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Cooking Channel
is an
Anerican
television channel
It replaced
Fine Living Network
from May 31, 2010. The channel is owned by
Scripps Networks Interactive
. It is a
spinoff
of
Food Network
which is also owned by SNI. The channel focuses more on instructional programs than "
reality style
" and competitions that
Food Network
is now geared towards. The original plan was to make the change in the fall of 2010.
[1]
It was later announced that the switch would be made on May 31, 2010 to happen with
Memorial Day
in the
United States
.
[2]
Cooking Channel launched a
high-definition
channel on June 30, 2010. The channel has also announced it eventually will offer an
on demand
version.
[1]
Many of
Food Network
's top
chefs
and
celebrities
had new programs on the channel starting in the fall of 2010. These included -
Emeril Lagasse
,
Rachael Ray
and
Bobby Flay
. Lagasse's program,
Emeril's Fresh Food Fast
, showed viewers how fresh food can be prepared in a short amount of time without the lose of authentic taste. Flay's program,
Bruch @ Bobby's
focused on Weekend bruches/ Ray's program,
Week In a Day
showedviewers how to plan a week's menu by cooking them all in a single day.
[3]
The channel also carried the new "post-game" show for
The Next Food Network Star
.
[3]
It also aried
replays
of programs from cooks in
Canada
and
Great Britain
, These include Food Network Canada host
David Rocco
's
David Rocco's Dolce Vita
and
Irish
chef
Rachel Allen
's
Rachel Allen: Bake!
.
- ↑
1.0
1.1
Scripps Rebranding Fine Living Into Cooking Channel
,
MultiChannel News
, October 8, 2009
- ↑
Another Cable Helping for Food Lovers
,
New York Times
, February 18, 2010
- ↑
3.0
3.1
Cooking Channel Launch To Simmer In Stages
,
Multichannel News
, April 25, 2010