The Best TV Shows on Cooking Channel

Every Cooking Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Peruse our comprehensive roster of Cooking Channel’s top shows, encompassing over 20 distinct series as of January 2026. For top-tier entertainment, Cooking Channel delivered Emeril Live and Man v. Food in 1997 and 2008. From 1997 through to 2022, Cooking Channel has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • Extra Virgin
    Extra Virgin (2011)10.0

    Extra Virgin is a show hosted by Debi Mazar on the Cooking Channel, along with her husband Gabriele Corcos. The show focuses on their Tuscan heritage and food.

  • Good Eats: Reloaded
    Good Eats: Reloaded (2018)9.5

    Alton Brown renovates, updates — and in some cases, repairs — classic episodes of the long-running series.

  • Unwrapped 2.0
    Unwrapped 2.0 (2015)9.0

    A closer look into childhood treats, from Junior Mints to Southern treats, hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro.

  • Food Truck Nation
    Food Truck Nation (2018)9.0

    Chef and food truck aficionado Brad Miller travels across the country to find the latest and greatest bites on wheels. He highlights the innovative chefs who push the boundaries of food and their customers' curious palates.

  • Carnival Eats
    Carnival Eats (2014)8.2

    Carnival Eats celebrates today's modern gastronomic freak show and takes you on an international, food-frenzied roller coaster of culinary delights, to the new epicenter of carnival life — food! Foods of every imaginable shape, size, color and taste are being created specifically for the connoisseurs who ply midways and fairgrounds, and Carnival Eats is there for every delicious bite.

  • Food: Fact or Fiction?
    Food: Fact or Fiction? (2015)8.0

    Food: Fact or Fiction?, hosted by Michael McKean, explores age-old adages and uncovers fascinating food mysteries that are baked inside everything we eat. From pancakes to burgers to apple pie, we will reveal the accidental discoveries, clever marketing ploys, and war propaganda campaigns that have flavored our favorite dishes with a spoonful of fact and a dash of fiction.

  • Man, Fire, Food
    Man, Fire, Food (2012)7.0

    Roger Mooking has a fascination with fire. The chef enjoys finding inventive ways to cook with fire, which is exactly what he does in this series that takes him on a journey across the U.S. He visits pit-masters, chefs and home cooks who use fire to create complex, flavorful dishes. The people Mooking visits don't simply turn on a stove and start cooking; their methods include cooking over an open fire in a rustic chuck wagon and smoking meats in a former airplane that a mechanic has transformed into a smoker.

  • Man v. Food
    Man v. Food (2017)6.7

    Casey Webb travels the country in search of America's most delicious dishes and ultimate eating challenges.

  • Man v. Food
    Man v. Food (2008)6.5

    Food fanatic Adam Richman has held nearly every job in the restaurant biz, and now he's on a journey to explore the biggest and best eats this nation has to offer, including some of the craziest eating challenges around.

  • Emeril Live
    Emeril Live (1997)4.5

    Kick it up to notches unknown with Emeril Live. In front of a live audience, Emeril Lagasse--a master chef and owner of New Orleans' most talked-about restaurants--demonstrates gourmet cooking, with a bam!

  • Food(ography)
    Food(ography) (2010)N/A

    Ever wonder how people and societies were shaped by food? Take a look at cultural food themes by learning about the past, present and future of iconic, classic and tasty treats.

  • Brunch @ Bobby's
    Brunch @ Bobby's (2010)N/A

    World-renowned chef Bobby Flay invites viewers into his home as he prepares a Saturday brunch, one of his greatest passions in cooking. While preparing dishes for the meal, Flay draws inspiration from brunches not only across America but around the world.

  • Chuck's Day Off
    Chuck's Day Off (2010)N/A

    Chuck's Day Off is a cooking show starring restaurateur and chef Chuck Hughes.

  • Tripping Out With Alie & Georgia
    Tripping Out With Alie & Georgia (2013)N/A

  • Dinner at Tiffani's
    Dinner at Tiffani's (2015)N/A

    Tiffani Thiessen invites her celebrity friends over for good company, great stories and delicious food. With guests like Jason Priestley, Seth Green, her White Collar co-stars and more, it's a wonderful blend of dinner, drinks and fun. Come for the party, stay for the food.

  • Steak Out with Kix Brooks
    Steak Out with Kix Brooks (2015)N/A

  • Paul Hollywood City Bakes
    Paul Hollywood City Bakes (2016)N/A

    Renowned baker and star of the Great British Bake-Off travels to cities around the globe in search of amazing bakes.

  • Fire Masters
    Fire Masters (2019)N/A

    Enter the inferno in this exhilarating food competition. In each episode, three chefs push their grilling talents to the limit as they do battle in fiery culinary challenges. One chef is eliminated in each of the first two rounds. The last chef standing then goes head-to-head with a Fire Masters judge in an epic third and final round, vying for $10,000 cash and the coveted title of Fire Masters Champion!

  • Yum and Yummer
    Yum and Yummer (2019)N/A

    It's all about the best of the best as Eddie Jackson tracks down the yummiest, most satisfying and most decadent foods, dishes and cuisines around the world.

  • Snack On This!
    Snack On This! (2022)N/A

    The show will take viewers behind the scenes to showcase how treats are made. It will provide the audience with insight into the process that goes behind making their favorite snacks.