The Best TV Shows on Cooking Channel

Every Cooking Channel Show Ranked From Best To Worst

A broadcaster of distinction, Cooking Channel has aired more than 20 shows between 1997 and 2022. Highlighting Cooking Channel’s quality programming, Emeril Live and Man v. Food stand out, premiering in 1997 and 2008. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from January 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Food Truck Face Off
    Food Truck Face Off (2021)7.0

    For food truck owners, Eddie Jackson's Rosehill Beer Garden is the hottest spot in Houston. Each weekend, three new food trucks compete for a chance to face off against the resident Rosehill food trucks to win a permanent spot. It takes fast ticket times, great personalities and showstopping food to impress Eddie, but the worst performing truck has to pull up stakes and head out of Rosehill for good.

  • 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)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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.