cooking show

From cooking +‎ show.

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cooking show (plural cooking shows)

1. (television) A television genre that presents food preparation in a kitchen, restaurant or studio set.
   • 2025 August 1, Ed Pilkington, quoting Kamala Harris, “Kamala Harris says she doesn’t plan to return to ‘broken’ system of US politics”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Harris admitted that it had taken her months following her defeat before she had the strength to tune into the news again. “You know, I’m just not into self-mutilation,” she said. Instead there had been “lots of cooking shows”, her top choice being The Kitchen.

2. (chiefly Philippines) A competition that is perceived to be rigged in favor of a certain participant or group of participants.
   • 2023 November 19, “Fans praise Michelle Dee for Miss Universe 2023 run, saying she was ‘robbed’”, in Rappler, retrieved 30 November 2023:

     Keywords related to this year’s Miss Universe pageant dominated X Philippine trends, including “Top 10” and “COOKING SHOW,” among others.

• television show

• → Spanish: show cooking, cooking show

• cooking show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Unadapted borrowing from English cooking show.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkukin ˈʃou/ [ˌku.kĩnʲ ˈʃou̯]

cooking show m (plural cooking shows)

1. an event consisting of a chef preparing food in public

   Synonym: show cooking

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.