Best Travel Cooking

Kitchen Impossible is a British cooking show broadcast on Vox featuring German chef Tim Mälzer. It presents a culinary challenge: twelve renowned chefs compete to accurately reproduce dishes from around the world without prior knowledge of the ingredients or recipes. The show’s notable element lies...

Ugly Delicious is a Netflix original documentary series created by chef David Chang that premiered in 2018. The show examines how culturally significant dishes, such as pizza, tacos, and fried chicken, evolve and are adapted across different global communities. Each episode combines travel, culinary...

A culinary travel television series featuring Australian-Vietnamese chef Luke Nguyen as he journeys through Vietnam to explore its regional cuisines. Nguyen, born in Thailand to Vietnamese parents and raised in Australia, visits street vendors, home cooks, and restaurants across multiple regions of...

A Food Network travel and culinary series that aired from 2002 to 2003, based on Anthony Bourdain's 2001 book of the same name. The series documented Bourdain's international travels in search of authentic culinary experiences and was his first television show, predating his later programs including...

"Jamie Cooks Italy" is a culinary travel series broadcast on Channel 4, featuring British chef Jamie Oliver as he explores regional Italian cuisine. Across the episodes, Oliver collaborates with local home cooks and fellow chef Gennaro Contaldo to document authentic, traditional recipes passed down...

Lidia Celebrates America is a PBS documentary series hosted by chef and author Lidia Bastianich. Each installment travels through parts of the United States to meet home cooks, farmers, artisans, and community members whose food traditions reflect regional history or immigrant experience. Rather tha...

Two Fat Ladies is a British cooking and travel television series first broadcast by the BBC in 1996. It stars Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson, who travel to different locations, often using a motorcycle and sidecar, to prepare meals for groups and institutions. The program is known for...

Somebody Feed Phil is a Netflix travel and food documentary series hosted by Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond. First released in 2018, each episode follows Rosenthal as he visits a city or region, samples local dishes, and speaks with cooks, restaurateurs, residents, and other...

Luke Nguyen's France is an Australian television cooking and travel series that follows chef Luke Nguyen as he journeys through various regions of France to explore French culinary traditions and local recipes. Nguyen, an Australian chef of Vietnamese heritage known for Sydney's Red Lantern restaura...

Nadiya's British Food Adventure is a culinary travel series produced by the BBC and broadcast in 2017. The show is hosted by Nadiya Hussain, who rose to prominence after winning The Great British Bake Off. Across the series, she travels throughout the United Kingdom to explore its diverse regional c...

Rick Stein: Far Eastern Odyssey is a BBC travel and cooking series in which chef Rick Stein journeys through South and Southeast Asia, following routes associated with the historic spice trade. Along the way he visits markets, street vendors, and home kitchens, preparing and tasting dishes that refl...

Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul is a BBC travel and cooking series in which chef Rick Stein follows the route of the old Orient Express through Southern and Eastern Europe. In each country he explores local markets, producers, and home cooking, showing how history and geography have shaped regio...

Rick Stein's Food Heroes is a BBC cooking and travel series in which chef Rick Stein travels around Britain to highlight small-scale food producers who prioritize quality and traditional methods over industrial production. Episodes combine visits to farms, fisheries, and artisan workshops with recip...

The Hairy Bikers is a BBC cooking and travel series featuring British chefs Si King and Dave Myers, known together as the Hairy Bikers. They travel by motorcycle through regions and countries, exploring local food traditions and preparing dishes associated with each destination. The show is aimed at...

Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen is a British travel and cooking television series presented by chef Ainsley Harriott. The program follows Harriott through several Caribbean islands, where he meets local cooks and food producers, examines regional ingredients and culinary traditions, and prepares dishes...

"Rick Stein: Secret France" is a culinary travel documentary series produced by the BBC and featuring British chef Rick Stein. Throughout the program, Stein travels through rural and lesser-known regions of France, avoiding major tourist hubs to explore local food traditions. The series highlights a...

Rick Stein's Long Weekends is a BBC series in which Rick Stein visits European cities over short breaks, exploring each destination's food culture and restaurants.

Food Network travel show hosted by Guy Fieri, premiering in 2006, spotlighting independently owned American diners and casual restaurants across the United States.

James Martin's French Adventure is a series in which James Martin travels through France cooking classic and regional French dishes inspired by his culinary training.

Hairy Bikers: Asian Adventure is a BBC series in which Si King and Dave Myers travel through Southeast Asia learning and cooking traditional local recipes.

Travel Channel series hosted by Andrew Zimmern, premiering in 2007, in which he travels the world eating unusual, exotic, and culturally significant foods largely unfamiliar to Western audiences.

A Netflix series in which a team of hospitality and design experts travels to visually stunning global destinations to help struggling restaurants revamp their food and concept.

James Martin's Islands to Highlands is a series in which James Martin travels through the Scottish Highlands and British islands showcasing local produce and recipes.

James Martin's American Adventure is a series in which James Martin travels across the United States exploring regional American cooking styles and ingredients.

Fresh, Fried & Crispy is a culinary travel series on Netflix where chef and restaurateur Tregaye Fraser travels across America to taste and review the best deep-fried foods.

A Cooking Channel series that travels across the United States to profile bakeries and pastry shops producing inventive or regionally distinctive desserts and confections.

A Food Network series premiering in 2021 in which chefs Bobby Flay and Giada De Laurentiis travel together through Italy exploring regional cuisine, culture, and local ingredients.

Ainsley Harriott's Street Food is a series in which Ainsley Harriott travels internationally to explore and cook the street food traditions of each destination.

Food Network reality competition hosted by Tyler Florence since 2010, in which teams travel across the United States operating competing food trucks.