which is a major draw for folks who adore Levy's sense of humor and wittiness.

Although "The Big Brunch" was released in the middle of November for its first season, it has already seen tremendous praise from folks looking for a more relaxed and earnest cooking show. There is a wide diversity of contestants represented on the show, Guilty Eats notes, as well as an emphasis on the characters as individuals rather than cooking machines. Decider  adds the first episode of the season was rather tame and gave off the same aura as Top Chef, where the competitors are challenged to make dishes that represent themselves and their individual journey through food. It's a feel-good cooking show — with a lot of delicious food shots thrown into it.

The Big Brunch

" Somebody Feed Phil " follows the journey of "Everybody Loves Raymond" producer Phil Rosenthal traveling and eating around the world. Season six of the show was released in 2022 and includes locations in Philadelphia, Croatia, Austin, Santiago, and Nashville — as well as a tribute piece to Phil's parents who inspired him to create the show.

Overall, the show is more lighthearted than other travel cooking shows (like Anthony Bourdain's " Parts Unknown "), and features a lot of Phil's goofy faces along the way. "Somebody Feed Phil's" producers balance the historical context of foods and culinary traditions globally but have the time to insert heartfelt pieces into each episode — including the conversations Phil has with his parents at the end of each episode. One of the draws of this show is that Phil Rosenthal appears to have a very little educational background in cooking — he's just a man excited about traveling and eating around the world. It's the unbridled enthusiasm that many cooking and travel shows neglect to offer.

Somebody Feed Phil

"Chefs vs. Wild" on Hulu was released for its first season in 2022. Each episode features two chefs dropped in the wilderness and are "forced" to forage and cook restaurant-worthy meals for a panel of judges. Each chef is paired with a survivalist who is literate in the area to help them forage for ingredients for two days. For each meal, a protein is provided (in the first episode, it's elk heart and loins — so not the chicken breasts you are familiar with), but the chefs must find the other ingredients for the appetizer, entree, and dessert components.

Fans of "Chefs vs. Wild" are likely more familiar with shows like "Man vs. Wild" and "Naked & Afraid," where wilderness is a major factor in the performance of the competitors. As a result, "Chefs vs. Wild" is less structured than "Chopped" or "Iron Chef." But, you'll still find a bit of cutthroat competitiveness and classic reality television drama out there in the wilderness.

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I Am Tired of Watching People Go to Italy

Major networks, I am pleading: There are other countries

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Everyone is in Italy this year — including Alison Roman, whose new cooking series will, like half the people my Instagram feed, take us on a tour of the Amalfi Coast. CNN announced yesterday that Roman’s four-episode (More Than) A Cooking Show , which was originally slated for the now-defunct CNN+, will hit CNN this fall. The show will invite audiences into Roman’s New York kitchen and to join her on her travels abroad. Sure, that sounds fun, if a bit familiar.

Between Bobby and Giada in Italy ; Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy ; episodes of Chef’s Table , Somebody Feed Phil , Top Chef , and Salt Fat Acid Heat , I can’t help but feel a little Italy-ed out in recent years, like I’ve hit my capacity for watching clips of cheesemaking or people eating perfectly crisped Neapolitan pizza. (And that doesn’t even include Italy’s dominance over fictional food-adjacent shows like Netflix’s upcoming From Scratch and the second season of HBO’s hospitality-themed The White Lotus .) Now, I’m no stranger to dreaming up my own Eat Pray Love spaghetti scene , and the green-eyed monster and I were in close company this summer as I scrolled past so many friends and influencers’ Lake Como weddings and rented villas.

Yet it’s all starting to feel repetitive, especially when one considers how infrequently this in-depth treatment is given to other countries. Italy and France, for that matter, are countries and cuisines whose regionality is given its due in the food landscape of the United States — while so many places in the world remain simplified in the culinary imagination: a visit in a food series episode here and there, usually relying on the same biggest-name cities and chefs.

It’s as though major networks, wanting a guaranteed hit, see the success of all this Italy-centric TV and think, great, let’s do that again — which is almost certainly what’s happening (streaming overload led Time to claim last year , “Welcome to TV’s era of peak redundancy”). CNN is a perfect example of that: Not only is Roman’s Italy show dropping this fall, featuring the Amalfi Coast, but so is the continuation of Tucci’s, which will explore Italy’s regions further after going to Tuscany, Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Rome, Bologna, Milan, and Sicily last year.

It all feels a little safe: Showing potential travelers from the U.S. food that is already pretty familiar, in a country that feels like a safe bet, thus reinforcing Western expectations about which cuisines are valuable and which countries worth traveling to. I’m happy to imagine Italian beach moments a la The Talented Mr. Ripley , but what other daydreams could we have if food travel shows dared to delve deeper into places less frequently depicted?

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Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley has retired the infamous Patsy Stone and gone on to make a string of travel documentaries, flitting from the USA to Japan. Her 2021 series is closer to home as she drives around the UK in an Aston Martin DB5 taking in some of the country’s most popular staycation spots. Episodes include stints on Devon ’s epic moors and Cornwall’s pretty island of St Michael’s Mount, as well as in North Wales, the Peak District and her hometown, London. Available to watch on ITV Hub

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

In this offshoot from his Ugly Delicious show, the preposterously busy David Chang hits the road for four hour-long adventures with comedians. He’s in Vancouver with local lad Seth Rogen, fishing and giggling, getting lost in a maze and above all revelling in the city’s Asian food emporia. Then he’s in Marrakech with Chrissy Teigen and in LA with Lena Waithe before the best of the bunch, visiting Phnom Penh with Kate McKinnon. The Saturday Night Live comic and Ghostbusters actor is charming, open and interested in everything around her as they talk Buddhism, ride helicopters and tuk-tuks, and dig surprisingly deep into the issues of a rapidly changing country. Streaming on Netflix

Conan Without Borders

This really is something different. For those outside of the USA, chat-show host Conan O’Brien is very much an unknown quantity, and this show may well be equally baffling: it’s a travel programme but directed primarily for laughs and with the reaction of a studio audience added as if it’s an in-show segment. We get Conan being tall, zany and actually pretty witty in the usual places Americans are interested in: Cuba, Korea, Mexico, Israel, Haiti and Italy. Don’t expect to get all the references but give it a go. Streaming on Netflix

Frankie Boyle’s Tour of Scotland

Well, he’s certainly mellowed. Once the scourge of tabloid and liberal broadsheet alike, the comic has revealed more humanity as his face has been ever more hidden under a beard. He’s still sharp, as the introduction shows – ‘There comes a time in every comedian’s career when they decide to do travelogues,’ he tells us – though this is much richer than the sitcom-character-goes-to-Africa formula we’re used to. Over four episodes, each given a very loose theme, he enjoys Scotland’s camera-friendliness – the coast, moors and monumental architecture – and meets a parade of eccentric locals. His secret weapon is asking unusual questions, ensuring a wide range of subjects: one episode alone covers Mary Queen of Scots, martial arts, protests and funfairs. Be warned: contains adult content and sarcasm. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Great Railway Journeys

Want to take the train but can’t face Michael Portillo and his range of bright slacks? Now’s the time to dive into iPlayer, then, as the Tory grandee’s monopoly on rail travel falls off the rotation, leaving this multi-presenter series from 1994. Follow the lovely Michael Palin to Ireland and the awkwardly charming Clive Anderson to China, and watch ballerina Natalia Makarova take on her native Russia and the great BBC correspondent Mark Tully head to India. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Griff’s Great Australian Adventure

Despite an unpromising start – do we need a TV comic to tell us that ‘this is a big place’, or that he’s about to embark on ‘the journey of a lifetime’? – this is well worth your time. Griff Rhys Jones travels around the great southern land by train, packing a great deal into his 30-minute episodes. Along with crocs, sheep-shearing, gold-prospecting and whitewater-rafting, he joins the drag scene in Broken Hill, digs into the poetry of the Outback and hitches a ride with a Flying Doctor. Throughout, he transcends the formula by being well-informed and showing an interest in people. Streaming on ITV Hub

My Greek Odyssey

If you enjoyed the last season of The Trip but felt there was too much competitive banter and not enough Greek scenery, then this is for you. Be warned, however, that host Peter Maneas is a character beyond even the imaginings of Steve Coogan: a full-on Aussie of Hellenic extraction, he’s colourful, exuberant and generally not backward in coming forward, all to the power of 10. If you can handle that, then join him on his mission to visit every one of his homeland’s 227 inhabited islands, starting with Season 1’s tour of the Saronic and Ionian, including Hydra , Spetses , Kefalonia and Zakynthos. Included with Amazon Prime membership

Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father

The comedian is a divisive figure, but less so than the man he insists on calling ‘Daddy’, an old showbiz hand who’s loving his spell in the spotlight. It’ll take five minutes to decide whether you’re up for this show, but if you can take the intergenerational eager-puppy-versus-stuffed-shirt banter you do get a lot of travel for your time. In season one they hit South-east Asia to live out Whitehall’s cancelled gap year, while season two is a cultural tour of eastern Europe led by his father Michael. In both cases, hijinks ensue, locals are baffled and we’re lightly entertained. Streaming on Netflix

Dark Tourist

New Zealand journalist David Farrier looks like a geography teacher and often appears more scared than you’d expect from someone in his line of work, but he’s a curiously engaging host for this tour of unlikely, unsafe and unsavoury destinations. Usually wearing pink patterned shorts, he ventures to nuclear disaster zones, serial-killer hotspots, voodoo rituals and the dreadful, monolithic emptiness of Turkmenistan. His show is genuinely informative and remarkably un-hipster. Streaming on Netflix

Now eight seasons in, this short-haul travelogue is admirably dependable. A lot of that is down to actor-director Richard Ayoade, who can bend his deadpan wit to provide a foil to whichever fellow comedian he has in tow for that week ’s 48-hour city break (including occasional Hollywood stars such as Jon Hamm and Paul Rudd). It’s basically a comedy but, for all the eccentric hotels , drinking and quirky-museum-hunting, this show is still a reliable indicator of whether you’ll enjoy two nights or more in that week’s destination , so bring on season nine. Catch up on All 4

The Mind of a Chef

Chef-profile shows can merge into a blur of hot men in dark rooms talking about sourcing and knives, but this PBS show is in sharp focus – partly because episodes last just 23 minutes. Each of its five seasons are hosted by a different chef, from David Chang, who presents Netflix’s Ugly Delicious , to Prune author Gabrielle Hamilton, who traces a dish to its source, has a good dig and still manages to get in more travel trimmings than most of the hour-long competition. Season five’s resident Ludo Lefebvre is particularly good value – look out for his outraged attempt to reclaim Jersey for France on a lobster-fishing trip. Stream it on Netflix

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

Currently vying for the title of most familiar face on British TV, Ranganathan generally trades on sardonic wit but these tours of ‘the places others avoid’ break through the cynical veneer to show the thoughtful and frequently terrified everyman inside the comedy sports-quiz panellist. In the latest, second season he journeys to Zimbabwe, Mongolia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Colombia. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Around the World in 80 Gardens

Led by the soothing, earnest tones of Monty Don, this is a different and highly satisfying tour of the globe, first screened in 2008. Naturally each region’s flora and plant-husbandry tell us something about the culture and landscape, and our thoughtful and well-informed host is just the man to tell us how. Starting in Mexico and Cuba with rainforests and colonialism, he passes through the the tomb gardens of India’s Mughal emperors, the floating wonders of the Amazon, the Imperial Summer Palace of Beijing, Emperor Hadrian’s Retreat in Italy and the perfection of the Alhambra in Granada, via Bali, Bangkok and the Arctic Circle. You don’t need green fingers to enjoy this, just a love of beauty. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Somebody Feed Phil

If you don’t know Everybody Loves Raymond , the American sitcom he created – actually, even if you do – you may find Philip Rosenthal a distracting host: odd, distracted, awkward. Still, he sure loves his food and Netflix sure loves him, bankrolling 12 episodes of this foodie travelogue that takes him all over the world to Bangkok , Tel Aviv , Buenos Aires , Dublin and Mexico City (always Mexico). It’s a pretty easy ride – he walks around a bit, eats some local dishes, gets excited – but it’s fun, and you’ll like Phil. Streaming on Netflix

National Geographic Presents

Dig deep into the travel-related content from the always-reliable NatGeo. For that unique combination of brashness and culinary genius, there’s Gordon Ramsay Uncharted , where the king of the TV cooks heads for Peru, Morocco, Laos and more. The Bear Grylls-narrated Hostile Planet is a fascinating look at how animals have adapted to the most difficult conditions, from icecap to desert to ocean – highlights include a jaguar hunting crocodiles in the Amazon. Adventure fans, meanwhile, should dive into Lost Treasures of the Maya , where explorer Albert Lin hunts down lost civilization with new tech. Streaming on Disney+

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Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s semi-improvised wander between scenically sited restaurants is a journey that bears repeating. The original six-part run through the North of England in 2010, where both idea and stars were at their freshest and there was a real edge of melancholy tod the impressions and repartee, remains the best but it’s hard to argue with Season 2’s finale in Capri, where two middle-aged men talk rubbish against one of the world’s most beautiful backdrops, and Season 3’s visit to Spain kept up the quality. This year, of course, the boys were back for a tour of Greece. Find out where Season 4 of The Trip was filmed. Stream on Amazon Prime Pictured: Adatepe Ida Blue Hotel

All Aboard! The Great Reindeer Migration

From BBC4’s ‘Slow Christmas’ series, this 2018 programme follows the Sami reindeer herds of Norway on their 160-mile trek north through Finnmark to the Arctic Circle. With no eager presenters to tell us how amazing/dangerous/unchanged it is (though all those things are true), the result is more like a visual poem or guided meditation – most of it just the jangle of the animals’ bells, traditional singing and barking dogs over aerial views and close-ups. And breathe… Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Dating from 2013 to 2018, this CNN series may just be the great legacy of the Godfather of the foodie-travel genre. The effortlessly cool and much-missed NY chef really scratches his adventurer’s itch here, starting with the just reopened Myanmar, Libya and the Congo, and throwing in local-knowledge trips to US cities as well. Regardless of the destination, though, the aim is the same: to live a more interested and interesting life. Watch and learn lessons for travel and beyond. Season 1 streaming on My5. Seasons 1-5 included with Amazon Prime membership

Floyd on France

A time capsule from a different age (1987, to be precise), this makes a pretty startling contrast to the current Netflix foodie doc. Bow-tied and boozy, the late Keith Floyd sets off from a land barely out of the boiled-mutton-and-suet dark ages and barges into the kitchens of France, then considered the world leader of haute cuisine. However misguided his confidence, his enthusiasm and astonishing ability to drink and talk are wondrous to behold as he charges through Provence, Périgord, Burgundy, Alsace, the Basque Country and Brittany. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Ugly Delicious

Momofuku chef and Vice graduate David Chang (see also The Mind of a Chef ) gets down and dirty on this show, sold under the motto ‘Food is a four-letter word’. Each episode looks hard at one home-cooking favourite, with help from guest chefs or foodies, giving American comfort food, from pizza to fried chicken, the kind of attention usually reserved for haute cuisine. Just added is Season 2, where David deals with worries about feeding his forthcoming baby, looks at ways of eating beef, investigates curry with Aziz Ansari and explores the world of kebabs. Streaming on Netflix

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If you’re drawn to the romance of rail travel but don’t need the usual celebrity guide, fill your boots with this six-parter. There’s a Rocky Mountain ride past lakes, rainforest and wandering bears from Vancouver to Banff, an architecture-heavy tour of northern Spain, volcanoes and sacred hunting grounds in New Zealand, plus trips through Wales, Norway and to the Matterhorn in Switzerland. It’s packed with business and all very thorough, well-researched and beautifully filmed, and the narration is in the capable hands of Bill Nighy. Streaming on My5

Salt Fat Acid Heat

Hosting this adaptation of her own book, chef Samin Nosrat proves an exuberant, natural presenter. The high-concept format – four journeys in pursuit of the four titular pillars of cooking – provides the structure, leaving Nosrat to enthuse and convince with the help of chefs from Japan , Italy , Mexico and California . And though it’s mostly kitchen-based, the show always has a strong sense of place, whether in the olive groves of Liguria, Italy , on the cable car to Japan’s Shōdoshima island or under the corrugated roofs of Oxkutzcab in Mexico. Streaming on Netflix

Huang’s World

Tattooed, perma-vested Eddie Huang is a true one-off. An attorney, restaurateur and author (of televised memoir Fresh Off The Boat ), he’s also a man with a thirst for knowledge and a hunger for food, and the most energetic host in food-travel TV. This series is excellent value; Huang is unafraid to talk to experts and locals alike and always has his nose in the action. Catch up on All4

…with Simon Reeve

While others provide entertainment, the perturbingly youthful but tremendously wise Reeve brings the information part of the BBC’s Reithian values. With his background in investigative reporting, he digs that bit deeper while retaining the Bear Grylls-meets-Brian Cox enthusiasm that ensures you always know this is about travel rather than history or politics. You’ll find a selection of his trips on BBC iPlayer, from the six-part Indian Ocean journey and three-part whistlestop tour round Australia to a one-off in Colombia . Catch up on BBC iPlayer

Rick Stein’s Seafood Odyssey

In this series from 1999, the doyen of British seafood has a quick look at how the rest of the world does it. He cooks shark vindaloo in Goa, tries percebes (goose barnacles) picked from the rocks in Galicia, has seabass and oysters in Chesapeake Bay and generally enthuses about grills, saucepans and fishing nets in Naples, Queensland and Thailand before heading closer to home for a fish supper in Whitby. Streaming on BBC iPlayer

Arabia with Levison Wood

British Army officer Wood is an explorer in the classic mould, and solo walks are a speciality ( the Himalayas , the Nile, Central America , Russia ). This programme finds him, Bedouin-scarved and deeply tanned, touring 13 countries and 5,000 miles of the Arabian peninsula, crossing Oman ’s Empty Quarter by camel, embedding himself with troops fighting Isis in Yemen and exchanging selfies in Saudi Arabia. There’s all the derring-do and endurance you could ask for, but he’s also a sensitive and curious companion. Watch on Amazon Prime

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BEST TRAVEL AND FOOD SHOWS STREAMING NOW; SALIVATE FROM YOUR COUCH

I Love Food. I love eating it. I love cooking it. I love searching back alleys for it. I love trying it – all of it! To me, Food and Travel just go hand in hand. Two of life’s most fabulous pleasures. Two of life’s most fabulous treasures.

International travel is off the cards for us all right now, but that doesn’t mean we have to stop exploring. With some of the best travel shows streaming on Netflix, we have the world at our fingertips – with episodes that take us from markets in Mexico to hawker stalls in Singapore to the farthest reaches of the Arctic, and to BBQ joints in Kansas City. Whether you’d rather follow the late, great Anthony Bourdain, Sir David Attenborough, David Chang, Samin Nosrat, Samantha Brown, Jeff Goldblum, or the Fab Five along the way is up to you. Below are some of my favourite travel shows involving journeys by land, air, and sea—and lots, and lots and lots of eating.

Parts Unknown

You simply cannot have a list of the best travel shows and not feature the late, great Anthony Bourdain . In fact, he’s on our list more than once. In Parts Unknown , the chef and travel personality circled the world many times over, in search of music, culture, humour, history, and—of course—really good food. Over 12 seasons (the last aired posthumously), Bourdain visited the indigenous Andes with Eric Ripert , the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Mississippi Delta, and, most famously, Hanoi with then-president Barack Obama.  

Anthony Bourdain – Parts Unknown. (Image Courtesy CNN)

Street Food

Made by the same folks behind  Chef’s Table (also on this list), this show moves away from formal restaurant kitchens and onto the streets, for a guide to some of the world’s best curb-side meals and snacks. The show’s first season is all about Asia , traveling to nine different countries to meet the people behind the food, like a Michelin-starred street stall serving up tom yum soup, and Truoc (pictured below left), who serves a variety of snail dishes in Ho Chi Minh City. Stops in India, Singapore, the Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Indonesia are also on the itinerary. A second season focuses on Latin America , and is streaming on Netflix now.

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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

Be sure to watch this show on a full stomach, or you’ll be pausing to bake focaccia or cook tahdig along with affable host and  Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat  cookbook author Samin Nosrat. (below right). In the four-part show, Nosrat travels the world, making stops in Mexico, Japan, Italy, and her home in California, to discover the properties of each of the show’s title elements. There’s cheese. There’s olive oil. There’s miso. There are tortillas. There’s salsa. And just like that we’re hungry again. 

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Ugly Delicious

The second season of Ugly Delicious , the David Chang hosted Netflix series debuted in March 2020, taking viewers from Istanbul, to Tokyo, to Sydney, to… Outback Steakhouse? Along the way, he tackles balancing parenthood with restaurant life, cooks with  Top Chef ‘s  Padma Lakshmi, rubs elbows with comedians, and gets a lesson in not calling all Indian food curries. (If you want more Chang, watch  Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner , also on Netlfix, where he joins one famous friend on a food tour of a city, like Chrissy Teigen in Marrakech.) 

Ugly Delicious – Image Courtesy Netflix

Chef’s Table

If you’ve ever raised an eyebrow at food as art, set aside some time to watch Chef’s Table , a Netflix original docuseries. Each 50-minute episode profiles one of the world’s most extraordinary chefs (like Dominque Crenn of the Michelin-starred Atelier Crenn in San Francisco, pictured; Peruvian  Virgilio Martínez, the owner of Lima’s  Central  restaurant; and Swede  Magnus Nilsson ) as they create impossibly complicated dishes. There are four seasons, and all very much worth a watch.

Dominque Crenn – Image Courtesy Netflix

Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories

Set in a tiny Tokyo diner that’s only open from midnight to 7 a.m., the fictional show follows the Midnight Diner ‘s owner and clientele as they share their trials and joys, all while eating whatever the owner, called Master, dishes up. In the diner, pork miso soup is the go-to, but Master will cook visitors anything they order, as long as he’s got the goods to make it. Episodes are a little over 20 minutes long, so it’s the most binge able of the bunch. Watch with subtitles and don’t—seriously, don’t—watch while hungry.

Midnight Diner – Image Courtesy Netflix

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Travel shows can give you every different kind of envy, but the best travel shows can also offer immersion.

A great travel show can be almost as great as great travel itself. There’s nothing like the real thing, of course, but for those on a budget, or those looking for travel recommendations, travel shows and documentaries can be very helpful. We’ve put together an amazing list of shows to stream about all of the beautiful, strange, and mysterious places in the world, including some you wouldn’t go to even if you could.

Featuring food and cooking , comedy, drama, and some celebrity appearances, you’ll see the world from an entirely new perspective. Travel shows can inspire, captivate, and above all else, remind us of how vast and wonderful the world really is.

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A name that is and should be widely recognized in comedy, Bill Murray has been around to provide laughs for decades. Bringing his own unique qualities to the screen, Murray has carved for himself a niche based on his personality that simply cannot be copied. Between his masterful physical comedy to his perfectly timed and hysterical line deliveries, Bill is truly a one-of-a-kind talent. From his many roles over the years, the films he stars in are either because a certain director or repeat collaborator has a great bond with him, or simply because he is able to steal the spotlight no matter the assignment. Due to this, he has been given opportunities to play cameos in later films such as Dumb and Dumber To, Get Smart, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and a cameo as himself in Zombieland, which has got to be his best cameo. All the way from wacky and zany to introspectively deep, Bill Murray portrays a lifetime of emotions in our list of films today. If you watch him closely enough, his performative nuances will make you laugh, cry, and think about what it truly means to be an actor. Murray is loved as a human being worldwide (for the most part), who has reportedly shown his face at random bars and parties just for a kick, becoming the owner of four minor league baseball teams, spontaneously studying philosophy and history in Paris, and starting his own golf apparel line. These and many other reasons are why we are here today to celebrate his accomplishments on screen, so sit back and scroll through the 10 best Bill Murray movies ever.

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Food television shows and series debuting in September run the gamut: If you’re into competition shows, there’s a new Bobby Flay one and a new Hulu one around pizza. The lovable misfits of Bob’s Burgers are back for another season. Mary Berry of Great British Baking Show fame has a solo show. And a recipe advice columnist gets a turn as a job in pop culture, with a murder mystery show featuring a cook turned sleuth.

Here’s a look at what else is available to watch in food TV this month.

Bob’s Burgers Season 13 (Streaming on Fox, September 25)

The highly anticipated return of Bob’s Burgers is finally nearing. For the uninitiated, the popular animated comedy series follows Bob Belcher and his family as they navigate the arduous restaurant industry. The restaurant has had to reopen due to a fire, rat infestation, collapsing telephone pole, and in The Bob’s Burgers Movie, a water main break. The creators have said that the movie is canon—meaning the new season may see a “ GRAND RE-RE-RE-RE OPENING ” banner.

Best in Dough (Streaming on Hulu, September 19)

In this new competition show, pizza-obsessed contestants—including mothers and daughters, nonnas, influencers, college students, pitmasters, and more—will showcase their slinging skills in an attempt to win $10,000. Challenges include making pizza with no dough at all and creating “pizza cupcakes.” It’s hosted by Bachelor fan favorite Wells Adams and features judges such as chef Daniele Uditi of Pizzana, chef Millie Peartree, comedian and food influencer Eunji Kim, and baker Bryan Ford.

Hell’s Kitchen: Battle of the Ages (Streaming on Fox, September 29)

Yes, Gordon Ramsay’s show Hell’s Kitchen is still going, and yes you can still watch his blood vessels burst with rage. In this season, the show is dividing up the two teams by age group—40-somethings on the blue team and 20-somethings on the red. All will compete to become head chef at a new Hell’s Kitchen restaurant in Atlantic City.

Recipes for Love and Murder (Streaming on Acorn TV, September 5)

This new mystery is based on Salley Andrew’s book series , Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery . When a woman seeking advice from South African recipe advice columnist Tannie Maria is found dead, Maria and her journalist colleague, Jessie, attempt to solve the small town murder and catch the killer. All the while, Maria will be in the kitchen stirring up apricot jam.

Chef’s Table: Pizza (Streaming on Netflix, September 7)

This season, pizza is getting the Chef’s Table treatment. This show goes beyond the classic marinara-mozzarella combo you may find in a New York slice shop, and makes stops in cities to meet these talented chefs: Chris Bianco (Phoenix), Gabriele Bonci (Rome), Ann Kim (Minneapolis), Franco Pepe (Caiazzao, Italy), Yoshihiro Imai (Kyoto, Japan), and Sarah Minnick (Portland, Oregon).

The Tiny Chef Show (Streaming on Nickelodeon, September 9)

This new stop-motion show features a Tiny Chef serving minuscule dishes in his tiny kitchen. The show is targeted at children: In it, a small felt creature mumbles to himself, takes viewers on a tour around his kitchen, and shares his love of plant-based dishes.

Bobby’s Triple Threat (Streaming on Food Network and Discovery+, September 27)

Bobby Flay is back with a new competition series. This time, Flay has a “top-secret” kitchen, accessible by password only (or through your TV screen), where competitors will face off against three Top Chef alums: Brooke Williamson, Michael Voltaggio, and Tiffany Derry. There are three rounds: In the first two, competitors will be able to choose which of Flay’s chefs they’ll battle, while Flay will choose the ingredients to highlight. But in the last round, ingredients will be up to the competitors, who will have a chance to win $25,000.

Mary Berry: Cook & Share (Streaming on Acorn TV, September 26)

We all know her as a judge on The Great British Baking Show and as the UK’s baking sweetheart, but Mary Berry is now showcasing her original recipes in Mary Berry: Cook & Share. Accompanied by her Cook and Share cookbook, 87-year-old Berry will be traveling to Birmingham, Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, and her mother’s home of Edinburgh to whip up “fuss-free” meals. Expect recipes such as Tear and Share Bread, Ham Toasties, and Honeycomb Chocolate Rocky Road.

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This article features some of the best travel food TV shows that TV has to offer.

Did you have a really long day? problems at work or in your love life? Need a break from reality? Take your mind off these pressing issues and cozy up on your couch with a tasty snack to watch your favorite travel food tv shows or find a new one that is binge-worthy. Dive in with your favorite travel food TV show hosts and explore the nation's culinary culture and history. Ranging from networks like the Food Network to Netflix to the  National Geographic Channel , find interesting travel food TV shows that entertain you. Let your favorite celebrity foodies show you the ropes of how to be a well-rounded, five-star chef in your own kitchen! Here are ten interesting travel food TV series you must see!

10 Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives

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Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives or better known as "Triple D"  is a wildly entertaining travel food TV show. This Food Network show originated in April of 2007 and continues to air episodes on television today. Show host, Guy Fieri brings this travel food series to life with his spunky TV personality. Join him in his cross-country road trip to different hole-in-the-wall diners, drive-ins, and dives that have been doing things right in the kitchen for decades.

9 Ugly Delicious

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The Netflix series  Ugly Delicious starring David Chang should be at the top of your must-watch list. This series was first premiered in February 2018 and has a score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. This entertaining travel food TV series features a combination of travel, cooking, and history of the different places covered in each episode. Follow Chef Chang around the world on his cross-cultural hunt for the best dishes known to man.

8 Parts Unknown

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If you haven't seen it, then you probably should.  Parts Unknown on CNN  is an interesting travel food TV show starring host, Anthony Bourdain. This food TV series came out in April of 2013. Parts Unknown features episodes that dive deep into the culinary cultures of different groups of people. This show is so good it has won twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. Tune in to CNN and continue traveling with Bourdain to lesser-known places to find some travel food gems!

7 Street Food

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Netflix has been home to the popular travel food TV series Street Food since April of 2019. It is classified as an American Documentary where show creators David Gelb and Brian McGinn take you around the world in search of delicious street food everywhere. This travel food TV series is packed with entertainment!

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6 Bizarre Foods America

If you are looking for a little more entertainment and a little less cooking skills, then Bizarre Foods America is the TV series for you! Join the Food Network and follow culinary explorer, Chef Andrew Zimmerman as he explores the bizarre foods of the culinary world in America and now parts of Canada and South America.

5 Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted

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Tag along with Chef Gordon Ramsay in his hit food travel TV show Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted. There isn't a single show that Chef Ramsay stars in that isn't a huge success! Join in his search for culinary inspiration around the world. This binge-worthy food TV series can be found on the National Geographic Channel .

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4 Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi

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Take the time to learn about specific foods and diverse immigrant cultures around the United States with Padma on her popular Hulu docuseries Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi . Padma is widely known in the food industry for her stellar TV personality and her great taste in food. This is an interesting travel food TV show that you do not want to miss!

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I'm sure you have heard of the food god, Johnathan Cheban through his association with the Kardashians but have you watched his hit travel food TV show? Foodgod  was first aired in 2018. Tune in to see what travel food topics Cheban covers in his episodes!

2 View and Chew

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Get ready to view and chew with well-known foodie Mike Chen on his travel food series. Join Chen in his culinary exploration in seven major cities from the comfort of your couch.  View and Chew can be found on the streaming platform Peacock . Add it to your must-see list of food travel TV shows.

1 No Reservations

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No Reservations is another popular food travel TV show hosted by Anthony Bourdain. This show premiered in November of 2012 and focuses on Bourdain's travels as he explores wordly cultures and cuisines. Find this entertaining food travel TV series on the Travel Channel .

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Posted by Purgula | Apr 1, 2024 | Enjoying , Health & Wellness , Kitchen | 0

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The main photo is courtesy of James Martin: Home Comforts , which showcases Martin’s Artichoke with Smoked Bacon Mayonnaise recipe. 

Looking for unique Cooking & Food Shows to help you deepen your kitchen & hosting skills, expand your menu, or discover new cuisines? Here is a curated list of shows and documentaries currently streaming on Amazon Prime , grouped by various themes: Best Cooking Shows ; Cooking Competition Shows ; Classic Cooking Shows ; International Travel & Culture ; Wine ; Baking ; and more, updated monthly.

All of the shows contained in this list are free cooking shows on Amazon Prime currently available to Prime subscribers for no extra fees. Programs that are free with advertising on Freevee (previously known as IMDB TV) are noted as such.

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Wine Documentaries

• Rick Stein Shows
• Outdoor & Grilling Shows

Healthy Cooking Shows on Amazon Prime

Other food shows & documentaries, related articles.

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• Dinner Club (Season 3 premiere date TBA)
• Clarkson’s Farm (Season 3 premieres May 3, 2024)
• Dinner Party Diaries with José Andrés (Premiered March 18, 2024)
• The French Chef with Julia Child  (Season 1 now available on Freevee)
• Mexico One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless (Season 12 now available on Freevee)
• Simply Ming (Season 14 now available on Freevee)
• Indian Food Made Easy (Seasons 1-2 now available on Freevee)
• Korean Food Made Simple (Season 1 now available)
• Hell’s Kitchens  (Seasons 1-20 now available on Freevee)
• Kitchen Nightmares (Seasons 1-6 now available on Freevee)
• Martha Cooks (Seasons 1-3 now available on Freevee)
• Emeril Cooks (Seasons 1-3 now available on Freevee)
• No shows listed in this collection are scheduled to leave Prime this month

Grow, Cook, Eat

Hosts Michael Kelly and Karen O’Donohoe provide guidance to new gardeners on the art of growing their own produce , with each episode focused and devoted to a single vegetable. Learn the art of sowing seeds, tilling and watering, while gaining tips about quirks and pests of certain vegetables, such as broad beans and tomatoes. With special guests added to each episode, the show demonstrates cooking techniques and recipes of dishes created from the harvest .

Note:   Season 1 is currently available for free with ads on Prime via  Freevee (previously known as IMDb TV).

See Grow, Cook, Eat on Amazon Prime for episode details .

James Martin: Home Comforts

British chef James Martin prepares his favorite comfort foods , which he often reserves for special guests in his home or a quiet night in on his own. Filmed in the Yorkshire countryside, the series explores cuisines using local produce and meat supplied from this Northern England enclave. Whether its Chipotle sauced barbecue ribs with baked jacket potatoes smothered in fresh, homemade sour cream with chives, or a rich and creamy Omelette Arnold Bennett, this is proper grub!

Note:   Seasons 1-3 are currently available for free with ads on Prime via Freevee (previously known as IMDb TV).

See James Martin: Home Comforts on Amazon Prime for episode details .

My Greatest Dishes

Twenty of the United Kingdom’s top chefs share their secrets and histories of their lives through four extraordinary dishes that defined them into their present day culinary world. Each episode delves into the life of one chef and explores the foods and moments throughout their careers that shaped their culinary skills and fame. The stories behind some of the most revered chefs will inspire and entertain, while providing some very tasty recipes.

Note:   Season 1  is currently available for free with ads on Prime via Freevee (previously known as IMDb TV).

See My Greatest Dishes on Amazon Prime for episode details .

Paula’s Home Cooking

One of America’s favorite Southern Chef’s, Paula Deen has been cooking up down home comfort food from her Savannah, Georgia kitchen for decades. From her southern favorites such as Chicken and Dumplings, Carolina Gold Rice Pudding and a Southern style tapas bar, Paula’s wit and charm has entertained viewers and readers alike with her television shows and cookbooks respectively. Not for the diet conscious, her recipes load on the butter, sugar and all the good gooey things in life – as Paula says: “all things in moderation”!

See Paula’s Home Cooking on Amazon Prime for episode details .

Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes

From Barcelona to Morocco to the Greek islands, our favorite travelling chef , Rick Stein , is eating, cooking and visiting along the Mediterranean Sea. Whether he is in Sardinia eating spaghetti with cuttlefish ink and a rich tomato sauce, or in Turkey feasting on kebabs, Rick knows good food and interesting people. His at home recreations are our favorite part. Is there any cuisine this chef can’t master?

See Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes on Amazon Prime for episode details .

Truly Texas Mexican

Comida Casera  or “home cooking” gives the same pleasure in any country, but even more so in Mexico and for those who now reside in Texas. Truly Texas Mexican is not a series, but a documentary based on the book by of the same name by author  Adán Medrano , and is a soulful telling of the roots of Texas Mexican cuisine . Part Mexican history, part food, part cooking, and part culture, this film pays homage to all who have left their influence on the cuisine . From the Chili Queens of San Antonio, to the Native Americans to the mothers and grandmothers who have passed on their traditions and recipes from generation to generation, this is their story.

See Truly Texas Mexican on Amazon Prime for details on this documentary.

Also see: Mexico One Plate at a Time with Rick Bayless

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Many of us have grown up on classic cooking shows that have remained with us throughout our lives. From Julia Child to Mary Ann Esposito to Emeril Lagasse to Anthony Bourdain , each generation has a chef that they watched religiously and from whom they learned technique, cuisine and culture .

• Anthony Bourdain A Cook’s Tour (Freevee)
• Baking with Julia Child (Freevee)
• Ciao Italia (Freevee)
• Classic Mary Berry (Freevee)
• Eat the World with Emeril Lagasse
• Great British Menu
• Lidia’s Kitchen (Freevee)

Restaurants, Taste Tests, Culture, History & Travel

This delightful mélange of shows and documentaries will transport you to the far corners of the earth, as well as back in time.  Many are in the country’s native tongue, so treat them like immersion classes, as you traipse around the globe eating, drinking, touring and learning.

• A Bite of Shunde
• De la Vida al Plato (In Spanish)
• Dinner Club (In Italian)
• Duncan’s Thai Kitchen (Freevee)
• El Bulli: The Story of a Dream (In Spanish)
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Learning all there is to know about wine is a lifelong lesson. You never stop learning as new vineyards, new vintages, and new methods make oenology one of our favorite pastimes. Here are a few grape documentaries to get you started.

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• My Kitchen Rules (Freevee)
• My Kitchen Rules New Zealand (Freevee)

Looking to improve your baking skills? See how the experts from Britain and America are creating some traditional and local desserts.

• Baking It Easy  (Freevee)
• Baking Mad  (Freevee)
• Cake Walk  (Freevee)
• James Martins United Cakes of America

Also see: Baking Shows on Netflix Baking Shows on Hulu

Rick Stein Shows on Amazon Prime

We first discovered Rick Stein as he traipsed around India sampling and cooking all around the country. We were mesmerized that this seemingly avuncular fellow was so adept at following some of the most complex recipes, yet he made them look so easy. Travel with Rick around the globe as he visits Asia, Europe, and North America and enjoy his culinary magic!

• Rick Stein and the Japanese Ambassador
• Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey
• Rick Stein’s India

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• Hemsley + Hemsley: Healthy and Delicious (Freevee)
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• Triumph of the Tomato (Freevee)
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The Best Food & Cooking Shows Of 2024, Ranked

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From new food challenges to comfort staples, the best food and cooking shows in 2024 are the perfect go-to when you're not ready to commit to that new HBO drama. The food and baking shows on this list often even come with tips for home chefs so you can learn a couple things as you watch.

For fast paced competition, Gordon Ramsay's 2022 offerings Next Level Chef and Hell's Kitchen are where some of the best amateur chefs duke it out. For a more relaxed foodie experience, there's The Great British Baking Show and Chef's Table . Other great cooking shows in 2024 include Rat in the Kitchen and Guy's Chance of a Lifetime .

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Next Level Chef

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Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend

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The Julia Child Challenge

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Secret Chef

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Fast Foodies

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Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars

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Chef's Table: Pizza

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Is Nailed It! Worth Your Time?

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Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Showdown

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Superchef Grudge Match

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Supermarket Stakeout

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• # 40 of 87 on The 80+ Most Watchable Cooking Competition Shows
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Is It Cake?

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• # 110 of 646 on The 500+ Best Current Shows On Netflix
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Spring Baking Championship: Easter

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BBQ Across America

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Restaurants at the End of the World

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Guy's Chance of a Lifetime

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• # 38 of 87 on The 80+ Most Watchable Cooking Competition Shows
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Searching for Soul Food

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Summer Baking Championship

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Worst Cooks in America

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Silos Baking Competition

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• # 172 of 342 on The 320+ Best Reality Competition Shows
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The Elf on the Shelf: Sweet Showdown

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• # 332 of 342 on The 320+ Best Reality Competition Shows
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The Big Nailed It! Baking Challenge

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• # 93 of 646 on The 500+ Best Current Shows On Netflix
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The Great American Baking Show

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The Great British Baking Show: The Professionals

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Whether you’ve been missing the thrill of traveling or are currently feeling inspired to pick the destination for your next adventure, travel shows can help. Netflix has no shortage of cool travel documentaries and shows, but we’ve decided to pick 20 of the best travel shows on Netflix.

If you’re traveling right now, or if some of these shows are not available in your country, use a VPN to access them without any restrictions. To play the shows, open up your VPN app and select a server located in a different state. If the show is available in your country, but you’re currently traveling internationally, choose the server of your home country to enjoy the show. 

Now let me tell you why these Netflix travel shows are worth watching and don’t blame me if you get hooked on some (or all) of them.

The best travel shows on Netflix

Before we start, let me tell you that this list is in no particular order. It’s up to you to choose the one you want to watch first, but we recommend watching them all. At home, traveling for a holiday, or at a new destination, these Netflix travel shows and documentaries will set you in the mood for discovering new places, tasting exotic food, maybe even cycling, driving, or just staying at home until you finish all the seasons. Lol 

The list is divided into travel shows or documentaries focused on nature, food, dark tourism, cycling and cars, photography, family travels, and specific destinations. Enjoy it!

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The best travel and nature Netflix shows 

Arguably one of the most famous travel documentaries on Netflix, Our Planet takes you on a world tour of earth’s fascinating creatures. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and filmed in Ultra High Definition, this show takes you to over 50 countries and perfectly captures the wonders of the earth. 

Our Planet is the perfect Netflix travel show to give you some new ideas for your bucket list. Trust us!

Untamed Romania

While most seasoned travelers deeply appreciate Romania’s natural beauty, it is still overlooked in the mainstream media. Untamed Romania is a feature-length film celebrating the country’s immaculate wildlife.

Untamed Romania is one of the best Netflix travel documentaries for those who love nature and want to discover a new destination to travel to.

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Down to Earth

Down to Earth documentary follows Zac Efron, the actor, and wellness expert Darin Olien as they explore healthy and sustainable practices across different cultures. This documentary showcases the diversity and creativity seen across the globe to make the most of one’s resources.

It’s intriguing and can be inspiring, not only about travel but how we think of sustainability and health. 

Street Food Asia

Sometimes the most accessible way to connect to a different culture is food. Asian food holds a special place in the world regarding street food and is probably one of the most universally beloved cuisines today. Street Food Asia takes you on a food journey across Asia and Southeast Asia’s best food cities, including Bangkok, Delhi, Osaka, and Singapore.

Street Food Asia is one of our fave travel shows on Netflix. We love Asia and Asian delights you can only find from street vendors. If you have never visited this part of the world, watch this show, and it will open your mind to a new world of flavors, aromas, and ways of life. If you are craving an Asia trip, watch it and plan international travel soon. 

Also, read our guides and articles about Asian destinations as they have many travel and food recommendations. Read our guides about Thailand , Vietnam , Indonesia , Malaysia , The Philippines , China , Taiwan, India , and Cambodia .

Ugly Delicious

Ugly Delicious is another food travel show where a star chef David Chang is looking for the world’s most satisfying grub with his buddies. Despite being a professional chef, Chang isn’t pretentious with his picks and takes us on a cross-cultural food trip filled with laughter.

Another great travel and food show on Netflix about food culture.

Somebody Feed Phil

In this series, we follow the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond, Phil Rosenthal, as he explores world cuisines and meets the locals. Phil’s upbeat attitude is probably one of the best parts of the Somebody Feed Phil travel show together with a lot of food scenes that will help your plan your future trip to incredible destinations including Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On this Netflix travel show, you will visit cities like Bangkok , spend days in Mexico City , see Lisbon , and many more. Well-known travel destinations are pictured with flavors and a local touch.

High on The Hog: Culinary Journey From Africa to America

This show explores African American soul food and its long journey from Africa to North America. It has been dubbed the most engaging history of African American cuisine. It traces the process of cultivating, harvesting, cooking, and serving the food that enslaved Africans brought with them to the States.

This Netflix cultural travel and food show will take you on a true gastronomic journey. 

Restaurants on the Edge

As you might be able to guess from the name of the show, these hour-long episodes take us to restaurants that are located in some of the most stunning locations in the world but are struggling with their menus and dishes. They are located on the edge of the world but are also on the edge of closing down.

This travel show on Netflix pictures unique locations and a bit of drama, as you can expect. 

Netflix shows about travel, cycling and cars

Biking Borders

This one is for lovers of slow traveling and less-known countries. Two friends go on a 15,000 km bicycle journey worldwide, including the Balkans, Central Asia, and other countries, to build a school in Guatemala.

Rob and I love cycling, so this Netflix travel documentary series is tremendously appealing to us. Biking Borders is also an excellent travel inspiration for those who dream of traveling by bike or going on a cycling holiday. And if this is you, read our article about cycling on Taiwan’s East Coast and cycling in Spain .

Pedal the World

This is another Netflix travel documentary that portrays a world tour on wheels, but this time our protagonist visits 22 countries during his year-long journey, searching for the meaning in life and discovering something new in each country.

Pedal the World is an inspiring and realistic epic road trip that might give you ideas of how you want to spend your life and what really matters. 

Paul Hollywood’s Big Continental Road Trip

Paul Hollywood studies the ties between popular cars in Europe and their local culture and identity as an actor and a baker. In this short but educational Netflix documentary , Hollywood will visit France, Germany, and Italy.

This isn’t your Netflix show if you are looking for food and baking goods. But if you like cars, speed, a bit of history and traveling in Europe, you will enjoy the ride. 

Netflix travel shows about a specific destination

Katla  

This travel series focuses on Iceland, specifically the volcano Katla , which began constantly erupting just recently. The show has eight episodes and does a wonderful job portraying Iceland’s breathtaking beauty . Katla serves as a great reminder of all that we still don’t know about the earth. 

This Netflix travel show is a powerful trigger for wanderlust, and it will make you want to book a trip to Iceland as soon as possible. 

Magic Andes

A documentary following five characters from the Andes, South America’s breathtaking mountains. It is a fascinating series that highlights real people living in communities located under the mountains and paints a nuanced picture of the region of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia .

After watching Magic Andes read our Peru travel guides , and for sure, you will want to visit South América. If you are worried about safety, then read our guide to the safest countries in South America , and you will be surprised. 

Guatemala: Heart of the Mayan World

This documentary focuses on Guatemala’s rich landscape and culture, the territory where 2000 years ago, the fascinating Mayan civilization collapsed. The Mayan influence is still all over Guatemala and Central America, and this documentary does an amazing job of connecting the dots between the past and the present.

Guatemala: Heart of the Mayan World is an inspiring Netflix travel documentary that will add interesting facts to your travel knowledge, and it might make you want to explore more of Latin America. 

Zulu Man in Japan

Starring South African rapper Nasty C, this Netflix travel documentary focuses on Japanese culture. The film takes place in Tokyo, where Nasty C explores the city’s go-to places, culture, sounds, and much more.

Zulu Man in Japan was released in 2019. It’s a 44-minute episode, perfect for those days that you want to have just a little dose of wanderlust knowing that you won’t be addicted to long travel series. 

The best Netflix travel show for unusual tourists

Dark Tourist

Filmed by journalist David Farrier, the author of the 2016 hit documentary Tickled, Dark Tourist takes a different approach to tourism. Farrier travels to places associated with death or tragedies that have turned these destinations into tourist attractions. You can expect anything from haunted places, nuclear lakes, and unusual and weird destinations. Those spots might not be on your travel bucket list, but it is interesting to know that they exist so you can avoid them on your next holiday. 

It’s one of the most-watched travel shows on Netflix, so it’s worth trying.

Netflix show for photography and travel lovers

Tales by Light

Created by Abraham Joffe, this show embraces the art of travel photography and film and the people behind them. This is an Australian documentary/reality travel series on Netflix that follows photographers around the globe as they chase that perfect shot.

This Netflix travel documentary is a good match for those who love photography and travel. It’s perfect for inspiring you to travel and photograph more. 

The best Netflix show about traveling with family

Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father

A comedian Jack Whitehall and his uptight father, Michael Whitehall, travel across the world together. The show starts with Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia, with the second season focusing on Eastern Europe. The third season explores the American West, the fourth features Australia, and the fifth is all about the United Kingdom, their homeland. On this last season expect everything from dining with Gordon Ramsay to searching for the Loch Ness monster.

A great Netflix travel show for those thinking of traveling with family. It also sparkes a reflection of our relationships with parents and how travel can be a good way to get together or break apart.

Netflix show that combines travel and design

Cabins in the Wild

This show takes place in Wales and follows engineer Dick Strawbridge and craftsman Will Hardie as they inspect eight unique cabins built for a pop-up hotel in Wales. Their final goal is to construct a cabin of their own.

If you like the British Tv series, chances are you will love Cabins in the Wild as well. If you like architecture and construction shows too. This type of Netflix show combines different elements, from traveling to design, making you want to have a cabin in the wild just for you. 

We end our list of the 20 best Netflix travel shows here. Drop us a comment if you have watched any of them or if you have any other good travel series to recommend. 

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4 thoughts on “The 20 Best Travel Shows on Netflix to Watch in 2024”

I’m so glad you mentioned The Latchkees! I’ve been obsessed with their adventures since I saw their episode on Netflix. It’s amazing how they make travel look so effortless and fun. I’m definitely adding some of the other shows on your list to my queue 😍

Such a great show!

I can’t believe I never knew about some of these shows! The Travel Diaries is definitely going on my watchlist. 😍

Glad you enjoyed it!

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