Good Eats (1999)

Genre

cooking show, comedy television series

Country

United States

Length

16 seasons, 265 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

8.7 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Alton Brown hosts an American cooking show that explains the science and history behind making food at home. Each episode focuses on a specific ingredient or technique with a playful and informative style.

educationalwhimsicalupbeatinformativeplayfulcuriouslightheartedclever

What happens

Good Eats is an American television cooking show, created and hosted by Alton Brown, which aired in North America on Food Network and later Cooking Channel. Likened to television science educators Mr. Wizard and Bill Nye, Brown explores the science and technique behind the cooking, the history of different foods, and the advantages of different kinds of cooking equipment. The show tends to focus on familiar dishes that can easily be made at home, and also features segments on choosing the right appliances, and getting the most out of inexpensive, multi-purpose tools. Each episode has a distinct theme, which is typically an ingredient or a certain cooking technique, but may also be a more general theme such as Thanksgiving. In the tenth anniversary episode, Brown stated that the show was inspired by the idea of combining Julia Child, Mr. Wizard, and Monty Python. On May 11, 2011, Brown confirmed that the series would come to an end, ceasing production at episode 249. Good Eats is the fifth longest running Food Network series, behind 30 Minute Meals, Barefoot Contessa, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and Chopped. In 2018, Cooking Channel premiered a spin-off, Good Eats: Reloaded, which combines footage from past episodes with new segments commenting on advances in cooking science and knowledge that had occurred since the original airdate. In 2019, the series was revived, with a new season on Food Network in August 2019. A second season of the revival was produced but in July 2021, Brown announced that Good Eats: The Return would not be returning for a third season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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