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Cooking Channel
Cooking Channel.svg
Country United States
Broadcast area United States
International
Headquarters Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Programming
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
(Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (69%)
Nexstar Media Group (31%)
Parent Television Food Network, G.P.
Sister channels
List
History
Launched August 21, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08-21)
Former names Fine Living Network (2002-10)
Availability
Streaming media
Service(s) Philo, Sling TV, Hulu Live TV, FuboTV, Vidgo, DirecTV Stream

The Cooking Channel is an American TV channel. It is all about food and cooking! This channel is a spin-off from the popular Food Network. It shows many different programs related to food. You can watch Cooking Channel on regular cable TV. It is also available on streaming services like Discovery+.

History

What was Fine Living?

The channel first started in 2002. Back then, it was called Fine Living. It was meant for people who liked fancy lifestyles. The shows were about travel, adventure, and technology. It also covered topics like money and real estate. The channel wanted to help people enjoy their free time.

In 2007, Fine Living started showing reruns of The Martha Stewart Show. They also added a fun show called Whatever, Martha!. In this show, Alexis Stewart and Jennifer Hutt made funny comments. They watched old clips from Martha Stewart Living.

Becoming Cooking Channel

In 2009, the TV company decided to change Fine Living. They wanted to make it the Cooking Channel. This change happened because people wanted more cooking shows. The Food Network was showing more reality and competition shows. So, Cooking Channel became a place for cooking lessons and shows with famous chefs.

The Cooking Channel officially launched on May 31, 2010. It shows brand new cooking series. It also airs older, popular shows from the Food Network.

Awesome Cooking Shows

The Cooking Channel has many exciting shows. It features both new programs and old favorites.

New Shows You'll Love

Many famous chefs started new shows on Cooking Channel.

Other original shows include:

  • Food(ography) with Mo Rocca, which teaches about food.
  • Extra Virgin with actress Debi Mazar. It shows her life and cooking with her family.
  • Robert Earl's Be My Guest with Robert Earl. He shares secrets about great restaurants.
  • Unwrapped 2.0, a new version of the old Food Network show.
  • The Real Girl's Kitchen and Haylie's America with actress Haylie Duff.
  • Dinner at Tiffani's hosted by Tiffani Thiessen.
  • Man Fire Food hosted by Roger Mooking.
  • Food: Fact or Fiction? hosted by Michael McKean.
  • Tia Mowry at Home hosted by Tia Mowry.
  • Cheap Eats hosted by Ali Khan.
  • Carnival Eats hosted by Noah Cappe.
  • Rev Run's Sunday Suppers hosted by Rev Run.
  • Unique Eats, Unique Sweets, and Donut Showdown.

Favorite Shows You Can Watch Again

The Cooking Channel also shows programs from other countries. Many come from Canada and Great Britain.

You can also watch many popular shows that first aired on Food Network.

Cooking Channel Around the World

The Cooking Channel has versions in other countries too!

As Fine Living

  • From 2004 to 2009, there was a Canadian version of Fine Living.
  • In Europe, a Fine Living channel started in 2010.
  • An Italian version of Fine Living aired from 2014 to 2017.

As Cooking Channel

  • A Canadian version of Cooking Channel launched on December 12, 2016. It replaced another channel called W Movies.

See also

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