The best TV series set in kitchens and restaurants
The top 3 according to 129 votes from people: Boiling Point (2023) · Julia (2022) · The Bear (2022). (Updated Mar 20, 2026.)
Fiction only, no cooking contests: from The Bear and Boiling Point to Kitchen Confidential and Midnight Diner, the restaurant series picked by Yardbarker and LBB.
Top 12
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1
Boiling Point (2023)
The BBC series following the one-take film: a London kitchen on the edge.
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2
Julia (2022)
Julia Child and the making of her TV cooking show.
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3
The Bear (2022)
A fine-dining chef takes over his late brother's Chicago sandwich shop.
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4
Kitchen Confidential (2005)
Bradley Cooper as a chef in the Fox series based on Anthony Bourdain's memoir.
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5
Gentefied (2020)
Cousins try to save their grandfather's taco shop in Boyle Heights.
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6
Sweetbitter (2018)
A newcomer learns the ropes at an upscale New York restaurant.
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7
Midnight Diner (Shinya Shokudō, 2009)
A Tokyo diner open from midnight to 7 a.m. and the stories of its regulars.
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8
Samurai Gourmet (2017)
A newly retired man discovers the joys of eating out.
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9
Whites (2010)
BBC comedy: Alan Davies as a head chef who has lost interest in cooking.
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10
Bob's Burgers (2011)
The Belcher family and their struggling burger joint.
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11
Pushing Daisies (2007)
A pie maker who can bring the dead back to life with a touch.
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12
Party Down (2009)
Failed actors working for an L.A. catering company.
Candidates
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13
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House (2023)
Hirokazu Kore-eda: a teenage cook for the maiko of Kyoto.
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14
2 Broke Girls (2011)
Two waitresses at a Brooklyn diner dream of opening a cupcake shop.
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