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{{Short description|American basic cable channel launched in 1993}}

{{About|the U.S.American channel|the Canadian version|Food Network (Canadian TV channel)||Food Network (disambiguation)}}

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In addition to its headquarters in [[New York City]], Food Network has offices in [[Atlanta]], [[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]], [[Chicago]], [[Detroit]], [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], [[Cincinnati]], and [[Knoxville]].

Food Network was established on November 23, 1993, 6:00 am as '''TV Food Network''' and in 1997, it adopted its current name. It was acquired by [[Scripps Networks Interactive]]; Scripps Networks Interactive later merged with [[Discovery, Inc.]] in 2018, and [[WarnerMedia]] was merged with Discovery, Inc. to form a single company, Warner Bros. Discovery. {{As of September 2018|2023|11}}, 91Food millionNetwork householdsis receiveavailable Foodto Networkapproximately (98.6%70,000,000 ofpay television households with cable) in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 100,000,000 households.<ref>{{Citecite web|url=https://awfulannouncingwrestlenomics.com/espn/nielsenu-coverages-estimatescable-septembernetwork-espnhouseholds-nbcsnuniverse-nbatv1990-mlbn2023-nfln.htmlnielsen-data/|title=NielsenU.S. coveragecable estimatesnetwork for Septemberhouseholds see gains at ESPN networks(universe), drops1990 at– MLBN and NFLN2023|website=wrestlenomics.com|date=SeptemberMay 1014, 20182024|websiteaccess-date=AwfulJuly Announcing|language=en-US28, 2019}}</ref>

==History==

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In 1990, ''[[The Providence Journal|Providence Journal]]'' company president Trygve Myhren was attempting to grow the company and decided that basic cable programming at the time was a high growth area with cable companies beginning to expand their overall channel capacities. With many basic cable channels at the time, Myhren was looking for something different. With food selected as the channel's genre, the working title for the channel was The Cooking Channel up until the channel's launch. (Although the [[Cooking Channel]] name would later be used for a spin off channel that launched in May 2010) Myhren hired Jack Clifford, Joe Langhan and [[Reese Schonfeld]], co-founder of [[CNN]], to help found the channel. Schonfeld, Landghan and Clifford were CEO, vice president of production and president. Both The Cooking Channel and the Food Network [[trademark]]s were taken by other entities, with the Food Network being a newsletter. Myrhen originally wanted the network to be operated from [[Providence, Rhode Island]] as he argued that a cable network's costs were much more scalable from a lower-profile location, while Schonfeld preferred it be originated from [[New York City|New York]], considered the American nucleus of [[culinary arts]]; Schonfeld's preference eventually won out, though at the peril of the network's launch budget, which was lower than it would have been from Providence.<ref name="grubst">{{cite news |last1=Sugar |first1=Rachel |title=How Food Network Turned Big-city Chef Culture Into Middle-America Pop Culture |url=https://www.grubstreet.com/2017/11/early-days-food-network-oral-history.html |access-date=January 17, 2020 |work=Grub Street |date=November 30, 2017 |language=en-us}}</ref>

Food Network was formed on April 19, 1993, as "TV Food Network"; its legal name remains Television Food Network, G. P. After acquiring the Food Network trademark after several years, it shortened the name to that. The network initially launched on November 22, 1993, with two initial shows featuring [[David Rosengarten]], [[Donna Hanover]], and [[Robin Leach]]. On November 23, 1993, Food Network began live broadcasting.<ref>{{Citation|last=The New School|title=The Founding of the Food Network: A 20 Year Retrospective|date=2013-09-30|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6TH1Bdq-ZI&t=760s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/t6TH1Bdq-ZI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=August 6, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Its original partners included the Journal itself, [[Adelphia Communications Corporation|Adelphia]], [[E. W. Scripps Company|Scripps-Howard]], [[MediaOne|Continental Cablevision]], [[Cablevision]], and most importantly, the [[Tribune Media|Tribune Company]], which provided the network's technical output.

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In January 2015, the Food Network collaborated with [[Snapchat]] and launched its own Food Network channel, "Discover Food Network", where social media users can watch the channel through the app. The channel features recipes, food hacks, and tips to entertain and appeal to the social media savvy millennials of today while watching from the palm of their hands.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/fn-dish/news/2015/01/food-network-launches-new-discover-food-network-channel-on-snapchat|title=Food Network Launches New "Discover Food Network" Channel on Snapchat|work=Food Network|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref>

In June 2020, [[Domaine Javier]] became the first-ever openly [[transgender woman]] to be featured in the history of Food Network, through the 20th season of the hit reality-competition series ''[[Worst Cooks in America]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Worst Cooks in America, Season 20: Meet the Recruits|work=Food Network|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/photos/worst-cooks-season-20-meet-the-recruits|url-status=dead|access-date=2020-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614193845/https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/worst-cooks-in-america/photos/worst-cooks-season-20-meet-the-recruits|archive-date=June 14, 2020}}</ref>

==Food Network programming ==

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==Food Network properties in video games==

Red Fly Studio developed a video game for the [[Wii]] console in partnership with Food Network called ''[[Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked|Cook or Be Cooked]]''. The game, which was published by [[Namco Bandai Games]] and was released on November 33rd, 2009, simulates real cooking experiences.<ref>{{cite news|author=Nelson, Randy|date=April 30, 2009|title=Joystiq impressions: Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked|work=Joystiq.com|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/30/joystiq-impressions-food-network-cook-or-be-cooked/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903231046/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/30/joystiq-impressions-food-network-cook-or-be-cooked/|archive-date=September 3, 2012|access-date=May 2, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Brion, Raphael|date=October 22, 2009|title=Upcoming: Food Network's Cook or Be Cooked Video Game|work=EatMeDaily.com|url=http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/10/upcoming-food-networks-cook-or-be-cooked-video-game/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120731060035/http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/10/upcoming-food-networks-cook-or-be-cooked-video-game/|archive-date=July 31, 2012|access-date=October 29, 2009}}</ref> Players can also try out the recipes featured on the game. ThereOther isgames also a video game based oninclude ''[[Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine]]'', entitledbased on ''[[Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OipDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA193|title=Cooking as Fast as I Can: A Chef's Story of Family, Food, and Forgiveness|author=Cat Cora|author-link=Cat Cora|year=2016|publisher=Simon and Schuster|page=193|isbn=9781476766157}}</ref> Theand PC game ''[[Cooking Simulator]]'', alsodeveloped by Big Cheese studio and released on October 24th, 2019, which has extended [[downloadable content]] branded with Food Network branding, including a kitchen which resembles a Food Network competitive cooking show's studio, complete with a studio audience section. This simulator was developed by Big Cheese studio and was released on October 24, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cooking Simulator - Cooking with Food Network on Steam|url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1168680/Cooking_Simulator__Cooking_with_Food_Network/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=store.steampowered.com|language=en}}</ref>

==International variants and languages==

===UK and Ireland ===

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On December 1, 2018, [[Discovery Networks Asia Pacific]] rebranded its Food TV channel in New Zealand to a [[Food Network (New Zealand)|New Zealand version]] of Food Network.<ref name="NZ Launch">{{cite web|date=26 October 2018|title=Christmas comes early as Food Network launches on Sky|url=https://www.sky.co.nz/-/mk_foodnetwork_launch|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071445/https://www.sky.co.nz/-/mk_foodnetwork_launch|archive-date=November 30, 2018|access-date=30 November 2018|publisher=[[Sky Network Television]]}}</ref> On February 3, 2021, Sky announced that Food Network would close in New Zealand and a selection of Food Network shows would be moved to its sister channel, [[Living (New Zealand)|Living]]. On March 1, 2021 the channel was replaced by [[Investigation Discovery]].<ref name="Sky Channel Changes">{{cite web|publisher=[[Sky (New Zealand)|Sky]]|url=https://www.sky.co.nz/channel-changes-faqs|title=Channel Changes FAQs - Sky|date=3 February 2021|access-date=3 February 2021}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The Food Network airs in Spanish on the Hogar de HGTV channel. They share this network with [[Warner Brothers|Discovery]] and [[HGTV]].

Food Network was available in the Netherlands and Flanders between April 22, 2010<ref>{{cite web|author=Jarco Kriek|date=20 April 2010|title=Food Network Channel in Nederland beschikbaar|url=https://www.totaaltv.nl/nl/nieuws/food-network-channel-in-nederland-beschikbaar/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131201312/https://www.totaaltv.nl/nl/nieuws/food-network-channel-in-nederland-beschikbaar/|archive-date=January 31, 2019|access-date=31 January 2019|work=TotaalTV.nl|language=nl}}</ref> and January 31, 2019. Content from former Scripps television channels [[Travel Channel International|Travel Channel]], [[Fine Living (European TV channel)|Fine Living]] and Food Network has been integrated into the programming of [[Discovery (Dutch TV channel)|Discovery]], [[TLC (Dutch TV channel)|TLC]] and [[Investigation Discovery (European TV channel)|Investigation Discovery]] in the Benelux.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.totaaltv.nl/nieuws/travel-channel-fine-living-en-food-network-stoppen-in-benelux/|title=Travel Channel, Fine Living en Food Network stoppen in Benelux|publisher=TotaalTV.nl|author=Jarco Kriek|date=28 November 2018|language=nl}}</ref>

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=== Consumerism and programming ===

While Food Network programming generally does not explicitly advertise products, author Cheri Ketchum argues that Food Network advertises a lifestyle that is consistent with the norms of consumer culture.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Cable Visions: Television Beyond Broadcasting|date=2007|publisher=NYU Press|jstor=j.ctt9qg15n|isbn=978-0-8147-9949-9}}</ref> Ketchum argues that Food Network deliberately chooses non-controversial programming, rather than programming which challenges aspects of consumer culture such as food classism, food deserts, [[food waste]], and environmental impacts of food production.<ref name=":0" /> Critics of Food Network such as Michael Z. Newman argue that the use of lighting and close-ups, along with the use of conventionally attractive hosts, create a fetishization of desirable foods and a consumerist lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite book|title=How To Watch Television|date=2013|publisher=NYU Press|jstor=j.ctt9qght3|isbn=978-0-8147-4531-1}}</ref>

=== Racial representation ===

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==See also==

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*[[Food Network (Canadian TV channel)]]

*[[7food network]]

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==External links==

* {{Official website|foodnetwork.com}}

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