The Real Reason The Food Network Canceled These Popular Shows

When Food Network hit the cable lineup in 1993, many people doubted whether a network of nothing but cooking shows would succeed. Nearly 30 years later, the network has proven that not only can a channel based around cooking survive, it can thrive. Food Network has drawn viewers in droves, and made some stars in the process.
But every show comes to an end, and many Food Network series have come and gone. Some simply ran their course, while others ended far more abruptly. What exactly led to those shows being yanked off air? A host's bad behavior? Real-life animosity? Here's the real reason Food Network canceled these popular shows.
#Food #FoodNetwork #Cooking
Emeril Live | 0:00
Molto Mario | 1:10
Sara's Secrets | 2:16
East Meets West | 3:22
Bobby's Dinner Battle | 4:13
Ace of Cakes | 5:13
Down Home with the Neelys | 6:16
A Cook's Tour | 7:20
Paula's Party | 8:22
Dinner: Impossible | 9:28
Cutthroat Kitchen | 10:48
Chefs vs. City | 12:07
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[@MashedFood]

Did any of your favorite shows get cancelled?

[@Netafied]

Yes, Paula Deen. I’ve been boycotting everything Food Network since, canceled my magazine subscription, stop getting some FN Food products in the supermarket when I saw them surface, all of it. They were looking for an excuse to fire her. And they found it.

[@beezrow]

@Neta Neta I loved her as well, Dinner Impossible, Ace of Cakes and Good Eats. The majority of the recipes I use for baking science are Alton Brown's. I no longer watch Food Network, much less cable anymore, sadly.

[@joshuaclaassen9325]

@@Netafied First occurrence of what would later come to be known as "cancel culture".

[@joshuaclaassen9325]

It depends. I haven't been able to find the show _Easy Entertaining with Michael Chiarello_ in years... and his "official website" apparently hasn't been updated since 2013. What's going on?

[@TracyLynn589]

Cut throat kitchen was my favorite!

[@kathyteso9331]

When I first started watching the Food Channel, I did so because I liked watching cooking shows. I don’t care about reality shows nor competitions. I watch the food shows to learn tricks, shortcuts, and improve my cooking skills. I now watch Public Television.

[@calgal8915]

Kathy- That’s been my issue with food TV and HGTV, they’ve gone away from their roots. I still have pages I downloaded from the 90’s when they did holiday cooking and decorating. Now it’s a bunch of competitions and I’m also tired of seeing the same people over and over on these competitions.

[@tsergy1627]

Totally agree.

[@henrymorrey4150]

You could have just made this whole conversation a lot shorter and easier by just saying your 83 years old

[@divinemissw]

I moved to PBS and KZbin for cooking. Foodtv is more entertainment than cooking.

[@Fluer-de-Lis]

I can relate. I watched because I wanted to learn techniques and recipes. Now it’s just full blast Guy Fieri and competition shows and at first I enjoyed it. Then I switched to the cooking channel and now that is saturated with a bunch of non informative shows. All of the original chefs with genuine techniques and skill are all gone.

[@martharunstheworld]

Ah yes, back when the Food Network was actually about food and cooking and not crappy tv shows.

[@aprilscarl5010]

Just like MTV

[@melindacadarette3447]

Thank God for PBS.

[@jayc1139]

Don't forget the History channel...

[@zythr9999]

@@jayc1139 lol

[@zythr9999]

@@aprilscarl5010 LOL

[@timwauman]

Basically, shows that actually taught one how to cook were replaced with food competitions. I guess their ratings number drove the decisions, but I almost never watch the Food network or the Cooking channels anymore as there is almost no cooking instruction anymore.

[@tankiller9638]

To be fair...I think KZbin has comfortably replaced what food network was...god there are so many good cooks on this platform willing to show you just how to do anything

[@reneem6839]

Now they're oversaturating us with cooking competitions. And the new ones are not even as interesting as the old ones are.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

I don’t watch it. I hate the competition shows

[@amystuckey5900]

I hate watching competition food shows!!! Who’s cares!!! I’m sorry but bring my chefs back!!

[@TuliTheUnruly]

I liked when they would document a local or regional baking competition The predictable, Hollywood reality format is tired and insincere.

[@rodger7029]

Canceling most of these shows is why I almost never watch the Food Network

[@whyputaname]

👍👍. The same here..

[@crooker2]

Good Eats was one of the most addictive food shows I have ever seen. Alton Brown is the Bill Nye of the culinary world.

[@a697ag]

I really learned a lot from this show

[@eli_michele2240]

Highly agreed!!

[@lissajedi]

Yes, Good Eats was an amazing show! I've read all his cookbooks, and really miss this show. Food Network just sucks now, all fake championship shows. "The Great Old Sneaker Cupcake Bake Off!!," on Food Network this Sunday! Seriously?? 😒

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

I love how it's not only funny and teaches great recipes, but also food science.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

@@lissajedi At least we still have the Cooking Channel

[@sheilagravely5621]

Anyone remember Justin Wilson?? Jacques Peppin! Julia child? Two fat ladies or the barefoot Contesa? I miss the Masters so much.

[@p4u7y]

the two fat ladies 🥲🥲🥲

[@sharontolbert1112]

Two Fat Ladies was the first cooking show I was hooked on!

[@phatgirl2121]

Justin Wilson used to be on PBS he died though he cooked like a black man from new Orleans

[@NanciesArt11]

Me as well, even East Meets West, and Fat Man on A Bike !

[@karensiegel6669]

@@phatgirl2121 I met him at the Civic Center in Peoria, IL many years ago.

[@garzaedu]

Food network? They’ve turned into todays MTV…it’s not about food and cooking so much. Reality shows and other garbage…broke my heart.

[@davidjlittle]

Whoever was in charge to kill all the helpful how-to shows for tired, dull competition shows and 17 different styles of Guy Fieri. I am SOOOO over both of those choices. Bring back the talent and only 1 choice of completions and Guy.....

[@davidkilby1043]

I really, really can't stand Fieri

[@iambicpentameter9510]

Same..he's annoying and heinous looking. Bobby Flay is a one trick pony., always the same flavor profile.

[@amystuckey5900]

@@iambicpentameter9510 he is very handsome, but we need some different cooking shows😊

[@Dawnofabrightday]

When the Food Network first started, I couldn’t get enough! I Loved Paula, Emeral, Alton and the likes. They had cooking shows that the average home cooks could make. They now have very few shows about cooking. They have two or three “stars” and they have given them several shows a piece! I’m sick of seeing the same uninteresting people cooking things I will never prepare! IDK who’s in charge, but they need to re-evaluate their programming choices!

[@beverlyoneil8427]

Do we need 7 hours straight of Guy Fieri, Ree Drummond and Bobby Flay?

[@Dawnofabrightday]

@@beverlyoneil8427 NO! Is my opinion!!

[@honeybeastie1]

@@beverlyoneil8427 AMEN!!!!!!

[@helenramsdell1959]

I agree about Guy and Bobby but at least Ree is actually showing you how to cook food and uses products you would actually use.

[@Dawnofabrightday]

@@helenramsdell1959 I too like Ree (when Food Network is filming her). Since her kids have been doing all the filming, she just acts too goofy! I can’t hardly stand to watch her when they are filming her.

[@renae9365]

Ugh, I can’t stand Bobby flay . He’s so arrogant.

[@vysharra]

I was so mortified when he climbed up on the counter to stand on the cutting board and celebrate winning Iron Chef (Japan). I didn’t like him before but after I actively disliked his arrogance and self-aggrandizing presentation style

[@eli_michele2240]

Can’t stand him. Never liked him.

[@eli_michele2240]

Can’t stand him. Never liked him.

[@leahjuniper2031]

I like bobby. he makes me smile.

[@ghw7192]

Since Food Network became a Can You Top This competition channel, I rarely watch it as there are much better shows on PBS and KZbin. I watch cooking shows to learn and not to see just one more reality show. Sorry, FN, nut you did it to yourselves.

[@rflett5797]

What was funny is how later they created Cooking Channel because people wanted actual cooking shows again, but now it just shows the same competition game shows.

[@jenniferwells2291]

I remember watching PBS's cooking shows with my mom when I was growing up

[@crabbyj]

@@jenniferwells2291 - Same here, but only it was my great-grandmother...who taught me how to cook! LOL Julia Child, Graham Kerr, Justin Wilson, Two Hot Tamales, loved them all!

[@isurrenderall5544]

I think what also helped bury them, charging people to watch their shows! Not this cook!

[@rflett5797]

@@crabbyj I grew up watching those cooking shows too! Frugal Gourmet, Jack Pepin, and Paul Prudhomme were also favorites of mine.

[@HollyOak]

Still miss Anthony Bourdain. No one will ever replace him for what he did. His true love and respect for food and the cultures the food came from will never be repeated.

[@clarepastore7787]

There was one show where he was concerned that the children hadn't been fed before he was. I'm sorry I don't remember where he was, but that put him up a big notch in my heart. You could tell what a caring man he was!

[@aphrodite5206]

This was so nostalgic! 😭 Barefoot Contessa, Everyday Italian, 30 Min Meals, Tyler’s Ultimate (huge crush on the chef as a child lmao) so many good shows! Sad the ruined it and refuse to bring it back.

[@sheilaholmes8455]

I used to love Food Network but they ruined it with all the reality competition. I was an Ace of Cakes fan. And the early Rachel Ray shows.

[@NanciesArt11]

Yes, I enjoyed Ace of Cakes , too

[@OkGoGirl82]

Remember when Rachel Ray had a travel show, $40 a day?

[@crystalsingleton8993]

Reading other comments and watching the video confirms what I thought all along, and that is the Food Network changed. I wanted to watching cooking, not competitions. I can’t stand reality tv. Bad move Food Network. I don’t blame Emeril and the others who refuse to participate in that foolery.

[@dfinite4089]

My mom used to run these shows 24/7 on the tv in her kitchen. Too bad they let them all go. BAM!

[@jambrook1978]

I miss the old food network, when they had the cooking shows.

[@mhamedkabal5242]

Bobby Flay really was the beginning of the end for the food network. He helped usher in the competition reality format. I recall watching this "project runway" style show on food network, where Flay was asking contestants to make a instagram story, you could see him slowly die inside as he gives that assignment. As for Elton Brown and cut throat kitchen, I am sure that upon watching that show I lost the last bit of innocence in m.

[@sheilagravely5621]

I still love the original cooking shows and wish they would bring them back

[@emlynn93]

I miss the real cooking shows like these !! So much better than the new ones

[@donnamcmanus7360]

The early shows were my favorites. Calling All Cooks, Door Knock Dinners, any shows hosted by Alex Guarnachelli, Nigella Lawson, Tyler Florence.

[@MsElisa1986]

@@spicerack4397 the show sucks but really lady? Affirmative action hires? What does that mean? Your racism is showing, your anger is misplaced.

[@AbsFabbs]

Truth

[@arjnsdca]

Tyler Florence was absolutely hilarious on that show!

[@janborcherding6933]

The food network should be renamed the “Guy Feiri game Show Network” he must have bought the network. Most broadcasts contain him. They really need to go back to cooking and drop all the goofy games!

[@pittdog4496]

Don’t care for the guy

[@patriciajones6771]

WHAT YOU FOLKS DONT UNDERSTAND, IS NO NETWORK IS KEEPING A SHOW THAT NO ONE IS WATCHING, OBVIOUSLY IT MIGHT NOT BE YOUR TASTE BUT PEOPLE ARE WATCHING, MAJORITY RULES. MONEY TALKS BS WALKS.

[@janborcherding6933]

@@patriciajones6771 no need to shout! Calm down. There is another new Guy Feiri game show coming soon.. Is he the only one working there? All I’m saying they are on a quest. How many game shows can guy Feiri host?

[@charlesmandell2742]

@@patriciajones6771 why all CAPS 😆

[@patriciajones6771]

@@janborcherding6933 I just wanted to use CAPS. I do so sometimes, Not shouting .😄😄

[@perky4966]

This is why I watch the cooking shows on PBS and rarely watch Food Network anymore.

[@Mr.RexXx843]

We loved the Neelys. I have great memories of my parents and I watching them cook and copying their recipes. It was sad when we found out what was going on behind the scenes.

[@delibakerytravel]

IT'S NOT THE FOOD NETWORK ANYMORE😥 IT'S THE GAME SHOW NETWORK WITH FOOD. IT'S SO SAD. I GET MAD. AND IF GUY HAS ONE MORE SHOW. I AM GOING TO THE CRAZY HOUSE.🤪😥

[@cindyd.5507]

Sara and Ming both host shows on PBS which I love and still watch them both.

[@gemmeldrakes2758]

My issue with Food Network and the other former Scripps Networks like HGTV and DIY is that they all became so one note. I think Chopped is entertaining, but they used the format over and over again and every show is just the same formula - X number of Chefs/Home Cooks/ Cute Kids compete in rounds of cooking or baking are which X minutes or hours long, must incorporate an unusual ingredient and then be judged by 2/3/4 judges, the least impressive is eliminated and onto to the next round. Even the prize money is the same - $25,000 or sometimes $50,000. I wish there were some variety in programming.

[@tional5266]

It is called programming for a reason, I only watch cooking channels on KZbin now, very realistic not overdone by big productions just real people with real talent and great recipes, one thing for sure, we’ve all become much better cooks due to these shows, it’s probably just ran it corse

[@anasdomain9994]

I wish they had more shows like kitchen nightmares I still watch that on KZbin

[@FrarmerFrank]

My problem is their are no recipes I need to trust the Judges tastebuds on who won?

[@frankzito8653]

Remember when MTV played music videos? Food Network used to teach us how to cook. Now, they just show us stressful situation with clocks ticking, people yelling, boastful contestants. Food really shouldn't be about stress.

[@mmm-et2vf]

I'm not even mad any more too many people are mad im not feeling it

[@whiskersandshyla9944]

It's like you've read my mind. I find all the so called reality shows and competitions boring and stressful at the same time. I loved David Rosengarten's show Taste. So much food history. The original how to boil water was very helpful.

[@shysweet5439]

East Meets West was my absolute favorite cooking show for years. i make many of those recipes to this day.

[@johnree6106]

When food network was about food

[@marquesn77]

Just imagine “Food Network” featuring shows that “teach you how to cook” - thank God we cut our cable years ago

[@edkeaton7242]

It's a shame that a lot of these shows on the Food Network had gotten cancelled because of certain circumstances. I rather enjoyed a few of them. I wish that I knew what had happened to the show "Good Eats" hosted by Alton Brown. I found it to be both educational and entertaining.

[@jonschmidt1545]

He is on the Cooking Channel with new episodes.

[@edkeaton7242]

@@jonschmidt1545 Thanks for the heads up.

[@lisabishop6266]

@@edkeaton7242 he and his wife also usually do a live show each week. It started as " Quarantine Qitchen" or QQ on utube

[@Mamignonne100]

Yeah, Good Eats was one of the goodies for sure!

[@anemicgoalhop495]

You can also access the old and new versions of the show on KZbinTV.

[@paper_pirate]

food network was the best when I was a kid. chefs were entertaining and they had great cooking tips. the network is just unwatchable now. execs are to blame. many of these excellent chefs now have programming on pbs/create. great channels for those who are serious about cooking and not shallow reality competitions! and those channels are free with an antenna.

[@francisdhomer5910]

I have to agree with most of what you have said. I did enjoy Iron Chef (12 years ago it's KZbin clips help get me through my fight with cancer.) Cutthroat Kitchen and the likes. Others are just boring. Like Master Chef. I use to enjoy the show and think how I would enjoy going on and seeing how good I could be. Now I could never equal what you see from the first episode on. The cooking show I believe you are talking about I have found many I enjoy. It's due to the host. They make it entertaining and interesting. I also enjoyed Good Eats. I learned a lot from that show. Now a days I need to turn back to you tube. I like Proto Chef with Chef Frank. Food Wishes is great. I could go on. Just a side note here. Why did I enjoy watching these shows 12 years ago? They gave me something to aim for. Eating. there was a goal. Once more I'm fighting cancer and while I'm still limited on eating once more they can still provide a goal as well as ideals for when I go back to normal eating.

[@shawnycoffman]

@@francisdhomer5910 I agree with you. This network went the same way as MTV. They've completely lost their way. I can't remember the last time I darkened their door. I'm so sorry you're having to do battle again. I hope that this bout has the same outcome as before. I'm just beginning my own battle. Sending you good thoughts, good energy, and good prayers. 🤗 Edit: a word

[@fredt1983]

Ming saying "Why is everything fake reality show competitions now, no thanks..." is heartwarming almost.

[@sheilastockdale6715]

I stopped watching The Food Network years ago when programming shifted heavily to competition shows. The cooking shows were fabulous because they taught me to be a better home cook. Now I follow KZbin channels. Apparently TFN is doing fine losing viewers, but it’s unfortunate that they sacrificed loyal viewers.

[@emmapeel8163]

Food Network dropped the reasons why people watched in the first place. Great chefs revealing great food. it's a bit silly now.

[@plumdizz895]

My original OGs that first led me into my culinary career were Julia Child, Jacques Pepin, Justin Wilson, Jacques Torres and Graham Kerr. Later followed the Food Network craze with: * Alton Brown: Good Eats * Emeril Lagasse: Essence of Emeril, Emeril Live * Gale Gand: Sweet Dreams * Tyler Florence: Food 911 * Rachael Ray: $40 A Day, 30 Minute Meals * Ina Garten: Barefoot Contessa * Juan Carlos Cruz: Calorie Commando * All the Food Network Challenges (the early seasons) * Jacques Torres: Chocolate with Jacques Torres * Sara Moulton: Cooking Live * Robert Irvine: Dinner Impossible * Paula Deen: Paula's Home Cooking * The original "How To Boil Water" * The OG Japanese Iron Chef * The OG Unwrapped with Marc Summers There are still "newer" shows that I watch not on the list but these are honorable mentions from when I first started watching.

[@amethystanne4586]

I am so glad that someone else remembers Graham Kerr “The Galloping Gourmet”. Chef Robert Irvine’s Impossible shows were fabulous! He demonstrated a macaroni&cheese recipe that is way above the rest. After making the roux, chicken broth is used instead of all milk. My goodness, yummy!

[@iambicpentameter9510]

I loved Emeril Live! He's still my favorite chef. Mario was always gross🤢🤮

[@marylee7467]

Loved Ming. He was awesome. One show I do like is Delicious Miss Brown. Kardea Brown actually cooks, is entertaining and personable. My mom and I Ioved watching Emeril and Alton together. Plus Robert Irvine is a joke!!

[@cyberguardragon7291]

I loved Good Eats. Alton was even worth watching on an episode of Mythbusters. What he brought to the food myth was great to see. I normally do not try to talk bad about people, but I cannot help but agree about Robert Irvine. There is just something about the guy that is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I've never been able to explain it.

[@hazyaspect]

@@cyberguardragon7291 I think of Robert Irvine as "disingenuous, but with sincerity" (and I'm not even sure what I mean by that lol) but I've never been able to sit through one of his shows. Yeah, he's off. Somehow, someway.

[@abbynormal7525]

RIP Anthony.

[@MrJohnnyBic]

I loved Anne Burrell’s show. I learned a lot of techniques, and really enjoyed her personality. Her kitchen was “real.”

[@FumariVI]

Anne Burrell is arrogant, egotistical and freakish. grrrrrrrrr

[@annebelgard6723]

Love Chef Anne...although it took a while to get used to her

[@a.madison9625]

That jerk who runs the Food Network thinks everything has to be a competition. I'm surprised they still have some basic cooking shows left. I hate any of the shows with "War" in the title like Cupcake Wars or Santa War. The Kid's Baking Championship on the other hand, is enjoyable. Anything Championship is good and anything Wars is bad to me. And I really don't like Chopped and all their weird ingredient baskets that you would never have in real life.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

There is no compelling programming on that channel now. Sad.

[@anasdomain9994]

Tbh I love the competitions I don’t really care for cooking shows, I rather just look a recipe for that

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@anasdomain9994 then they give you the dull plapp you enjoy.

[@anasdomain9994]

@@arribaficationwineho32 lol idk it’s fun and inspiring to see people test their skill and work hard to win. I don’t like the gimicky competitions though just straight cooking vs cooking

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@anasdomain9994 they are all gimmicky. That is why I prefer straight cooking shows which have been eliminated

[@galenstoner1348]

"The Next Food Network Star" was my favorite show. The channel seems to be "The Guy Fieri Network" now.

[@sandralouth3103]

I have pretty much stopped watching food network because there is not enough cooking and too much competition.

[@sachsgs2509]

Ironically these were the best shows on FN. Sick n tired of stupid competitions. I dont watch it anymore.

[@uglobett]

The days when Food Network was actually educational where you can learn cooking tips and tricks.. now everything reality TV

[@DynamoGooner]

I always watched east meets west on PBS at like 3 or 4am... still love Ming Tsai

[@onecuet]

I always enjoyed Good Eats. I liked getting the extra info. I couldn't stand Cut Throat Kitchen. The Asian Iron Kitchen was far better than the American version. A lot of the orig shows are missed. I quit watching when it turned into a kid reality cooking competition channel.

[@joseph_b319]

Love Good Eats, but come on Alton was so evilly awesome on Cut Throat Kitchen.

[@peterjung5965]

Emeril Live was great. Haven’t watched the circus that is the Food Network since.

[@kimmerlee10]

The Neely’s broke my heart the most. I actually made a few of their recipes and they were great.

[@moreruffles89]

I loved watching cooking shows ever since I was little and only had it available to me on public television. Unwrapped was also a favorite of mine. I never cared for cooking competitions, but I did enjoy the cake decorating ones. But not so much anymore.

[@dianebowman4215]

They should cancel Bobby Flay…and that Diners Drives and Dives…OMG I can’t stand it!

[@lflagr]

I don't watch Food Network anymore. KZbin provides all the cooking channel content I need, past and present, world-famous chefs to amateurs like me. Food Network stopped being about food long ago, now it's about over-the-top personalities, mediocre celebrity "chefs" and endless reality/game show competitions.

[@kellidinit3725]

And you can search for any specific meal. I’m a great cook, but I always love learning new recipes. Gotta mix it up. The average household is on a tight budget, and in my home, if I’m eating a lot of chicken and pork, I absolutely need to ensure it doesn’t become mundane. I have got to enjoy my meal.

[@chyrlwillis9422]

Shows like Emeril got my young daughter excited about cooking. Competition cooking scared her away from it. We don't watch Food Network at all now. Because of the competition shows. I can't learn anything useful from competitions that force cooks to put unfinished or badly cooked food on the table.

[@Chelovyek]

My family and I used to watch several of their shows avidly. Now we scarcely turn them on. The channel has become boring and predictable. Hard to believe that the competitive shows are as popular as the network claims, although I don't see why they would lie about that. Meanwhile, the few actual cooking shows left seem sterilized and artificial.

[@lindasaffles4189]

I quit watching Food network when all the reality competitions started airing I don't like those type shows. I have learned so much from Paula Dean and from Rachel Ray. Food network needs to get some executives who can run a proper channel to be of interest to watchers

[@cylversprings]

Guy Feiri gets on my nerves. How many shows can one person host?? I used to love watching him, but his sass and crass is just too much.

[@segoi11]

Miss Good Eats (Alton Brown's original show). Learned a lot from that show. Used to love watching Ace of Cakes. Those cakes looked amazing. I used to spend hours watching cooking shows (when they actually demonstrated how to cook). Haven't watched FN in ages. Nothing to watch.

[@cindyperkins8581]

Agree with most of these remarks. Want to see shows on how to cook, not all these competitions

[@morgansoon3099]

I used to watch the Food Network all the time. But, they cancelled my favorite chefs and really without intentionally doing it, eventually I cancelled them. I disliked all the "war" shows, competitions and reality shows. I learned a lot from the original crew. I miss them. Now, I find some of my chefs on PBS and KZbin. The nail in the coffin was when they got political with Paula Deen.

[@noeinroad7294]

I miss all these shows. They introduced me to new foods, the history behind many dishes as well as the techniques to create them. Now well I just watch KZbin to find my favorite hosts recipes.

[@capnsalty0200]

I do not nor will not watch "Food Network" as long as they have reality show and competitions. I d not watch Survivor or Great Race or any other reality shows.

[@rashellehole2853]

Loved the shows that taught us cooking skills and food appreciation. I dont watch food network anymore due to the change .

[@rflett5797]

Food Network and Cooking Channel have turned into channels for people who don't know how to or even want to cook. If you want to see hyper-emotional people screaming at each other and crying these are the channels for you. PBS is where all of the actual cooking shows have gone to. I used to watch Taste by David Rosengarten, Grillin and Chillin, and every night Emiril and Sarah Moulton, but those are all long gone.

[@maralene1411]

I used to love watching Emeril Lagassi and Paula Dean! I tried many of the recipes. I also liked Rachel Ray.

[@arjnsdca]

So many of my favorite shows on this list. I would have loved to hear what you have to say about Sandra Lee’s show.

[@Kate-qr5pj]

This unlocked some deep memories of so many shows that I had forgotten about

[@jessicajohnson5817]

I loved those old shows, I actually learned stuff from them. Now it's just competitions that nobody cares for.

[@twopeasinapod7554]

Each chef I enjoyed watching as a chef. To bad things don't always work out!!

[@janicebolosan119]

I started watching Food Network when it just aired, it was fun to watch. Fast forward, the shows that were cancelled, were the ones I liked. Now its all about competitions and it doesn't do anything for me. Watching cooking videos on KZbin is so much better!+

[@olnappy]

All networks, food or media, can just keep their competition cooking shows.., it's too much. What can be learned from cooks rushing to prepare a meal or dessert? It's like watching clowns doing burnouts on some random property owner's closed parking lot. Leave the fast paced competition to the athletes performing tirelessly on fields and courts. A well prepared meal and dessert takes time and skills, learned skills result from lots of practice and careful preparation.

[@mrsmcintyre69]

I learned almost everything I know about cooking from Rachel Ray. I LOVED 30 minute meals!! It made cooking seem less overwhelming. I havent watched food network in years because of the competition shows.

[@jons.6216]

I liked what I liked and one I always enjoyed (basically reruns of) was Unwrapped! Now that it's gone I still enjoy watching the small segments of it on KZbin! The one thing that got me to switch off the channel of The Food Network was ironically Iron Chef!

[@peckishpagan]

The sea of “reality” and competition shows is why I haven’t had cable in over 15 years.

[@robinphillips4005]

I miss the original Food Network shows. I really enjoyed them.

[@johnfd0210]

emember when The Food Network actually used to be about food, the same way The History Channel was actually about history (et al)...now nothing but reality tv.

[@bibitch]

I used to love the Food Network. I even liked some of their competition shows. But I gave up when they started running Guy Fierri nonstop for 12 hours every day. Now I catch old Good Eats episodes on the cooking channel sometimes, but I mostly end up here on youtube. This place has more recipes and good instruction than the Food Network now.

[@bishop5400]

That show cutthroat kitchen was awsome. Haven't really seen any other shows that are quite like it. Watching the competitors with the rather dastardly sabotages was many times hilarious.

[@MarthaGonzalez-jm3vn]

I prefer to watch home cooks on youtube than the food network now that they have destroyed it.

[@FIREBRAND38]

With Batali you also left out that he quit Iron Chef America because in an interview with Atlantic monthly, 'He himself has soured on competition shows, for reasons he made hilariously clear when he talked about being judged by actors who'd never cooked rather than critics he respected. The only printable part of his thoughts about their saying they wouldn't have cooked something he'd worked hard [substitute colorful synonym] for an hour to make delicious was, "Who let you in the room?"'

[@dittohead7044]

I loved Sarah Molton. I learned more from her and Paula Deen, Alton was ok but his knowledge of why things worked was interesting. The Neely were so cute, sorry they aren’t together anymore I don’t watch Food Network or HGTV.

[@GattlingCombo]

I actually did like Iron Chef. Even though it was a competition, I still got a creative vibe from it, and they at least made the competitors seem friendly toward each other. Alton annoyed me on all the competitive shows he was on. It gave me a bad view of him. I enjoyed chopped as well, but regrettably now. I stopped watching it after the episode where a competitor came on to make his ex GF jealous, and then trash talked the other contestants, which the judges thought was cute. AND HE WON THAT EPISODE. I was done after that.

[@KeKe-ho6rf]

I never watched iron chef America.I watched the original iron chef with Chef Morimoto

[@lynettemiller7912]

I dug the original "Iron Chef" a lot better. It was SOOOOOOO over the top, and you at least got a little insight into Japanese culture. The "Chairman" was a riot, and the ingredients were so WILD -- sharkfin and bird's nest soups, sea urchin -- and the commentary! Oh, man! "Fuku-san?!" 😆 I got such a kick out of that show!

[@SCBJQ]

This is why I prefer watching KZbin for cooking videos. I can find recipes for almost anything and there's some very good hosts.

[@lsr2937]

Don’t remember the name of the show but there was one in which Paula’s son recreated her recipes without all the butter and sugar. It was one of my favorites.

[@vadaterry2756]

That was her son bobby

[@patriciajones6771]

The name I think was,NOT MY MOTHER'S COOKING.

[@davidkilby1043]

Watch it on her KZbin channel

[@michaelpyatt831]

Oh god I hated Bobby Flay, about as much charisma as a drizzle overcast day.

[@katekat1064]

Still do hate Bobby Flay....pompous ass

[@racheldiederich838]

I like Bobby, he doesn't have as much of an ego as before

[@moomoopuppy508]

I remeber "Melting Pot" with chefs Sanchez and Simon

[@quick.easy.eat23]

I had food network shows on every time tv was on! I miss hearing BAM 💥

[@katekat1064]

Really enjoyed Alton Brown's shows, Paula Deen, Iron Chef America. They seem to grab some people and use them until it is way past the sell by date: anything with Bobby (the bully) Flay, Rachel Ray, Cake Boss dude that got his hand stuck in a bowling alley, etc. Guy Fieri seems to be all they run these days....should be called Guy's Food Network. And constantly bringing his elitest child Hunter in every chance he gets...give me a break! Ann with the rooster hair cut is too gruff and uppity. Giada DLaurentis with that toothy smile and low cut dresses just waiting for a boob to pop out....just go away again with Bobby Flay I have to say I enjoy watching Duff and Valerie work with the children. I didn't know Valerie could cook but she's amazing.

[@kimwoodruff3793]

Yup its become the Guy Fieri channel

[@katekat1064]

@@kimwoodruff3793 glad I'm not the only one. I certainly appreciate Guy instead of Bobby Flay, Pioneer Woman, etc. Honestly I'd love the older version of the Food Channel. I love Chopped

[@HarvestMoon2049]

I loved Ming Tsai's show.

[@lyndaowen2623]

I still watch reruns of Giada, Bobby and others. But hate Guy Fieri. That's all you see now, DDD and Grocery games. Yuck. Food Network is not as good.

[@lupey1696]

I first started watching the Food Network channel when I was 13. I wanted to learn more about food. It was great until the competition shows took over.

[@HollyOllyOxenfree-]

Anyone remember Great Chefs...? THAT show was my LIIIFFFE! Still watch it on YT these days. Nobody will ever give narration like Ms. Conroy!

[@johnathanrendon4243]

That show was awesome.

[@marymccloskey9450]

Sara molton was awesome. Food network rose up on the backs of great chefs and left the platform of cooking skills. It’s a damn shame.

[@iluvpepi]

I miss the old shows from the ‘90s and early 2000s.

[@carrieannmcleod5219]

I'm sorry Chris Cosentino didn't enjoy his experience on the Chef vs. City. I really liked it and was sad when it lasted only one season. He and Aaron Sanchez had a great rapport and the tasks were interesting. There were so many shows that the Food Channel cancelled or changed that were a disappointing but there are other networks so it's not too bad. I learned so much from Good Eats and still watch the reruns.

[@impunitythebagpuss]

Loved Ming...don't watch ANY food competitions...and can't stand stupid, unfunny "hosts"

[@bronzebeautybrown3949]

I don't mind the food competition, I just wish they kept the cooking shows too and rotate slots. 24hrs in a day, these shows are 30mins long , 48 shows can easily fit in a day.

[@I_am_Musiq94]

Their needs to be a Food Network Flashback channel where they play aaaalll the old shows.

[@lynettemiller7912]

Oh, I would definitely watch that! Throw in some of those old specials they showed, too, like the show "Legendary Hangouts," that Morley Safer hosted. Great program about some classic NYC and LA restaurants like Toots Shor, Sardi's, the Brown Derby and some others.

[@stacykeller8461]

These were the shows my mother loved! Well, the ones before 2010 when she sadly passed away from. Cancer. She was an amazing cook! I watch today and love all the competitions but am still a fan of the old school cooking shows as well!

[@janetalvarez144]

That music sucks, god turn it down