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.

Best Food & Drink Podcasts Updated 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

It’s All About Food

The Bourbon Hunters Podcast

To Dine For

The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly

Bartender at Large

VinePair Podcast

The Wine Pair Podcast

The Wine Pair

Foodie's Paradise With Arroe Collins

Skates & Plates

Wine Talks with Paul K.

Paul K from the Original Wine of the Month Club

Food 101

The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW)

Kim Simone And Mark Lenzi

Every Bite

Sips, Suds, & Smokes

The Rouxde Cooking School Podcast

BLTNT Podcast

Eat. Talk. Repeat.

Beverage Business Briefing

FULL COMP: The Voice of the Restaurant Industry Revolution

Josh Kopel

The LA Food Podcast

The Wine Show Australia

Simon Nash and Jill Upton

BBQ Nation

JT and LeeAnn Whippen

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Walk-In Talk Podcast

Bourbon Pursuit

The Gooden Life

The Mash Up

Where Y'Eat

Cooking Your Way Through Life

The Modern Waiter Podcast

Food with Mark Bittman

Wine with Meg + Mel

Mel Gilcrist, Meg Brodtmann

Table Talk with Rosanna Caira

Food, Flowers, & Fun: Visits with farm women from around the world

Deep in the Weeds - A Food Podcast with Anthony Huckstep

Grilling At The Green

Adventures Of A Black Belt Sommelier

Whiskey@Work

100% Eat

The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

Forrest Kelly

The Food Professor

The Delicious Legacy

grow, cook, eat, arrange with Sarah Raven & friends

Sarah Raven

Brewsers

Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

Food Friends

The Wine Makers on Radio Misfits

The Wine Makers

The Restaurant Guys

American Whiskey Show

Into The Barchive

Restaurant Hoppen

Hurrdat Media

Everyday Beans Podcast - Mostly About Coffee and Other Stuff

The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

The Go To Food Podcast

A Taste of AZ

All About Beer

BBQ RADIO NETWORK

Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast

Steve Koehler and Lyndal Scranton

Recipe to Revenue

Leah Messina | Sinuate Media

The Food Chain

Pepper & Me

IT’S JUST COFFEE!

Over A Glass with Shanteh Wale, a wine & drinks podcast

I Hate the White Stuff

CRAFTED

Thanks! It's Vintage

The Local Food Report

Meet the Farmers

A Hot Dog Is a Sandwich

Wine Access Unfiltered

wineaccess.com

Recipe Club

The Ringer

Wine 101

VinePair

The Aftertaste

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio

Digest This

Cider Chat

The Sloppy Boys

Unreserved Wine Talk

Natalie MacLean

Long Ash Podcast

The Mess Hall

The Sipping Point: Wine, Food & More!

Drink Beer, Think Beer With John Holl

All About Beer

The Nightcap

Where Wine Takes You - A Paso Wine Podcast

Adam Montiel

Vknow Geek Wine Podcast

Flavor Odyssey

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

Eating History

Bourbon, Brass & Beyond

The Food Guys Podcast

Dirty Linen - A Food Podcast with Dani Valent

Ready Set BBQ Podcast

Aaron

Bitches That Brunch

Savor

The Chef JKP Podcast

Deep South Dining

Quetorials

The Maria Liberati Show

ABV Chicago Craft Beer Podcast

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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.