Cooking Competitions to Watch While Pondering How to Chef It Up

Fall is approaching so that means we’re rounding out the end of cookout season. This is the time media tends to haul out the rest of their material surrounding grilling and barbecue. Netflix just dropped Chef’s Table BBQ, documentaries surrounding grill masters and how they approach their craft. Netflix will also be dropping the American Barbecue Showdown later this month. The focus on cuisines and what each season represents when it comes to harvests and traditions comes together in the later months of the year. When we think about cooking competitions, we often wish we could just put our hands through the television to taste what the judges are having. Some of us are inspired to make it ourselves, head to the kitchen to gather our ingredients, and begin to research to the ends of the earth to make our own inspired dishes. Love Gathered Around the Table: The Big Family Cooking Showdown

The Big Family Cooking Showdown is probably one of the most chill cooking competitions I have ever seen. Compared to most cooking competitions this would be considered the most “rustic” as the focus is bringing teamwork and flavors to the judges. This show highlights families from various cultures and tests their dynamics against other families, challenging them to bring innovative dishes to the table. If you’re looking for a relaxing show that reflects on the ideology of “togetherness” than this is the cooking show for you. For a cooking competition with home cooks they dive a bit deeper i…