The Best TV Shows on Cooking Channel

Every Cooking Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Dive into our updated selection of Cooking Channel’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of November 2026. Among Cooking Channel’s finest offerings are Emeril Live and Man v. Food, which debuted in 1997 and 2008, respectively. Showcasing over 20 shows from 1997 up until 2022, Cooking Channel stands as a beacon of television excellence.

  • 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.

  • Freakshow Cakes
    Freakshow Cakes (2019)10.0

    Freakishly talented cake artists step right up to the sideshow tent to whip up sinister cakes in a one-of-a-kind cake showdown. The baker who showcases the most wildly imaginative and hair-raising cake design wins $10,000 and the title of Freakshow Champion.

  • Breathing Room
    Breathing Room (N/A)10.0

    Breathing Room goes inside custom sanctuaries in homes across the country--unique spaces tailored for homeowners to unplug and unwind. Host, actress, and interior designer Amanda Pays interviews the owners and designers behind these spirited settings to learn why and how they developed their intimate spaces. You'll meet a homeowner who sculpted a spiral "beehive" library, a magician who conjured up a backyard tree house modeled after his own Craftsman-style home, and many more intriguing individuals.

  • Good Eats: Reloaded
    Good Eats: Reloaded (2018)9.4

    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.

  • 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.

  • Beach Bites with Katie Lee
    Beach Bites with Katie Lee (2015)6.0

    Host Katie Lee highlights the best food to eat while island hopping.

  • Emeril Live
    Emeril Live (1997)5.0

    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!

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Sugar Showdown
    Sugar Showdown (2015)N/A

    Sugar Showdown is a fun and intense competition series that celebrates all things sweet and delicious. Three expert bakers enter the Sugar Showdown studio and compete in episodes that feature cakes, pies, cupcakes or donuts. First, the competitors must make their best dessert incorporating one mystery ingredient. After three distinguished judges eliminate one competitor, the finalists must make creations based on a theme. One baker will be crowned the champion, winning bragging rights and $10,000.

  • 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.

  • Man's Greatest Food
    Man's Greatest Food (2017)N/A

    Roger Mooking sets out on a culinary odyssey around the country on the ultimate search for Man's Greatest Food. From Steaks to Barbecue, Seafood to Sandwiches, Pork to Pizza, and of course, man's greatest Hamburgers, no eatery is too far out of the way for these mouth-watering culinary creations. Roger sets a fast pace to sample some of the most succulent, not-to-be-missed food offerings to be found in these United States.

  • 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.

  • Chef Swap at the Beach
    Chef Swap at the Beach (2022)N/A

    Follow Chef Amanda Freitag as she challenges chefs in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to a Chef Swap at The Beach. In each episode two chefs will swap kitchens and have one hour to prepare a dish that could fit on the other's menu.