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Acooking show,cookery show,[2] orcooking program (also spelledcooking programme inBritish English) is atelevision genre that presentsfood preparation, often in arestaurant kitchen or on astudio set, or at the host's personal home. Typically the show's host, often acelebrity chef, prepares one or more dishes over the course of an episode, taking the viewing audience through the food's inspiration, preparation, and stages ofcooking.
Cooking shows have been a popular staple ofdaytime TV programming since the earliest days of television.[3] They are generally very inexpensive to produce, making them an economically easy way for aTV station to fill a half-hour (or sometimes 60-minute)time slot. A number of cooking shows have run for many seasons, especially when they are sponsored bylocal TV stations or bypublic broadcasting. Many of the more popular cooking shows have had flamboyant hosts whose unique personalities have made them into celebrities.
Due to time and production constraints, most, if not all, cooking shows employ filming shortcuts such asvideo editing,food modeling andphotography, and prepared ingredients to speed up the cooking process and ensure a smooth and seamless production.[4][5]
Some cooking shows, such asEmeril Live, are oriented towards instructional material, and others, such asTrisha's Southern Kitchen, additionally focus on showcasing the personal lives of the hosts. Some, such as theRachael Ray Show, blend the genre with atalk show format. There are alsoreality competitions within the genre such asIron Chef,MasterChef, andTop Chef, in which contestants are given specific requirements and a time limit to prepare meals, which are then evaluated by a panel of judges, which can include celebrity chefs and other notable personalities.Travel cooking shows such asGordon Ramsay: Uncharted andSalt Fat Acid Heat explore the culinary experiences of host chefs in various destinations.Chopped andDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives are examples ofreality cooking shows, andChefs A' Field andChef's Table represent some of thedocumentary cooking shows.
Until the 1940s, most cooking shows were performed on the radio.[6] The first radio cooking show in the United States,The Betty Crocker Cooking School of the Air, debuted in 1924 and featured the fictional characterBetty Crocker, voiced byAgnes White Tizard.[7]
One of the first television cooking shows,Cook's Night Out, aired on theBBC on 21 January 1937.[8][9][10]Marcel Boulestin, who became famous in the English-speaking world for his cookery books onFrench cuisine, demonstrated the preparation of an omelet as part of the 15-minute program.[8][10]Cookery, which was hosted byPhilip Harben and aired from 1946 to 1951, is considered byGuinness World Records to be the first cooking show on television.[11] On the show's debut, Harben demonstrated the preparation of lobstervols-au-vents.[11]
In 1940,Sunday Evening Supper was produced byEdward Padula for theNBC stationW2XBS.[2]I Love to Eat was alive television series hosted byJames Beard that aired on NBC from 1946 to 1947. In 1963,The French Chef, one of the first cooking shows in the United States, was launched, and it was hosted byJulia Child, co-author of the cookbookMastering the Art of French Cooking. In 1973, the cooking showFrugal Gourmet was launched onKTPS-TV, and was hosted byJeff Smith, a chef fromSeattle.[12] In 1993,Food Network launched as acable channel devoted primarily to cooking shows and other programming relating to food.
The Chef Presents, one of the first cooking shows in Australia, ran from 1957 to 1959 and was hosted by Willi Koeppen.[13][14]The Jean Bowring Show, a cooking show aimed at women, aired from 1957 to 1960.[14]
The first cooking show onBrazilian television,Veja como se cozinha (English: "Watch How It's Cooked"), first aired from 1951 to 1958 with Marialice Prestes as its host, and then again from 1961 to 1963 featuring hostOfélia Anunciato.[15]Helena Sangirardi hostedSirva-se de bons pratos (English: "Help Yourself to Good Dishes") in 1956 andA Alegria de Cozinhar (English: "The Joy of Cooking") in 1957.[15]Cozinha Maravilhosa da Ofélia (English: "Ofélia's Wonderful Cuisine"[16]) was hosted byOfélia Anunciato and aired from 1968 to 1998,[17] becoming the longest-running Brazilian cooking show.[18]
In 1953,Jean d'Arcy, a French television director, was inspired by a cooking show inWest Germany and brought the idea to France, resulting in the debut of the showLes Recettes de M. X (English: "The Recipes of Mr. X").[19][20] Hosted by comedianGeorges Adet, it was the first cooking show to air in France, starting in 1953 and ending a year later.[20]Art et magie de la cuisine (English: "Art and Magic of the Kitchen"), hosted by chefRaymond Oliver, was another one of the first cooking shows to air in France, running from 1954 to 1967.[21]
On 20 February 1953,Clemens Wilmenrod bittet zu Tisch (English: "Clemens Wilmenrod Invites You to the Table"), the first cooking show in then-West Germany, was broadcast, with television chefClemens Wilmenrod presenting recipes for foods such asRumtopf andToast Hawaii.[22]
In 1953,Mikaku no Shiori (Japanese:味覚のしおり), one of the first cooking shows in Japan, was broadcast, with Hatsuko Kuroda presentingchicken salad.[23][24]
Graham Kerr was one of the first celebrity chefs to appear onNew Zealand television, when the medium wasintroduced to the country in 1960.[25] Kerr was later followed byAlison Holst,Des Britten, andHudson and Halls.
Sue Ann Nivens, a character played byBetty White inThe Mary Tyler Moore Show, is the host of WJM'sThe Happy Homemaker, a fictional cooking show. In theFamily Guy episode "Pilling Them Softly",Quagmire starts his own cooking show called "Quagmire's Kitchen".
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