How to Watch Cooking Channel Without Cable

Cooking Channel has a wider appeal than you might expect. It’s more male and younger than stereotypes would suggest. But regardless of who you are, you don’t need to depend on cable to watch the channel. Read on to learn your options.

In a hurry? Most of the major live TV streaming services offer Cooking Channel. Here are our favorites:

If you consider yourself to be a foodie, you’ll love the content showcased on the Cooking Channel. Over the course of several hours, you can learn how to prepare a healthy meal, learn more about the history of famous eateries in the United States, and see some of the most bizarre foods that have been eaten at state fairs and carnivals.

Let’s take a deeper dive into the history of the Cooking Channel, some of its most popular shows, and how you can stream it without breaking your content consumption budget.

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What Is Cooking Channel

The Cooking Channel was spun-off from the Food Network. And it is currently owned by Television Food Network (TFN). This entity is a joint venture between Discovery Inc and Nextar Media Group.

Until 2009, the network was known as the Fine Living Network (FLN). At that time, the majority of its programming was aimed at individuals with a significant amount of disposable income.

However, in 2009 after the financial crisis, the poor economic conditions made it impossible for such a format to be profitable. Therefore, FLN was renamed the Cooking Channel and featured programming that was aimed at a broader audience.

It officially launched in May 2010. And since then, it has featured both original programming and shows that also air on the Food Network.

Cooking Channel Shows

• Bizarre Foods: Delicious Destinations: Chef Andrew Zimmern travels the world looking for the most interesting food.
• Burgers, Brew & ‘Que: Host Michael Symon crisscrosses the country sampling some of the finest burgers, ribs, and craft beer that the nation has to offer. It’s not uncommon for Symon to chow down with guests from the music, television, and sports worlds.
• Carnival Eats: This show travels the world to find the largest, most colorful and overall zaniest carnival menu items that people are legally allowed to eat.
• Food Paradise: If you have ever wanted to see someone eat a plate of bacon, this is your show. You’ll also get a chance to see people consume fried burgers, fried grilled cheese, and other decadent dishes being made at restaurants that are staples of their communities.
• Man Fire Food: Takes a closer look at the various ways that meat can be cooked. It also discusses the various tools that are used to make a burger or pulled pork sandwich taste its best.

Cooking Channel Sister Stations

Cooking Channel is related to a number of other Discovery channels:

• Food Network: The top companion channel to the Cooking Channel, Food Network features a variety of quality programs such as Chopped and Holiday Baking Championships.
• HGTV: Although this channel offers little in the way of culinary programming, it does have a lot of content dedicated to helping you build a quality kitchen or outdoor grilling space. The channel’s top shows include Kitchen Design and Love It or List It.
• Travel Channel: Programs such as Amazing Eats and Bizarre Food America allow you to learn more about different parts of the country without having to actually go there yourself. Other quality food programming includes Burger Land and Food Wars.
• Magnolia Network: If you have ever seen Fixer Upper, you know all about Chip and Joanna Gaines. Their network features some shows that have a cooking theme such as Magnolia Table with Joanna Gaines and Cooking With Zoe.
• Destination America: Deep Fried Masters and Fast Food Mania are among the most popular shows on this network. Like the Travel Channel, Destination America tends to focus more on the various tourist sites and landmarks that you’d want to see if you were on the road.

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Stream Cooking Channel

Cooking Channel is a “cable” channel, so you can’t pick it up with an antenna for free. But there are various ways to stream it both live and on-demand.

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Live TV Streaming Services

All the major streaming services other than YouTube TV offer Cooking Channel, although it doesn’t usually come with the base plan.

• FuboTV: The base package is $79.99/mo and offers 130+ channels including Food Network, HGTV, Tastemade, and Travel Channel. Fubo offers Cooking Channel as part of its Fubo Extra add-on, which gives you 46 extra channels for $7.99/mo. All plans come with 1000 hours of cloud DVR and simultaneous streaming on ten devices. (FuboTV review)
• Philo: Cooking Channel is one of the more than 65 that you get for a flat $25/mo fee. You will also get Animal Planet, Travel Channel and the Food Network. It doesn’t include any sports or local channels but it’s still a deal at that price. (Philo review)
• Sling TV: Both Sling Blue and Sling Orange come with Food Network, HGTV, and Travel for $40.00/mo. To get Cooking Channel, you need to upgrade with the Lifestyle Extra for $6/mo more. Both plans come with 50 hours of cloud DVR. Sling Blue allows you to stream on up to three devices. (Sling TV review)
• DIRECTV STREAM: You can get Cooking Channel by subscribing to the DIRECTV STREAM Choice package for $108.99/mo. This package also gives you access to regional sports networks (RSNs) and much more. It comes with unlimited cloud DVR storage (online orders only) and streaming on unlimited devices at once. (DIRECTV STREAM review)
• Hulu + Live TV: For $76.99/mo, you’ll get access to 85+ live channels as well as the Hulu on-demand library, ESPN+, and Disney+. The base plan comes with Food Network, HGTV, and Travel Channel. For $7.99/mo more, you get the Entertainment add-on package with Cooking Channel, Destination America, Magnolia Network, and a dozen others. The base plan comes with unlimited cloud DVR, 9 months of storage and streaming on up to two devices. (Hulu + Live TV review)

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Cooking Channel Go App

Cooking Channel Go is a mobile app that allows you to watch live and on-demand content from this and most other channels that fall under the Discovery umbrella.

It uses TV Everywhere so you need a TV provider to log in. You can use it with any of the streaming services above except for Sling TV.

Discovery+

You can subscribe directly to Discovery+ for $4.99 per month. Your subscription gives you unlimited access to hundreds of shows that have aired on Cooking, HGTV, History, and other channels affiliated with Discovery. Furthermore, there are original programs such as American Detective and Million Dollar Wheels that you’ll only find through Discovery+. An ad-free version is available for $6.99 monthly.

Note, however, that you do not get Cooking Channel live through Discovery+. You only get shows on-demand.

You can also get Discovery+ for the same price through Amazon Prime if that is more convenient.

TVs and Other Devices to Watch Cooking Channel

All the streaming services support most of the devices in use today:

Other than DIRECTV STREAM, all the services support TVs based on Android TV. DIRECTV STREAM has its own device that you can order direct.

Hulu, Sling, and Fubo all support the Xbox gaming system and smart TVs from LG, Samsung, and VIZIO. Hulu also supports most PlayStation units.

There are more supported devices. See our streaming service reviews for complete details.

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Today’s Cooking Channel Schedule

Here is today’s schedule in Eastern Time:

3:00pm	Man's Greatest Food – Crunch Time Roger Mooking bites down on nachos, pizzas, fried chicken, tacos and desserts; chefs offer recipes and tips on making the crispiest skin, crunchiest chips and the most-crumbly crusts.
4:00pm	Man's Greatest Food – Cheesy Dishes Roger Mooking explores cheesy dishes across the U.S.; French, Italian, Mexican and American cheesy classics and innovations are on display.
5:00pm	Man's Greatest Food – Fired Up Roger Mooking highlights the best fire and smoke-kissed dishes across the U.S.; chefs offer recipes and more on how to cook over an open flame.
6:00pm	Man v. Food – San Antonio, Texas Casey Webb's first stop is San Antonio's oldest restaurant, a German deli for the Wienerschnitzel, the Puffy Taco; the 3-pound Cinnamon Roll Challenge.
6:30pm	Man v. Food – Virginia Beach, Virginia Casey Webb rides the wave to Virginia Beach, Va., for a street corn fritter-topped burger, a decadent croissant-muffin hybrid and a dozen-egg duel with the Corned Beef Omelet Challenge.
7:00pm	Man v. Food – Lake Tahoe Lake Tahoe provides a stunning, scenic backdrop as Casey Webb explores the area's best eats and finds a complete dinner in a bun, a Greek comfort food staple, and a fearsome, 4-pound feast in the Menu Burger Challenge.
7:30pm	Man v. Food – San Jose, California Casey Webb's tries a falafel sandwich before he tackles the Monte Cristo Reeto with turkey, ham, bacon and Swiss cheese wrapped in a tortilla; the Bay Area's biggest bowls of ramen in the Masumo Challenge.
8:00pm	Man v. Food – Cleveland, Ohio Casey Webb's food frenzy brings him to Cleveland, Ohio, for a corned beef colossus, a caramel ice cream sundae at a sweet time machine and an Olympic-sized gyro in the Greek Village Grille's Mount Olympus Challenge.
8:30pm	Man v. Food – Newark, New Jersey Casey Webb heads to his home state of New Jersey for an iconic Italian hot dog, a Portuguese pork sandwich, and a taco challenge so big that no one's been brave enough to try it.
9:00pm	Man Finds Food – The Food Abides Short ribs inside a bowling alley; a NY-Hawaiian fusion pizza; a classic Hawaiian dish.
9:30pm	Man Finds Food – Shaken, Not Stirred Grilled cheesy secrets in Brew City; spy-themed bar with a "Spyburger"; after-hours ramen den hidden inside another restaurant.
10:00pm	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Australia Tony tries to discover what makes Melbourne, Australia, special as a melting pot of cultures.
11:00pm	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Montana Tony heads to the Rockies to explore the snow-capped mountains, majestic skies, winding rivers and roaming cattle of Livingston, Mont.
12:00am	Man v. Food – Cleveland, Ohio Casey Webb's food frenzy brings him to Cleveland, Ohio, for a corned beef colossus, a caramel ice cream sundae at a sweet time machine and an Olympic-sized gyro in the Greek Village Grille's Mount Olympus Challenge.
12:30am	Man v. Food – Newark, New Jersey Casey Webb heads to his home state of New Jersey for an iconic Italian hot dog, a Portuguese pork sandwich, and a taco challenge so big that no one's been brave enough to try it.
1:00am	Man Finds Food – The Food Abides Short ribs inside a bowling alley; a NY-Hawaiian fusion pizza; a classic Hawaiian dish.
1:30am	Man Finds Food – Shaken, Not Stirred Grilled cheesy secrets in Brew City; spy-themed bar with a "Spyburger"; after-hours ramen den hidden inside another restaurant.
2:00am	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Australia Tony tries to discover what makes Melbourne, Australia, special as a melting pot of cultures.
3:00am	Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations – Montana Tony heads to the Rockies to explore the snow-capped mountains, majestic skies, winding rivers and roaming cattle of Livingston, Mont.
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7:00am	Carnival Eats – Okla-hoagie! Noah Cappe starts his journey out west to the Arizona State Fair; a beautifully grilled burger packed with flamin' hot cheese puffs; a Watermelon Taco.
7:30am	Carnival Eats – Under Texas Fries Noah Cappe hits one of the biggest state fairs in the U.S. for Texas-sized carnival eats; he visits the State Fair of Louisiana for a new favorite food on a stick; his food tour continues with a hot cheesy float at the Arizona State Fair.
8:00am	Yum and Yummer – Asian Sensations Eddie Jackson explores Asian cuisine.
8:30am	Yum and Yummer – Dynamic Duos Some foods are just meant to be together, and Eddie Jackson showcases an entire day of classic culinary combos, from a hot ham and cheese biscuit to an all-out surf-and-turf masterpiece.
9:00am	Good Eats: Reloaded – Take Stock: The Reload Alton Brown reloads this show from 2003 to create a better, more flavorful, faster stock and then turning that into a chicken soup in less than two hours.
9:30am	Good Eats: Reloaded – For Whom the Cheese Melts: The Reload Alton Brown reloads his classic fondue show with some cheesy science and a completely new recipe, because he really didn't like the first one that much anyway; The Lady of the Refrigerator returns and boy, is she mad.
10:00am	Carnival Eats – Close Encounters of the Food Kind Noah is hot on the trail of some otherworldly eats at the UFO Festival in Roswell, N.M., where he tries the Alien Egg and the Crashed UF-Dough; Noah heads to California's Orange County Fair where he tackles the massive Porky Leg and deep fried pizza.
10:30am	Carnival Eats – Rowdy With a Chance of Meatballs Noah Cappe hits the Arkansas State Fair in Little Rock to discover the Arkanstick, an ice-cream treat known as the Rainbow Roll, deep-fried piña colada, and sausage pizza corn hog.
11:00am	Carnival Eats – The Wild Brunch At the Ostrich Festival in Chandler, Ariz., sampling the Tacocolada; trying Amanda's green bean fries; Noah's first ever visit to the Colorado State Fair for a breakfast burger like no other and a rattlesnake corndog that's got a real bite.
11:30am	Carnival Eats – How the West Was Yum At the Kansas State Fair; chicken wings get a fair-friendly treatment at the Oklahoma State Fair.
12:00pm	Bizarre Foods America – Las Vegas Hamburger that costs five thousand dollars; a seafood restaurant that has an Italian fish market flown in every day; dinner for 1,800 people at Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday.
12:30pm	Bizarre Foods America – St. Louis: Pig Snouts & Paddlefish Brain sandwiches and crispy pig snouts; pig heart pastrami; dessert made with organ meats and caramel sauce.
1:00pm	Bizarre Foods America – Dallas: Red Meat & Rattlesnakes Andrew visits Dallas, Texas; Cow head roasted underground; chicken feet and water bugs; goat meat stew.
1:30pm	Bizarre Foods America – Nashville: Crane Meat & Pigeon Feet Andrew visits the home of country, Nashville, Tenessee; Hot chicken, dry ribs and grilled Sandhill crane.
2:00pm	Man Fire Food – Get Your Grill On Roger helps roast whole young goats on asado crosses, hang sweet tea-brined Cornish hens and steam whole red snappers stuffed with aromatics.
2:30pm	Man Fire Food – Lighting up Louisiana North Carolina-style smoked whole hog in po' boy sandwiches; smoked buffalo chicken wings; sausages, tasso, pork belly, turkey wings and drumsticks; a family recipe for Cajun brown gravy.
3:00pm	Man Fire Food – BBQ For Breakfast Roger visits two Texas pitmasters who give breakfast a wake-up call by adding barbecue; Guess Family Barbecue restaurant in Waco and Derek Allan's Texas BBQ in Fort Worth.
3:30pm	Man Fire Food – Taste of Texas Smoke signals lead Roger to two popular food trucks in Texas that serve delicious ethnic eats; Roger meets pitmaster Trey Sánchez of Vaqueros Bar-B-Q and Justin and Lakana Trubiana of DEE DEE.

Wrapping Up

The Cooking Channel produces a plethora of programming for those who enjoy eating or preparing food. It can also be worth watching for those who enjoy learning about the history of food or the history of the places that serve it.

Available on most major streaming platforms, you should have no problem finding a plan that allows you to watch this channel in a convenient and affordable manner.

We recommend Hulu + Live TV but if you are on a budget, Philo (Try Philo free for 7 days.) is a great deal.