Despite the way it has flooded the zone for the past few decades, I find it hard to enjoy most food television as it exists in 2025. Glitzy fine-dining porn like Chef’s Table is just that — an overwhelming series of zero-context money shots. I used to love the instructional “dump and stir” shows of the type pioneered by Julia Child and refined in the early iterations of the Food Network, but they were long ago edged out by competition shows heavy on stage-managed drama and light on learning. While gentler technique-focused series have made a comeback in recent years, they’re now hosted by the likes of Selena Gomez ( Selena and Chef) , Meghan Markle ( With Love, Meghan ), and Pamela Anderson ( Pamela’s Cooking With Love ), photogenic amateur enthusiasts who use their celebrity to ju

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