30+ Cooking YouTube Channels You Should Subscribe To
YouTube is one of the best places to find recipe inspiration and learn new skills in the kitchen. There are so many talented chefs and home cooks who are sharing their knowledge and recipes!
This post does not include “basic” channels like Tasty and Twisted. This is a list of cooking YouTube channels that we actually use for recipes, techniques, and inspiration. We’ve listed them in alphabetical order (not ranked), as all of these YouTubers deserve equal recognition for the food and knowledge they share with the world.
Remember to smash that subscribe button if you find someone new who you love!
Subscriber stats in this post are accurate as of April 15, 2024.
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Adam Ragusea
2.44M YouTube Subscribers
Adam Ragusea has a little bit of everything — from recipes to food science to stuff you should just know. From his insane lasagna to his game-changing video on why he seasons his cutting board and not his steak, Adam is full of food wisdom. He isn’t fussy or fancy! He just likes to cook good food. We like that.
Alex French Guy Cooking
2.09M YouTube Subscribers
We enjoy Alex’s DIY attitude. Looking at his channel, it has evolved greatly over its history. Originally, he focused on recipes and basic cooking skills. He has since developed a long format style where he takes a food (such as croissants) and produces a multi-video deep dive into the subject. He discovers what makes the food special and goes on a journey to make the best possible version of it! If you like deep dives, this is the channel for you. If you’re new to cooking, check out his cookbook which contains easy recipes and kitchen hacks for rookies!
Anti-Chef
389K YouTube Subscribers
We’re hooked on watching Anti-Chef. Mostly because he’s making recipes that we have no interest in making. (Maybe one day, when we have the same patience as him.) He’s cooked his way through Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and Marco Pierre White’s White Heat 25.
If you’re interested in the big-name chefs, you’ll want to subscribe to his channel!
Babish Culinary Universe
10.2M YouTube Subscribers
It’s difficult to succinctly summarize Babish Culinary Universe. The channel started as (and still focuses mainly on) recreating food from movies and TV. His videos are universally excellent and mouth-wateringly delicious — so much so that we have done several posts using Babish as a reference, such as Pasta Aglio e Olio.
He also has a series titled Basics with Babish which focuses on some of the more fundamental skills that all cooks should know. Although we may disagree with Babish on what constitutes a basic skill (*cough* sous-vide *cough*) it’s still a great series that gives you plenty of recipes to practice your skills on and to build up a solid foundation of cooking.
If you can’t get enough Babish, check out his Binging With Babish cookbook which features 100 recipes recreated from your favorite movies and TV Shows or his new Basics With Babish cookbook.
Brian Lagerstrom
1.36M YouTube Subscribers
Brian is a professional chef and baker, so you can expect videos about how to make the perfect loaf of bread to how to make pasta salad three different ways. If you love a channel with organized playlists like we do (is that weird?) you’ll like Brian’s channel. His playlists make it so you can easily hone in a specific topic and learn all about it (we really enjoy the pizza playlist).
Byron Talbott
1.4M YouTube Subscribers
Byron Talbott is a YouTube Chef who we randomly stumbled upon. He has a wide variety of videos on his channel, from basic techniques like different types of cuts, to the more fancy restaurant style dishes like smoked trout and fennel pesto. We’ve used Byron’s channel and recipes to find inspiration (such as the potatoes pictured in the video thumbnail below — SO GOOD).
Bruno Albouze
1M YouTube Subscribers
Have you ever wanted to watch an older, super fit, French guy make delicate desserts and whisper sweet nothings into your ear? If yes, then you’re going to want to watch Bruno Albouze. While he doesn’t strictly do desserts, most of his videos, especially the recent ones, focus on fancy desserts. We must admit that neither of us have the courage or confidence to attempt to recreate one of his fancy desserts yet, but we hope that one day in the future we will.
ChefSteps
1.21M YouTube Subscribers
If this channel had a motto it would be, “SOUS-VIDE EVERYTHING!” All joking aside, ChefSteps is an interesting channel to watch. It contains a few simple, beginner level recipes such as this one for pancakes, and it also contains some high level, Michelin star restaurant, gastronomic bullshit like this recipe for soubise fluid gel. To be fair, we’re a little salty that we don’t have the equipment, time, or knowledge to cook like this. There are a lot of very interesting videos to watch, and it is a pretty good repository of techniques for all cooks to know.
Claire Saffitz
1.2M YouTube Subscribers
Claire’s channel features recipes from her cookbook, Dessert Person. This cookbook is AMAZING — everything in it delicious. We’ve made her Chewy Molasses Spice Cookies, Carrot and Pecan Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese, Pineapple Upside-down Cake, and her Chocolate Chip Cookies to name a few. There are savoury recipes in her book as well, but as the title suggests, it’s mainly focused on desserts!
Since her cookbook’s release, she has been releasing step-by-step video guides for each recipe.
David Seymour
560K YouTube Subscribers
David Seymour is like us — he recreates recipes from YouTubers and rates them (like how we do recipe reviews, but his are in video format, not blog format). He’s a normal guy who loves to cook and he’s just really fun to watch. If you watch Tasty, Babish, and Joshua Weissman, check him out! He recreates a lot of recipes from those channels.
Ethan Chlebowski
1.97M YouTube Subscribers
Ethan remasters recipes from other YouTubers and also shows you how to make restaurant style food at home (with lower calories too!) He also has many videos about food science, and answers questions such as, “does vodka actually make pasta taste better?”
It’s been awesome seeing his subscriber count grow!
You should probably subscribe too. Just do it.
Erwan Heussaff (FEATR)
3.38M YouTube Subscribers
Erwan is half Filipino, half French, and living in the Philippines. You’ll find a wide variety of food on his channel! From homemade kimchi to how to make crêpes, he has a bit of everything.
Epicurious
5.29M YouTube Subscribers
Epicurious has one of our favourite series called 4 Levels. Each episode they challenge chefs of three levels — an amateur, a home cook, and a professional chef to make their version of a dish. Then, a food scientist reviews their work and breaks it down. It’s super educational and is great for beginner cooks to get new ideas on how to level up their cooking.
It’s also fun watching people fail during their 50 Person Prep Challenge series. Can you separate an egg? You’re ahead of the curve!
First We Feast
13.3M YouTube Subscribers
First We Feast is known for Hot Ones — the show with hot questions and even hotter wings. But that’s not why it’s on this list. They also have a series called Food Skills that is great for learning new things like how to make perfectly fluffy pancakes to how New York bagels are made. Love burgers? They have you covered with The Burger Show.
For the culinary curious, this channel is both fun and educational to watch!
Food Wishes
4.49M YouTube Subscribers
“Hello this is Chef John from Food Wishes.com.”
As soon as you watch a few of his YouTube videos, this line will get stuck in your head! You’ll either love his voice or hate it, but even if you dislike it at the start, we guarantee that it’ll grow on you. Chef John is a great source of recipe inspiration — he posts new recipes consistently and offers simple recipes from his Instant Mac & Cheese to more complex recipes like Beer-Braised Lamb Shanks.
Food52
826K YouTube Subscribers
Food52 has some amazing series. We personally love Sweet Heat with Rick Martinez and Off-Script with Sohla.
If you’re a cocktail lover, you’ll also want to check out the Drinks52 playlist.
Gordon Ramsay
20.6M YouTube Subscribers
Subscribe for Gordon Ramsay’s recipes, stay for the clips of Kitchen Nightmares. Not much else to say here, it’s Gordon Ramsay!
He has a cookbook that covers 100 recipes to cook in 30 minutes or less, which we appreciate. Not everyone has time to make a 3 Michelin-star quality meal for supper!
Fun fact: Gordon Ramsay also made it into our food memes post.
Internet Shaquille
615K YouTube Subscribers
We like Internet Shaquille because his videos are to the point. Seriously. His videos are short, sweet, and entertaining. He also has strong opinions about subscription services, and isn’t afraid to speak his mind. You should most definitely subscribe.
J. Kenji López-Alt
1.51M YouTube Subscribers
J. Kenji López-Alt is the Chief Culinary Consultant of Serious Eats. If you already know about this site, then you should definitely subscribe to Kenji. If not, you should still subscribe! Kenji’s cooking show has something for everyone! Learn how not to f&#k up a caprese salad, how to make weeknight sausage ragu, and much much more.
He is also the author of The Food Lab! It’s a great foundational cookbook that will help you become a better cook — you’ll learn the science behind why a recipe tells you to do something, which then you can then apply to other things that you cook. 10/10 would recommend.
Jamie Oliver
5.92M YouTube Subscribers
Jamie Oliver focuses on delicious and healthy food. Not only does Jamie make recipe videos, but some of his chef-friends also get the spotlight on his channel. Fun fact: Alex French Guy Cooking has been in a few of his videos! Jamie Oliver has too many cookbooks — this man must always be cooking. It’s impressive.
Joshua Weissman
9.07M YouTube Subscribers
Joshua Weissman works in a Japanese restaurant and clearly has a large culinary skill set as evidenced by the variety of his videos.
He is a big fan of sourdough and fermentation, so we think he’d probably get along great with Brad from Bon Appétit. He’s also quite young, and very much in touch with internet culture. Come for the DIY bacon recipe, stay for the hip references. If you’re looking for some good food content to binge, check out his But Better series.
His new cookbook, Texture Over Taste, is a must-have.
Jun’s Kitchen
5.3M YouTube Subscribers
Like cats? Like Japanese food? You need to watch Jun’s Kitchen! His videos are calming and always include curious cats that watch him cook — sometimes he even takes a cat for a ride in the basket on his bike while sourcing fresh ingredients. IT’S ADORABLE. Come for the food, stay for the cats.
Laura in the Kitchen
3.9M YouTube Subscribers
Laura Vitale will help you make food that everyone will love! From Italian antipasti to caprese chicken pasta, Laura is cooking up delicious Italian recipes. If you need recipe inspiration, Laura is your girl — she posts new recipes a few times a week!
Love Italian-American classics? Check out her cookbook.
Maangchi
6.39M YouTube Subscribers
Maangchi’s channel is all about cooking, eating, and enjoying Korean cuisine with family and friends. Learn how to make delicious Korean side dishes like Japchae, or how to make your delicious bulgogi and save money eating out. Never had Korean food before? It’s time to change that.
Check out her cookbook, Maangchi’s Big Book of Korean Cooking, which features her favorite dishes that she has perfected over the years — she updated and improved traditional dishes, without losing their authentic spirit!
Munchies
5.15M YouTube Subscribers
Munchies holds a special place in our hearts as our first ever post was based on a Munchies recipe. (Well, technically it was a Matty Matheson recipe for Munchies, but whatever, semantics.) But really though, Matty is the main reason why we’re subscribed to this channel, but there is a lot of other great content such as the videos featuring Action Bronson and their How-To playlist.
My Name Is Andong
688K YouTube Subscribers
Andong deserves more love. The production quality is high and he’s relatable. He covers topics ranging from coleslaw around the world to pantry essentials for quarantine. Check out his videos and subscribe!
NYT Cooking
806K YouTube Subscribers
NYT Cooking features multiple chefs, so you’ll find cuisines from all cultures! They also sometimes feature celebrity guests via their Kitchen Tours series (we love the video where Antoni from Queer Eye shows us his 10 favorite things in the kitchen). You’ll also find Claire and Sohla on this channel sometimes (who are also mentioned in this list).
NYT released a cookbook called No-Recipe Recipes: [A Cookbook]. We can’t wait to get our hands on this!
P.S. — who else is addicted to NYT’s game called Connections?
Rick Martinez
Rick doesn’t have a standalone YouTube channel, and was one of the many people who left Bon Appétit in 2020. He’s a joy to watch, so if you love Mexican cooking be sure to check out his series on Food52 (Mi Cocina and Sweet Heat) and the Babish Culinary Universe (Pruébalo).
His cookbook, Mi Cocina, is full of gems if you want to cook authentic Mexican dishes at home!
Sam The Cooking Guy
3.68M YouTube Subscribers
Sam is fun to watch. If you like meat, you’ll LOVE his channel. If you make everything he makes, you’re guaranteed to gain a few pounds. But that’s okay, the food he makes is delicious. This guy knows how to cook! (We’re very jealous of his backyard BBQ set up.)
Sam also has a cookbook called Recipes with Intentional Leftovers. He’s here to save you from mediocre leftovers. (Thanks, Sam!)
Seonkyoung Longest
2.19M YouTube Subscribers
Seonkyoung Longest has video for almost every Asian dish that you can think of! From traditional shoyu ramen to pad thai — she has you covered. She also has videos about life in Korea and Japan if you’re interested in learning more about authentic food from those countries.
Sohla El-Waylly
Sohla doesn’t have her own YouTube channel, but she deserves a mention because we love her to bits. You can find her with her own show called Stump Sohla on the Babish Culinary Universe, Off-Script with Sohla on Food52’s channel, and Mystery Menu on NYT Cooking. If you want even more Sohla, she also has a newer series on the HISTORY channel making Ancient Recipes.
She’s taking over FoodTube, and we are here for it!
Also check out her new cookbook, Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook.
Uncle Roger (Nigel Ng)
9.04M YouTube Subscribers
HAIYAA! How could we not have included Uncle Roger on our list earlier? We’re ashamed.
Follow Uncle Roger if you want to learn how to master fried rice and the magic of MSG, subscribe to Uncle Roger.
Yeung Man Cooking
1.32M YouTube Subscribers
Yeung Man Cooking focuses on easy plant based recipes. If you’re vegan, you’ll want to subscribe! Even if you’re not, Wil’s plant based dishes look delicious. We appreciate how he edits his videos, it makes it so easy to follow along and cook alongside while watching!
You Suck at Cooking
3.29M YouTube Subscribers
“You suck at cooking, yeah you totally suck.”
Does this channel need an explanation? Subscribe.
What’s your favourite cooking YouTube channel? Let us know in the comments below!