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Kitchen Nightmares
Kitchen Nightmares (Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, UK original) is a Gordon Ramsay reality franchise in which he rescues failing restaurants; five UK series from 2004, a US run 2007-2014, revived on Fox in 2023 with seasons through 2026.
Korean Englishman (영국남자)
Korean Englishman (영국남자) is a YouTube channel created 7 June 2013 by British creators Josh Carrott and Oliver Kendal, introducing Korean food and culture to British audiences in Korean and English; about 6.2 million subscribers, with a second channel, Jolly.
L.A. Beast
L.A. Beast, also known as Kevin Thomas Strahle, is a professional competitive eater who has set Guinness World Records, including eating nine powdered doughnuts in three minutes.
La Tomatina
La Tomatina is Buñol, Spain's annual tomato-throwing festival on the last Wednesday of August, begun in 1945, banned under Franco, legalized in 1959, capped at 22,000 ticket holders, and a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Internacional since 2002.
Laura Sharrad
Laura Sharrad (née Cassai) is an Australian chef who was twice MasterChef runner-up (2014, 2020) before winning Back To Win 2025 with 80/90 points and $250,000; co-founder of Adelaide's Nido and Fugazzi and author of two Italian cookbooks.
Let them eat cake
"Let them eat cake" (Qu'ils mangent de la brioche) is a saying misattributed to Marie Antoinette; it appears in Rousseau's Confessions (written 1765, published 1782) as an unnamed princess's remark, with the first attribution to the queen appearing only in 1843.
Let's Eat Dinner Together (같이 먹고 싶다할 때 없다)
Let's Eat Dinner Together (한끼줍쇼) was a JTBC Korean reality variety show (2016–2020, 164 episodes) in which hosts Kang Ho-dong and Lee Kyung-kyu knocked unannounced on doors to share dinner with ordinary families; rebooted in 2025 as One Meal Show.
List of Christmas dishes
Christmas dishes: festive foods and drinks served at Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Epiphany meals worldwide. Includes Polish Wigilia carp, British turkey and Christmas pudding, Italian panettone, Greek yiaprakia, Japanese KFC, Nigerian jollof rice, and eggnog.
List of Iron Chef America episodes
Iron Chef America episode list: 13 Food Network seasons, 2005-2018, about 231-236 episodes, plus four Battle of the Masters specials from April-May 2004; matchups like Flay vs. Bayless.
List of The Great Food Truck Race episodes
Episode and season guide for The Great Food Truck Race (American TV series, Food Network, premiered August 15, 2010), Tyler Florence's food truck competition; 19 themed seasons, $50,000 prize, lowest seller eliminated weekly.
Luca Manfè
Luca Manfè, Italian chef from Aviano, Friuli, and New York restaurant manager; winner of MasterChef US Season 4 (2013), first male and first returning winner, cookbook author of My Italian Kitchen, Dinner with Luca host.
Madhur Jaffrey (मधुर जाफ़री)
Madhur Jaffrey (मधुर जाफ़री), born 1933, is an Indian-born actress and cookbook author in New York whose 1973 An Invitation to Indian Cooking and 1982 BBC series brought regional Indian cooking to British and American home cooks; she has written over 30 cookbooks and won seven James Beard Awards.
Man v. Food
Man v. Food is an American food reality series, premiered December 3, 2008 on Travel Channel with Adam Richman, revived 2017 with Casey Webb on Cooking Channel, last episode November 8, 2022, now revived as Men v. Food with Fitzpatrick and Wilfork.
Marc Summers
Marc Summers (born 1951, born Marc Berkowitz) is an American TV host who hosted Nickelodeon's Double Dare (1986–1994) and Food Network's Unwrapped (2001–2011), later producing Restaurant: Impossible and hosting the podcast Marc Summers Unwraps.
Mary Berry
Dame Mary Berry (born 1935, Bath) is an English food writer and TV presenter, Le Cordon Bleu-trained, author of 70-plus cookbooks, and Bake Off judge 2010–2016; CBE 2012, Dame 2020.
Maslenitsa (Масленица)
Maslenitsa (Масленица), or Butter Week, is the East Slavic pre-Lenten festival of blini, effigy burning, and Forgiveness Sunday, aligned with Orthodox Cheesefare Week before Great Lent.
MasterChef
MasterChef is a competitive cooking TV format created by Franc Roddam, launched on BBC One in 1990 and rebooted in 2005. Adapted in over 70 territories, it holds the Guinness World Record as the most successful cookery format, with spin-offs like Celebrity and Junior MasterChef.
MasterChef (American TV series)
MasterChef (US) is a FOX cooking competition, premiered July 2010, hosted by Gordon Ramsay with Joe Bastianich and Tiffany Derry, in which amateur cooks compete for $250,000 and the MasterChef title.
MasterChef (British TV series)
MasterChef (British TV series), BBC One cooking competition launched 1990 with Lloyd Grossman, revived 2005 with Gregg Wallace and John Torode; global format sold to 200+ territories; hosts replaced in 2025 by Grace Dent and Anna Haugh after misconduct investigation.
MasterChef Australia
MasterChef Australia is Network 10's competitive cooking show, an adaptation of the British MasterChef format, running since 2009 with a $250,000 prize. Season 18 (2026) was judged by Andy Allen, Poh Ling Yeow, Sofia Levin and Jean-Christophe Novelli and won by Vinnie Gibaldi.
MasterChef Canada
MasterChef Canada is a CTV competitive cooking reality show for amateur home cooks, part of the MasterChef franchise, airing since 2014 with judges Claudio Aprile, Michael Bonacini, Alvin Leung, and later Mary Berg, Hugh Acheson, and Craig Wong.
MasterChef India
MasterChef India: Hindi-language Indian adaptation of the MasterChef cooking-competition format, launched 16 October 2010 on StarPlus with Akshay Kumar, produced by Endemol Shine India, moved to Sony TV in 2022; season 9 won by sibling duo Vikram and Ajinkya Gandhe.
MasterChef Junior
MasterChef Junior is the children's edition of the MasterChef cooking competition format, for home cooks aged about 8 to 13. Distinct national versions run in the US on Fox, in Spain (moving from RTVE to Disney+), and on Telefe in Argentina.
MasterChef: The Professionals
MasterChef: The Professionals is the BBC's British cooking competition for working professional chefs, a MasterChef spin-off created by Loyd Grossman and Gary Rhodes, first aired 25 August 2008 on BBC Two, judged by Marcus Wareing, Monica Galetti, and Matt Tebbutt since 2026.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, by Julia Child, Simone Beck, and Louisette Bertholle (Knopf, 1961; Volume Two 1970), is the 524-recipe cookbook that taught Americans classic French technique and, with The French Chef, launched America's food media boom.
Matt Stonie
Matt "Megatoad" Stonie, San Jose competitive eater and YouTuber, won the 2015 Nathan's Famous contest with 62 hot dogs, ending Joey Chestnut's eight-year streak; he holds 14 eating records.
Max the Meat Guy
Max the Meat Guy is Max Greb, a Boston-based American meat-focused food creator on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, founder of MaxJerky, with about 10.3 million YouTube subscribers and McCormick Grill Mates seasoning blends.
Mel and Sue
Mel and Sue are a British comedy double act of Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, the original hosts of The Great British Bake Off from 2010 to 2016.
Michael Jackson (beer writer)
Michael Jackson, known as the Beer Hunter, was a British journalist whose books on beer and whisky sold over three million copies and shaped craft brewing.
Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan, American author and UC Berkeley journalism professor, wrote The Omnivore's Dilemma, In Defense of Food, How to Change Your Mind, and the 2026 consciousness book A World Appears.