cooking shows

Competition based series where amateur cooks progress through by successfully creating dishes that show off their technical skill and understanding of flavour. Guest judges include food critics and Michelin star chefs.

Amateur chefs compete in this Canadian version of the reality-cooking series.

A nationwide search for the best home cooks in America. One of 50 hopefuls will become a culinary star and one of America's "Masterchefs."

MasterChef: The Professionals is a BBC television competitive cooking show aired on BBC Two.

World renowned chef Gordon Ramsay puts aspiring young chefs through rigorous cooking challenges and dinner services at his restaurant, "Hell's Kitchen".

Aspiring chefs are judged by a panel of food and wine experts while competing against one another for a shot at culinary stardom.

Facing challenges set by the world's most fearsome critics, a handpicked group of world-renowned chefs take cuisine to new heights as they vie for title of Top Chef Master.

A spin-off of "Top Chef," in which the express focus is desserts and the contestants are pastry chefs.

Canadian chefs compete in head to head competitions.

When top restaurateurs are in need of an executive chef, they turn to Anne Burrell. To find the right fit, Anne puts chef candidates through the toughest job interview of their lives.

Gordon Ramsay visits struggling restaurants across America and spends one week trying to help them become successful.

It's a Chopped All-Stars tournament event! Through four preliminary competitions, sixteen celebrities battle it out for a spot in the $50,000 finale!

Part 2 of 5. An "All-Stars" tournament continues with chefs Elizabeth Falkner, Chuck Hughes, Gavin Kaysen and Richard Blais taking on mystery baskets that include sea bass and cream soda in the appetizer round, followed by oxtail and labneh for entrées.

Part 4 of 5. An "All-Stars" tournament continues with celebrities Judy Gold, Joey Fatone, Laila Ali and Johnny Weir competing. First, they are given vanilla cupcakes to transform into appetizers; and later, make entrees with ingredients that are crispy and jiggly. The final desserts round involves curry powder and peanut shaped candy.

Part 3 of 5. An "All-Stars" tournament continues with four Chopped (2007) judges (Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag, Alex Guarnaschelli and Marc Murphy) putting their cooking skills to the test, during an appetizing round that features diver scallops. Also: canned pizza sauce must be used in entrees.

Conclusion. A "Tournament of Stars" winner is determined. But first, the finalists must transform a drive-thru snack and cold dessert into appetizers; prepare duck entrées; and create something tasty out of churros and champagne.

Conclusion. The final round of Chopped Champions finds the four finalists competing for the $50,000 grand prize. Sea snails, carrot juice and honeycomb are among the mystery ingredients.

Jon Taffer from bar rescue teams up with two other food-industry experts to choose from two restaurants they have visited. After a long process they choose which restaurant they want to invest in.

Restaurant Startup" is on a quest to discover, invest in, and launch America's next generation of epicurean superstars. Two teams compete for Tim Love and Joe Bastianich to decide which food concept to invest their own money in.

Each episode has Rocco DiSpirito judging four aspiring chefs to see if they have what it takes to impress at a private dinner party attended by his discriminating guests. The chefs are asked to create their favorite dish, then a themed appetizer and then a complete menu for the dinner party. After each task, one chef will be eliminated.

Contestants vie for the opportunity to see their original restaurant concept be realized with the opening of a restaurant chain in three locations: Hollywood, Minneapolis and New York City. Funding the restaurant concepts are four accredited investors: chefs Bobby Flay, Lorena Garcia, and Curtis Stone, as well as Steve Ells, founder, chairman and co-CEO of Chipotle. Flay, Stone, Ells and Garcia also serve as mentors, working with the competitors to further develop their ideas. Each contestant's concept is put through rigorous business and cooking challenges to determine whether it has what it takes to become America's next great restaurant.

Family restaurants on the brink of failure are given a unique chance to turn their fortunes around with the help of celebrated chef and restaurateur Rocco DiSpirito.

A new generation of Challengers are hungry to earn the ultimate title of Food Network Challenge Champion. Pastry and cake competitors who have dominated all other food competitions are pushed to step up their game.

A number of food trucks in a competition to see who earns the most money, with the lowest earning truck kicked off at the end of each episode.

Top U.S. chefs compete in their area of expertise.