Watch Food Network Without Cable: Best Streaming Services to Keep You Satisfied

If you are a foodie who can’t get enough of the Food Network and other culinary content, you don’t need to hang on to your cable contract. In fact, you’ll probably be better off getting a contract-free streaming service.

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Food Network’s programming celebrates the way that food connects us as families, communities, and cultures with niche cooking how-tos, explorations of food culture, original cooking (and grocery shopping) competitions, and compelling personalities like Emeril Lagasse, Ina Garten, and Guy Fieri.

You can cut cable from your entertainment diet and still get all-you-can-watch Food Network and its sister channels. Every major streaming service carries it as a basic channel, which we go into more detail on below.

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How to Watch Food Network Live Without Cable

Food Network is part of Discovery Inc’s family of channels, which includes Cooking Channel, TLC, HGTV, DIY Network, Travel Channel, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), Animal Planet, Discovery Channel (and all its spin-offs), Destination America, Great American Country, American Heroes Channel, and others.

There’s also a relative newcomer to the scene: independent digital channel Tastemade. It features some original programming mixed with viewer-submitted content that’s aimed at a younger adult audience.

Food Network is considered a pay channel, so it isn’t available OTA (Over the Air) with an antenna like a local broadcast station (think NBC, ABC).

You can only watch it live with a subscription service: traditional cable, satellite, or what is called OTT (Over the Top) services. They’re services that stream channels over the internet and are typically cheaper than cable with no contracts or time commitments.

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Streaming Services with Food Network

The good news is that Food Network is available on every single major live TV streaming service, and it’s always included in the base package, so you don’t have to go gourmet to get your Barefoot Contessa on.

The bad news is that its grittier little brother, Cooking Channel, isn’t on quite as many channel menus. Don’t worry though. Most of them still offer it for a little extra, either as an upgrade or add-on.

FuboTV

Food Channels	Cooking Channel*, Food Network, GustoTV, Tastemade
Total Channels	130+
Cloud DVR	1000 hours
Simultaneous Screens	10
Free Trial	✅
FuboTV Price	$79.99/mo

FuboTV was originally founded to cater to international sports fans, so it may come as a surprise that it has the most food-centered channels: Food Network; the younger, hipper Tastemade; and is the only service to currently carrying Canadian foodie channel GustoTV. The Cooking Channel is available with the Fubo Extra add-on for $7.99/mo.

Discovery staples Animal Planet, TLC, Travel Channel, and HGTV are here, as well as the Oprah Winfrey Network. In most areas, you’ll also get all your local network affiliates: ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox.

Fubo costs $79.99/mo which starts with a free trial. It features over 130 channels, and 1000 hours of Cloud DVR, and the ability of households to stream across ten devices simultaneously.

For more information, see these articles:

• FuboTV Review
• FuboTV Packages
• FuboTV Local Channels
• FuboTV Devices.

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Philo

Available Channels	Cooking Channel, Food Network, Tastemade
Total Channels	65+
Cloud DVR	Unlimited*
Simultaneous Screens	3
Free Trial	✅
Philo Price	:philo-pricr:

Humble little Philo is the most affordable service on this list, and is the only one to include Food Network and all its Discovery sister channels — plus Tastemade! No packages or add-ons, just the flat $25/mo for over 65 channels, unlimited DVR, and up to 3 devices streaming at the same time.

The only downside is Philo does not carry any local channels, but in most areas, you could pick up an antenna and be golden. Read these for more information.

• Philo Review
• Philo Packages and Channels.

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Sling TV

Food Channels	Cooking Channel*, Food Network, Tastemade*
Total Channels	40+
Cloud DVR	50 hours
Simultaneous Screens	3
Free Trial	❌
Sling TV Price	$40.00/mo

Sling TV includes Food Network in both its Blue and Orange packages. Both plans also have Travel Channel, HGTV, and 50 hours of Cloud DVR.

Cooking Channel and DIY Network are available on either package with the Lifestyle Extra add-on for $6/mo. You can get Tastemade+ (the on-demand version of Tastemade) for $3/mo.

While the Blue Package does have Discovery and TLC, neither Blue nor Orange currently has Animal Planet. NBC and Fox local affiliates are available in select markets.

Right now if you prepay for two months, you can get a free AirTV Mini, a streaming device similar to a Roku that hooks up to your TV. For information see the following:

• Sling TV Review
• Sling TV Packages
• Sling TV Local Channels
• Sling TV Devices.

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DIRECTV STREAM

Relevant Channels	Cooking Channel*, Food Network, Tastemade*
Total Channels	75+
Cloud DVR	Unlimited (online signup)
Simultaneous Screens	Unlimited
Free Trial	✅
DIRECTV STREAM Price	$79.99/mo

The major draw of DIRECTV STREAM (formerly AT&T TV) is its great coverage of local network affiliates. It also carries the most regional sports networks (RSNs) of any major TV provider.

Food Network is available in all packages, as well as Animal Planet, Discovery, HGTV, and TLC for $79.99/mo. This also includes a cloud DVR and unlimited streaming devices at one time.

DIRECTV STREAM has the Cooking Channel, Tastemade, OWN, and the Travel channel starting with its Choice package for $108.99/mo. You get the DIY Network and other Discovery channels in the Ultimate and Premier packages.

You also get a free year of HBO Max included if you subscribe to the Choice (or higher) package. For more information, see DIRECTV STREAM review.

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Hulu + Live TV

Food Channels	Cooking Channel*, Food Network
Total Channels	85+
Cloud DVR	Unlimited (9 month storage)
Simultaneous Screens	2
Free Trial	❌
Hulu Price	$76.99/mo

Hulu is where it’s at for binge-watching network TV shows on-demand. You also get access to Hulu’s popular original programmings like Castle Rock and the Handmaid’s Tale.

Their live TV service adds over 85 live channels to that service along with ESPN+ and Disney+. Their service starts at $76.99/mo and you can watch on up to two screens at a time.

Like Fubo, Food Network is here with all its sister channels, and Cooking Channel and DIY are available with the Entertainment Add-on for $7.99/mo. The Oprah Winfrey Network is not available through Hulu + Live TV right now, so if that’s a deal-breaker for you, you’ll need to look elsewhere.

Find out more about Hulu here:

• Hulu + Live TV Review
• Hulu On-Demand Review
• Hulu + Live TV Packages
• Hulu + Live TV Local Channels.

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Vidgo

Available Channels	Food Network
Total Channels	110+
Cloud DVR	❌
Simultaneous Screens	3
Free Trial	❌
Vidgo Price	$69.99/mo

Vidgo only has one English-language package. It includes Food Network in addition to Discovery, DIY Network, TLC, HGTV, OWN, but not Cooking Channel.

ABC and Fox affiliates are available in select markets. Currently, Vidgo doesn’t have a cloud DVR option, but you can watch programs on some of the more popular channels up to 24 hours after they air with Advanced Playback. You can stream on up to three screens at a time. For more information, check out these articles:

• Vidgo Review
• Vidgo Packages.

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Other Ways to Stream Food Network

There are a few other ways to catch up on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives:

• Food Network is included on YouTube TV, currently $72.99/mo.
• Food Network GO is an app for those already with a pay TV login that lets you watch a live stream of the channel or on-demand content.
• Food Network Kitchen is an app, available on iOS, Android, and other services like Roku, that provides access to on-demand streaming of some shows (but no live content), recipes, a meal planning tool, and more. It costs $19.99 per year, with a 7 day free trial.
• Many of Food Network’s shows can be found on-demand on various services, including Amazon Prime, iTunes, Netflix, and Vudu. Some require a monthly subscription, some require you buy the show by the episode or the season.
  

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TVs and Mobile Devices for Food Network

To watch Food Network without cable, you need a device that has a platform for streaming services. The streaming services discussed above all support most devices currently in use.

Universally supported streaming devices include:

• Amazon FireTV
• AppleTV
• Chromecast
• Roku.

Standard web browsers (Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Opera, etc.) and mobile devices running Android or iOS are also universally supported.

DIRECTV STREAM only works on the universally supported devices above, Samsung Smart TVs, and its own proprietary device.

All the rest of the streaming services support Android TV-powered smart TVs.

FuboTV, Sling TV, and Hulu all support Samsung and LG smart TVs. They also support the Xbox One gaming console.

Hulu + Live TV supports almost everything, including gaming platforms that few other live streaming services support, such as the Echo Show, Nintendo Switch, and the Playstation 4 (and up), plus most devices that other streaming services support.

Sling TV supports the Facebook Portal and the Oculus.

Today’s Food Network Schedule

Here is today’s schedule in Eastern Time:

11:30pm	Beat Bobby Flay – All in the Family Chef Mika Leon brings the heat against chef Michael Bertozzi; chef Carla Hall and actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson decide who has what it takes to join their modern family for a food fight against Bobby Flay.
12:00am	Summer Baking Championship – Beachside Delights Jesse Palmer hosts a beach rental baking competition; ten bakers craft faux ice cream bars and cocktail tarts; judges Carla Hall, Duff Goldman, and Damaris Phillips savor summer-inspired creations before they select the champion.
1:00am	Next Baking Master: Paris – Sugar, Spice and Everything... Stephanie and Ludo challenge the bakers to create iconic petit fours, and after a lesson in caramel from Monsieur Caramel himself, the bakers apply what they have learned to a twist on a classic caramel treat.
2:00am	Beat Bobby Flay – Don't Yuck My Yum Sunny Anderson and TV host Ross Mathews team up with chefs Kaleena Bliss and Melissa Donahue-Talmage to boil up a win against Bobby Flay.
2:30am	Beat Bobby Flay – Use Your Noodle The chips are all in when world-traveled chef Philippe Haddad meets New York chef Melissa O'Donnell; it's up to Scott Conant and Geoffrey Zakarian to place their bets on the chef who they think can beat Bobby Flay.
3:00am	Beat Bobby Flay – BBF: Beat My Best Friend Michael Symon enlists Clinton Kelly to distract Bobby with their friendship.
3:30am	Beat Bobby Flay – All in the Family Chef Mika Leon brings the heat against chef Michael Bertozzi; chef Carla Hall and actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson decide who has what it takes to join their modern family for a food fight against Bobby Flay.
4:00am	Guy's All-American Road Trip – Flavortown and Family Fun Guy Fieri and his caravan crew stop at Downtown Flavortown for some nachos and a tiki drink oasis; they dig into homestyle fried chicken and cinnamon bread at Dollywood, discover handmade knives and start a family bowling competition.
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8:00am	Ready Jet Cook – Soups Jet Tila cooks up two noodle soups that are close to his heart; he serves a quick beef pho and takes shortcuts to make a flavorful broth; he poaches thinly sliced pork belly and marinated eggs for a bowl of Japanese spicy miso ramen.
8:30am	Ready Jet Cook – Chinese Cuisines: Sichuan and Dim Sum Jet Tila leads a culinary tour across China as he makes two popular dishes from two different regions; he prepares Dim Sum Sew Mai Dumplings and whips up some Sichuan Dan Dan Noodles packed with umami flavor.
9:00am	Guy's Ranch Kitchen – Mediterranean Brunch Guy Fieri and his chef friends make it Mediterranean; Traci Des Jardins knocks out a ricotta gnocchi, Michael Voltaggio twists up SpanaKALEpita, Antonia Lofaso picks pork souvlaki, and Marc Murphy plates up pan-fried sardines.
9:30am	Guy's Ranch Kitchen – Salad Days Guy Fieri gets sold on some serious salads as chef Tiffany Derry serves her Southern niçoise salad; chef Eric Greenspan bets on broccoli date crunch salad; chef Christian Petroni makes a grilled romaine with bagna cauda and spicy prawns.
10:00am	Alex vs America – Alex vs Hawaii Eric Adjepong invites three chefs from Hawaii to take on Alex Guarnaschelli in a competition celebrating the uniqueness of Hawaiian food; they'll have to impress judges Roy Yamaguchi and Sheldon Simeon to beat Chef Alex and claim their prize.
11:00am	Alex vs America – Alex vs Pastry Eric Adjepong welcomes three pastry chefs from Kentucky, California and New Jersey to outshine Alex Guarnaschelli's pastry expertise; the chefs pull out all the stops for judges Sherry Yard and Stephanie Boswell to give Alex a run for her money.
12:00pm	Supermarket Stakeout – Cheese Pull Please Alex asks four chefs to create plates that go great with a cup of joe; it's time to please the judges with a whole lot of cheese; things get nutty when the finalists dish up something chock-full of nuts.
1:00pm	Chopped – Battle Italiano: Veneto The chefs showcase what they know about making amazing Venetian dishes; a strikingly strange ingredient in the first basket threatens to throw them off their game, while using polenta to best effect in a half-hour entree round is a tremendous task.
2:00pm	Chopped – Burger: Impossible Four chefs who are obsessed with burger mastery compete to see who will reign supreme; the grinders get a workout with magnificent, premium beef appetizers, epic lamb burgers for the main course, and challenging sweet burgers for the dessert round.
3:00pm	Chopped – Casino Royale: Battle 1 Chopped is always a gamble, but the Casino Royale tournament allows competitors to replace basket ingredients with a roll of the dice; in the first round, something slithery is in the basket, and a Vegas-themed item in round two isn't a big hit.
4:00pm	Chopped – Casino Royale: Battle 2 In the second battle of this special "Chopped" tournament, the chefs get to gamble for a chance to replace a basket ingredient, and the fish offal in the first basket is begging to be gambled away; more gambling in round three leads to serious drama.
5:00pm	Chopped – Casino Royale: Battle 3 In this third battle of the tournament, the chefs can gamble to get lucky or unlucky replacement ingredients; the appetizer basket reveals a notoriously challenging ingredient, and the final round chefs decide to take a chance by baking something.
6:00pm	Chopped – Casino Royale: Battle 4 In the fourth battle of the tournament, the chefs try their luck at replacing basket ingredients; a roll of the dice in the entree round leaves one chef with two proteins, and an interesting gamble keeps things exciting in the final round.
7:00pm	Chopped – Casino Royale: Finale Four winners return to compete for the jackpot and the title of grand champion! The chefs have a choice to gamble away an ingredient before each round, and the $25,000 jackpot will get higher or lower depending on the champs' good or bad fortune.
8:00pm	Chopped – Battle Italiano: Puglia Italy's olive oil capital inspires four chefs as they create coastal cuisine from Puglia; in the appetizer round, a chef's mistake causes a big stink in the kitchen, and a cactus creates a prickly situation in the dessert round.
9:00pm	Chopped – Make No Misteak A trendy pastry in the first round inspires debate among the chefs, while the steaks in the second round aren't the gifts they seem to be. Then in final round, the chefs must figure out how to make a hybrid comfort food go with a savory frozen item.
10:00pm	Supermarket Stakeout – A Bittersweet Tale Alex Guarnaschelli puts four chefs on a high-sodium start when things get salty in the parking lot; it's a race against time as only the most mature survive, and two competitors duke it out until the end to impress the judges.
11:00pm	Supermarket Stakeout – All in the Family Alex asks four chefs to produce protein style plates; for the second stakeout, the competitors must create family style platters for judges Stephanie Boswell and Joe Sasto; the two finalists are tasked with creating tiny bites.

Wrapping Up

If you just can’t get enough of Worst Cooks in America but are sick of paying standard cable prices, there is hope. Just sign up for one of the streaming services that include Food Network, and tune into Guy’s Grocery Games anytime!

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FAQs

Can I watch Food Network through the Food Network app or website?

An evolving selection of episodes of shows is available on-demand without logging in, but the majority of content is only available to viewers who already have a TV Everywhere compatible subscription. That’s cable, satellite, or streaming service. If you have a TV provider that uses TV Everywhere, then you can sign in to watch a live stream of the channel as well as full episodes on-demand over the internet.

What is the cheapest way to get Food Network?

If you’re only interested in food and cooking programming, like Beat Bobby Flay or The Kitchen, maybe some home improvement, DIY, and travel, you should check out Philo. It’s got Food Network, Cooking Channel, Tastemade, HGTV, DIY, the Travel Channel, and all other Discovery family of channels for $25 per month. This includes unlimited cloud DVR storage and three-screen simultaneous streaming.

If you’re also into sports and want local channels, you can try Sling TV for $35 per month.