Cooking is serious business and not everyone is born with top-notch culinary skills. Some people follow the cooking pages on Instagram while some people watch the cooking channels. However, cable channels are easy to access for everyone who wants to learn the art of cooking.
With this article, we are sharing information about Cooking Channel vs. Food Network. So, let’s check out the details about these channels!
Cooking Channel vs Food Network
Cooking Channel
This is the American cable channel which is owned by the Television Food Network. Television Food Network is the joint venture of Nexstar Media Group and Discovery. The most intriguing thing about Cooking Channel is that it’s the spin-off of Food Network (we will talk about Food Network as well). Cooking Channel is available to 53.2% of households of the United States.
Cooking Channel was relaunched from Fine Living back in October 2009. This relaunch was announced by Scripps Networks Interactive. This channel was the way of improving the personal income of America (The Great Recession was really horrific). Cooking Channel was launched in 2010 after all the relaunching and spin-offs. Back in 2015, Cooking Channel also aired Unwrapped 2.0.
It was actually the spin-off of Unwrapped (it was first launched on Food Network). That being said, Haylie’s America and The Real Girl’s Kitchen was aired on Cooking Channel. In addition, Cooking Channel has aired Ace of Cakes, Caribbean Food Made Easy, Bitchin’ Kitchen, Drink Up, Cupcake Wars, Iron Chef America, and Two Fat Ladies.
It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Cooking Channel is the entertainment channel that’s dedicated to food lovers and people who are fond of cooking. This channel is designed by the food people for teaching global cuisines and shows cuisines from international locations. There are how-to’s available on Cooking Channel for people who want to learn different cuisines.
However, there is also a Canadian version of Cooking Channel available for food lovers. This version was launched back in 2016 and it was successful in replacing W Movies. The Canadian version is headed and operated by Corus Entertainment (they also operation Food Network’s Canadian version, by the way). All in all, it is a pretty common channel for people who want to gain information about different cooking cuisines.
Food Network
Contrary to what the name suggests, Food Network is a one-of-its-kind lifestyle network. They also have a magazine and website which is designed to connect the viewers to food. Food Network is striving to become the ultimate companions of food lovers. We don’t mind saying that Food Network is trying to teach, empower, inspire, and entertain the viewers through their expertise and talent.
According to stats, more than 100 million households in the United States are watching Food Network. As far as the web is concerned, it has more than 46 million users on a monthly basis. Food Network was launched in 2009 while the magazine has become the second best-selling magazine (on a monthly basis). As for the magazine, Food Network magazine has around 13.5 million readers under its belt
Food Network is headed by Discovery, Inc. which is known to be the leader in the entertainment industry. The most intriguing fact that Discovery, Inc. is watched in 220 counties. This is basically a cable channel in America. Coming to the main point of interest, Food Network streams the regular as well as special programs about cooking and food (a true haven!).
Food Network has headquarters in New York City but there are offices in Cincinnati, Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, San Francisco, Jersey, and Knoxville. According to the stats of 2018, around 98.6% of American households use Food Network (more than Cooking Channel, of course). In addition, Food Network also developed a game named Cook or Be Cooked in collaboration with Red Fly Studio. The game was aimed at stimulating real-time cooking experiences.
Even more, Cooking Simulator is a well-known PC game which is branded by Food Network. It has a special kitchen which looks like the cooking show’s studio of Food Network. In addition, there are international variants of Food Network. Particularly, the UK and international variants are available with Food Network, such as Food Network Asia, Food Network Canada, Food Network Europe, and Food Network Italy. Last but not least, Food Network also has a smartphone app!