From Selena Gomez to Snoop Dogg and more, here are musicians who have hosted their own cooking shows.
Ludacris, Trisha Yearwood, Selena Gomez and Snoop Dogg on their cooking shows.
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While cooking and making music may seem like an unlikely pairing, several musicians have managed to turn their love of working in the kitchen into a side career by adding hosting their own cooking shows to their resumes.
Among the more established musicians turned cooking show hosts is country superstar Trisha Yearwood, who has hosted her own program on the Food Network for the better part of 10 years.
Other musicians are eager to learn. Such is the case with rapper and restaurateur Ludacris, whose awareness of his lack of cooking skills led him to host Luda can't cook to become Luda he can cook. On his show, Ludacris enlists the help of master chefs to teach him tips and tricks in the kitchen. The Selena Gomez Show, Selena + Cheffollows a similar premise, as viewers watch the singer and actress meet with a chef via video call to help her maximize her kitchen skills.
While most of these shows appeared on network television – such as Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart's VH1 show Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party — Many musicians have taken to the stream to share their favorite recipes. The BTS show, BTS recipe is shared on YouTube, as is Adam Gardner's Kitchen in quarantine.
Check out some of the artists who have taken their entertainment skills to their own cooking shows.
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Selena Gomez, “Selena + Restaurant”
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Network: Food Network
Broadcast Years: 2024-Today
The singer-actress added to her food portfolio with “Selena + Restaurant,” which launched on May 2, 2024. Similar to her previous show, this “Ice Cream” singer cooks with celebrities, only this time she's at some of LA's trendiest restaurants, learning to cook from some of the most famous chefs and then trying to create her own dish that could land on restaurant menus. Participating inaugural season chefs include Shirley Chung, Wolfgang Puck, Marcel Vigneron, Stephanie Izard and more.
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Trisha Yearwood, “Trisha's Southern Kitchen”
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Network: Food Network
Broadcast Years: 2012-Present
Country star and best-selling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood welcomes viewers to her Southern cuisine, sharing some of her favorite recipes — old and new. The Emmy Award-winning Daytime show is full of fun and easy recipes, as well as genuine southern hospitality. The show has been going strong since 2012 and after a brief hiatus due to COVID-19, is now in its 17th season.
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Selena Gomez, “Selena + Chef”
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Network: HBO Max
Broadcast Years: 2020-present
Selena Gomez welcomes master chefs to teach her kitchen tips and tricks via video chat. The show grew out of Gomez's interest in cooking and food, which grew due to the coronavirus pandemic and the actress spending more time in the kitchen. Every episode of it Selena + Chef highlights a food-related charity.
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BTS, “BTS Recipe”
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Network: HYBE EDU on YouTube
Broadcast Years: 2021-present
BTS recipeIt sees members of the global stars share some of their most loved recipes. The short videos, which are uploaded to HYBE EDU's YouTube channelencourage fans to follow and learn some Korean phrases.
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Ludacris, “Luda can't cook”
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Network: discovery+
Broadcast Years: 2021-present
Ludacris may be able to rap and act, but he doesn't cook nearly as well. Luda can't cook explores the rapper's quest to change that, as he enlists the help of world-renowned chefs to teach him a trick or two. In the hour-long episodes, Ludacris learns about various international cuisines such as Cuban, Korean and Haitian.
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Paris Hilton, “Cooking With Paris”
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Network: Netflix
Year of display: 2021
The “Stars Are Blind” singer brings in her famous friends — including Demi Lovato and Kim Kardashian — to whip up some recipes in the six-part series. According to the press release, “Paris will take us from the grocery store to the prep table — and she can really learn her way around the kitchen.”
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Martina McBride, “Martina's Table”
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Network: Food Network
Broadcast Years: 2018
Grammy-nominated singer Martina McBride may be known for her music, but Martina's table revealed a completely different side of McBride as she invited viewers into her kitchen to watch her prepare meals for her friends and family. Some special guests who stopped by the one-season show include Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman and Faith Hill.
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Snoop Dogg, “Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party”
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Network: VH1
Broadcast Years: 2016-2020
Although they may seem like an odd couple, Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart make a remarkable team on VH1's Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party, which sees the rapper and the iconic domestic doyen prepare weekly dinners for their famous friends . The show gives way to hilarious situations involving stars like Matthew McConaughey, Meghan Trainor and the Jonas Brothers.
A fourth season has not yet been announced.
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Patrick Hallahan, “In the Kitchen with Patrick Hallahan”
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Network: Virtual (via Seated)
Broadcast Years: 2021
My Morning Jacket drummer Patrick Hallahan is on a mission to show Americans that really interesting dishes can be found hiding in cupboards and drawers. While the musician claims not to be a chef, his interest in cooking grew when his band went on hiatus in 2015, and he even considered writing a cookbook. Three episodes of it In the kitchen with Patrick Hallahan premiered through live event streaming platform Seated, where fans could tune in by purchasing a ticket.
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Adam Gardner, “Quarantine Kitchen”
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Network: YouTube
Broadcast Years: 2020-2021
Kitchen in quarantine hosted by Guster frontman Adam Gardner for the organization he co-founded, Reverb, which aims to make touring a little greener. The show invites guest chefs to come share sustainable recipes and discuss food, music and the environment. There has been no new episode since June 2021.
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Haylie Duff, “Real Girl's Kitchen”
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Network: Cooking channel
Broadcast Years: 2014-2015
Singer and actress Haylie Duff started sharing her passion for cooking in 2012 when she started her blog. Real kitchen for girlsand released a cookbook of the same title the following year. Real Girl Kitchen It was picked up by the Cooking Channel in 2014 and aired for two seasons, during which Duff shared recipes inspired by her life in Los Angeles, as well as her time in New York.
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Kimberly Schlapman, “Kimberly's Simply Southern”
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Network: Great American Country, Cooking Channel
Broadcast Years: 2012-2014
Kimberly Schlapman's Cooking Show, Kimberly's Simply Southern, saw the Little Big Town singer share what she loves outside of the music world, which is finding amazing recipes to cook for her family and friends. The cooking show, which first aired on Great American Country and then on the Cooking Channel, followed Schlapman as she traveled across America to find the best food, bringing inspiration back to her Nashville kitchen and welcoming guests like her teammates band, Jewel, Lady. Hilary Scott of A and more.
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Kelis, “Saucy & Sweet”
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Network: Cooking channel
Show years: 2014
Before releasing her sixth studio album Food in 2014, the artist—who graduated from Le Cordon Bleu—launched her show Saucy & Sweet. The series celebrated the launch with a dinner party that saw her prepare dishes such as ribs, shrimp fricassee and goat cheese ice cream.
Although Saucy & Sweet is over, Kelis has since been hosting the 2020 Netflix competition series Cooked with Cannabis, which sees the chefs create “elevated cannabis cuisine” to get her and the show's guests high. There's only one season so far, but the show is still available to stream.
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Patti LaBelle, “Patti LaBelle's Place”
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Network: Cooking channel
Show years: 2015-2017
The iconic R&B singer may be known for her voice and famous sweet potatoes, but she wasn't shy about showing off her cooking skills either. LaBelle did just that Patti LaBelle's part, inviting stars for a cooking class and delicious home-cooked meal. Guests over the two seasons included 50 Cent, Ledisi, Laurie Hernandez and more.
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