15 best cooking shows on Netflix to watch (and 6 to skip)

It seems like every channel or streaming service has some cooking shows. The Food Network is no longer the only game in town. Even The CW has gotten into cooking shows with Great Chocolate Showdown. And Netflix is certainly no stranger to the cooking show genre.

They have had cooking shows for years now, and their shows range from ones that actually want to teach you how to cook to cooking competitions to celebrity food shows.

Whether you’re looking for a baking competition show, a show where people try to cook who don’t know how to cook, or you want to watch master chefs make the best of the best, Netflix has you covered.

They also have shows that will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside (Great British Baking Show) and shows that will have you tearing out your hair with anxiety. Are they going to drop the cake?!?! Are they going to finish in time?! (Also Great British Baking Show.) Sometimes, these shows feel like life or death.

Best cooking shows on Netflix

But with so many cooking shows on one streaming service, how do you know which ones are actually worth watching and which ones you can skip? Well, you’re in the right place.

Let’s take a look at some of the best cooking shows on Netflix and which ones you don’t have to waste your time on.

Cooking shows on Netflix: Easy Bake Battle: The Home Cooking Competition

Seasons: 1

Hosted by Antoni Porowski

Easy Bake Battle was a letdown because the show was inspired by Hasbro’s iconic “Easy Bake Oven,” yet there wasn’t a single Easy Bake Oven in sight. Instead, the show created, well, regular ovens. Easy Bake Battle isn’t necessarily a bad cooking show. It just doesn’t do anything new, which is unfortunate, given the original concept sounded way more fun.

Now, I wasn’t necessarily anticipating the bakers would use the toy versions throughout the entire show, but it would have been cool to see them use them at least a little bit, even for a pre-heat challenge.

Maybe each episode could have featured the chefs using the toy to make something, followed by them moving to the real ovens after to re-make it with a twist. They could have been given some of the Easy Bake Oven mix-ins or recipes and told to add a twist—anything that would tie the show in with the actual Hasbro toy other than in name alone!

I think that’s why Netflix had to subtitle the show “The Home Cooking Competition” because Easy Bake Battle was misleading in that the show wasn’t really about the toy. Even in inspiration, I didn’t see much of a connection. It would be fun to see a cooking show that jumps on the trend of looking back at childhood baking toys or making mini foods!

Verdict: Skip