Food is a subject that draws a lot of interest and it's present on all sorts of media as television, books, magazines and radio. It wouldn't be different with the Internet. There is a lot of food content online, from professional recipes' websites to individual blogs about food. Recently video has been gaining importance on the Internet, consequently online cooking shows and videos are arising. The Web 2.0 allows different kinds of content also produced by the users. To have a cooking show or to record one recipe and show it to the world, you don't have to be a celebrity
Traditional Television
From Wikipedia:
"A TV cooking show is a television program that presents the preparation of food, in a kitchen on the studio set. The host of the show, usually a celebrity chef, prepares one or more dishes over the course of the show, taking the viewing audience through the food's preparation showing all intermediate stages of cooking."
New media
Traditional Content Online
Martha Stewart
Food Channel Network
On these websites the content aired on TV is made available online.
Food and Wine - video online as a plus to the magazine
New kinds of shows
On these we see people cooking from their home and showing some tips and real-kitchen attempts.
Videoblogs as a tool that facilitate the technical side.
Start Cooking with Kathy Maister
A stop-montion language with a narration - we probably wouldn't see that on TV
Clean design and use of graphics and editing
Crash Test Kitchen
British couple cooking from their home.
They fight during the recipes a lot
Long videos
Recipes don't always work
Niche inside the food niche
Chocolate Television
A video website dedicated to chocolate, with recipes, news, and other topics of interest
Freshtopia
A blog about food, sustainability and the environment.
It uses the traditional television format and brings extra information about the food, such as some historical background
Variety cooking videos websites
Taste TV
Offers more than food content, also design, fashion and lifestyle (I believe this is a weakness because it becomes a little hard to understand exactly what the website is about)
Cooking up a story - stories about people and food
Imcooked - cook it. film it. share it
Real Meals
Lights, camera, cook!
Different channels:
yourmeals
promeals
realspirits
healthymeals
Navigation is easier
Playlist besides the screen
Some editing on the videos and overlay information about the recipe
The same opening graphics for all the videos give a feeling of unity, of a TV channel
Tips
Mix of chefs' recipes with users' recipes
