The Best Food & Cooking Podcasts of 2026

The best food and drink podcasts, ranked by global listener score. Cooking technique and weeknight recipes, chef and restaurant stories, the history behind what we eat, and deep dives into wine, coffee and everything else worth drinking.

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98 food & drink podcasts — under the radar, ranked by WP Score

Bourbon Pursuit

Bourbon, Brass & Beyond

Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Between Two Fermenters

The Restaurant Guys

The LA Food Podcast

The Beerists Craft Beer Podcast

The Beerists

GialloZafferano.com

The No Dishes Podcast

Tip of the Tongue

Tinfoil Swans

PA Whiskey Guys

Recipe of the Day - Cure Your Dinner Indecision

M.C.P. Productions, Christine Pittman

BBQ Therapy

Tavis S Bryant

Brewsers

The Bitter Truth About Food Podcast

Beer In Front

Dave Zalatoris

Ingredipedia

The Joy of Cooking Podcast

The Whiskey Lore® Podcast

The Gardening with Joey & Holly radio show Podcast/Garden talk radio show (heard across the country)

The Gardening with Joey & Holly radio show (The Wisconsin vegetable gardener)

Food For Kids

Beyond Organic Wine

The Hospitality Hangout | Restaurant Industry Trends & Hospitality Leaders

Michael Schatzberg & Jimmy Frischling - Hospitality Insiders | Expert Strategies & Trends.', Hosts: Michael Schatzberg and Jimmy Frischling | Branded Hospitality Media, Hospitality Insiders | Michael Schatzberg & Jimmy Frischling | Branded Hospitality Media

FlavorVille Radio – Straight Outta the Kitchen (Premiere Episode)

Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

Food Friends

five beer plan

Buffalo Beer Buzz

Ride Along

American Food Podcast

All About Beer

The Homestead Challenge Podcast | Suburban Homesteading, Gardening, Food From Scratch, Sustainable Living

Italian Wine Podcast

Something Stirring

WhiskyCast

Sips, Suds, & Smokes

Wine Blast with Susie and Peter

Susie and Peter, Masters of Wine

The BBQ Central Show

Pizza Story Podcast

Quetorials

Food For Thought With Billy & Jenny

Not Another Whisky Podcast

Just Cheesy: The Podcast!

5 Minute Food Fix

A Taste of AZ

SOMM TV wine & food

SOMM TV

Magic With Gadgets

One Nation Under Whisky

Single Cask Nation Productions

The Go To Food Podcast

R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Culinary Connections: Asian American Food Stories

Three Food Memories

The F4 Hunger Awareness Show

Cooking with Paula McIntyre

A Harte Appetite

Flavors of Time: Stories Behind Iconic Dishes

Gravy

Vegan Week

Enough of the Falafel

Sauced

Chi-Town Cigar Podcast

Vegetarians & Meat-Lovers: Split Table Recipes

Julie Hoag

This Is TASTE

Ben's Allergy & Restaurant Reviews

Ben Alexander

Mo Head Y'all

The Bourbon Daily

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine

The Scotchy Bourbon Boys

Dine & Dish

Bourbon Lens

Wine Time Fridays Podcast

Phil

Food and Loathing | Covering the Las Vegas Food Scene

"The Good Stuff"

Cheers with Nat

The Fork Report w Neil Saavedra

3 Dudes' Brews

Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass

Chef Phil & Eric | Experienced Cooks & Restaurant Insiders

The Maria Liberati Show

Agrarian Futures

Special Sauce with Ed Levine

SNACKS!

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

I Hate the White Stuff

The See Food Diet

In the Booth with Babish

The Local Food Report

Adventures Of A Black Belt Sommelier

VinePair Podcast

The Sauce - A St. Louis Restaurant Show

The Rotten Apple Food Safety Podcast

The Nightcap

BBQ RADIO NETWORK

Learn About World Cuisine

The Chef JKP Podcast

Fishwives of Paris

Everyday Cooks Recipe Club

Kelly Smith

A Mississippi Sippers Podcast: Dedicated to Life, Libations, and Good Times

She's My Cherry Pie

Cookbook Love Podcast

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The big names

The best-known shows on this list

Dish

Cold Glass Productions

Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware

Jessie Ware

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How we rank Food & Drink podcasts

Every podcast on WhichPodcast is ranked using WP Score — our own proprietary algorithm that weighs audience reach, episode consistency, cross-platform presence, and listener engagement signals across Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Unlike single-platform metrics, WP Score reflects a show's true footprint across the entire podcast landscape. The food & drink podcasts above are the highest-scoring shows in this genre right now, updated regularly as new data comes in.

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Frequently asked questions

Can you actually cook along with a food podcast?

Some are designed for it, with the recipe in the show notes and the steps paced for a kitchen. Most are not — they are stories, interviews and history, better suited to the washing-up than the cooking. The show description usually makes the difference clear.

What are the best podcasts about restaurants and the food industry?

Restaurant and industry shows are one of the strongest groups in this genre, covering kitchen culture, the economics of running a room, and long interviews with chefs and owners. They tend to be narrative or interview-led and run longer than recipe shows.

Are there podcasts just about wine, coffee or beer?

Yes, and they are surprisingly deep. Drink-specific shows range from beginner-friendly explainers to genuinely technical programmes aimed at people in the trade. Searching the drink by name is faster than browsing the whole genre.

Are food podcasts good for cooking beginners?

Some are excellent for it. Look for shows built around technique rather than recipes, which teach you why something works instead of a list of steps you cannot read while listening. The Hidden Gems toggle is worth trying here — several of the best teaching shows have modest audiences.