Cooking channels on YouTube

You can find everything you want on YouTube. If you want to learn to cook or are looking for some new culinary inspiration, there are dozens of channels with the kind of delicious content you need. Here are our five top picks to get you started.

Food with Chetna

The host of this YouTube channel, which was started in 2015, is Chetna, a passionate cook, creative baker, and author of four cookbooks. There are 860 videos on the channel which has everything from delicious food recipes to tips on cooking and baking. Most of the videos are on cooking Indian food. Chetna, by her admittance, loves to play with flavors and combine traditional British/Western recipes with Indian flavors. Here, you will find lots of easy recipes for quick dinners as well as healthy food. The recipes are simple, use regularly found ingredients, and don’t take a lot of time. Chetna also shares her mother’s tried-and-tested recipes.

Bon Appétit

This is one of the most popular food channels on YouTube with over six million subscribers. It features more than 1500 videos and will teach you everything from how to cook a simple meal to preparing a gourmet one. Plus, there are videos on whipping up mean cocktails, making NYC’s most famous pancakes, and recreating signature dishes from various places. The videos are shot really well, making you drool as the food is cooking and when it’s being plated. If you want to learn how to cook and maybe someday be praised for your culinary skills, this is the channel that you might want to lean on.

Chef Ranveer Brar

This channel has over seven million subscribers and over 900 videos. Chef Ranveer Brar is Masterchef India judge, an author, a restauranteur, and a television celebrity. Brar calls himself a food-sufi who is on a constant culinary quest. His videos are fun with easy-to-follow recipes. Brar has a good screen presence with a sense of humor to match. He teaches you how to cook without overwhelming you with jargon and technique. He mostly teaches you to cook different versions of Indian delicacies. You can learn how to make Bhopali chicken, UP style aloo matar, and Kashmiri paneer masala among many other things.

Emmymade

Emmymade is a versatile and quirky channel that features a wide array of tasty content. Since starting the channel in 2010, Emmy has managed to garner over 2.9 million followers on YouTube. In her videos, Emmy tries out viral TikTok recipes and takes viewers on a culinary tour around the world, from Ukrainian garlic bread to Canadian poutine. The channel has your back if you are in a rush. There are YouTube shorts for when you need a quick idea. There are delicious everyday recipes for ramen, fried rice, and pot roasts. There are recipes for fun stuff that you wouldn’t usually make like mayo popcorn salad, fried ice cream, Thai tea, and homemade boba.

Laura in the Kitchen

Sometimes you aren’t in the mood for regular food like chicken curry, rice, pasta and all. This channel is a true savior in that sense. There is a hoard of feel-good recipes, comfort food, and just plain delicious goodness in this channel. Learn to make a meatloaf. Love eggs Benedict? Laura will teach you how to make one in minutes. Learn to make a pizza from scratch. If you have a sweet tooth, there are plenty of recipes that teach you how to make some simple snacks and desserts. Our favorites are the Fudgy Brownies and the Nutella Popsicle. She also has YouTube shorts that will provide you with some great cooking tips, teach you how to pick the right kind of tomatoes, and how to thinly slice chicken among other things.