Unique Eats is a TV series on Cooking Channel about various restaurants across the United States and their signature dishes. The show features talking head interviews with various chefs and food critics who give their judgement about the foods. Each episode focuses on one theme, such as "comfort foods" or "desserts".
Regular cast
The Unique Eats cast is made up of food industry professionals; such as chefs, restaurateurs, cookbook authors, food writers and even home cooks who all describe their favorite dishes at eating establishments featured in each episode.
- Nick Alexander - Executive Chef
- Karine Bakhoum - Restaurant Consultant
- Jamie Bissonnette - Chef
- Steve Dolinsky - Food Writer
- Anthony Hoy Fong - Chef
- Amanda Freitag - Chef
- Eddie Huang - Restaurateur/Cooking show host (Cheap Bites)
- David Joachim - Food Writer
- Candice Kumai - Chef/Food Writer
- Ian Knauer - Cookbook Author
- Mourad Lahlou - Chef/Cookbook Author
- The Lee Bros. (Matt & Ted Lee) - Food Writers
- Ed Levine - Founder, SeriousEats.com
- Debi Mazar - Actress/Cooking Show Host (Extra Virgin)
- Catherine McCord - Food Writer
- Yigit Pura - Pastry Chef
- Marcus Samuelsson - Chef/Restaurateur
- Tamara Reynolds - Food Writer
- Bradley Rubin - Restauanter
- Aarón Sanchez - Chef/Restaurateur
- Aarti Sequeira - Cooking Show Host (Aarti Party)
- Mike Thelin - Food Writer
- Lee Anne Wong - Chef/TV Personality
- Andrew Zimmern - Cooking Show Host (Bizarre Foods)
Episode list
Season 1 (2010)
| № | # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Comfort Foods" | May 31, 2010 |
| 2 | 2 | "Meats" | May 31, 2010 |
| 3 | 3 | "Desserts" | June 14, 2010 |
| 4 | 4 | "Gastropubs" | June 21, 2010 |
| 5 | 5 | "Hand-Held Eats" | July 15, 2010 |
| 6 | 6 | "Adventure" | August 2, 2010 |
| 7 | 7 | "Food Fantasy" | August 9, 2010 |
| 8 | 8 | "Americana" | August 9, 2010 |
| 9 | 9 | "Great Spaces" | August 16, 2010 |
| 10 | 10 | "Italian" | August 23, 2010 |
Season 2 (2010-2011)
| № | # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Brunch" | November 21, 2010 |
| 12 | 2 | "Late-Night Eats" | November 28, 2010 |
| 13 | 3 | "Cupcakes" | December 5, 2010 |
| 14 | 4 | "Southern Favorites" | December 12, 2010 |
| 15 | 5 | "Burgers" | December 19, 2010 |
| 16 | 6 | "Ice Cream" | December 26, 2010 |
| 17 | 7 | "Sandwiches" | January 23, 2011 |
| 18 | 8 | "Chocolate" | January 30, 2011 |
| 19 | 9 | "Street Food" | February 9, 2011 |
| 20 | 10 | "Extreme Farm to Table" | February 27, 2011 |
| 21 | 11 | "Cheese" | March 13, 2011 |
| 22 | 12 | "Drinks" | March 20, 2011 |
| 23 | 13 | "Small Plates" | March 27, 2011 |
Season 3 (2011)
| № | # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | "Seafood" | April 3, 2011 |
| 25 | 2 | "Asian" | April 10, 2011 |
| 26 | 3 | "Delis" | April 17, 2011 |
| 27 | 4 | "Pubs" | April 24, 2011 |
| 28 | 5 | "Bistro" | April 31, 2011 |
| 29 | 6 | "BBQ" | June 5, 2011 |
| 30 | 7 | "Pizza" | June 12, 2011 |
| 31 | 8 | "Chicken" | June 26, 2011 |
| 32 | 9 | "Neighborhood Gems" | June 19, 2011 |
| 33 | 10 | "Cheap Eats" | July 3, 2011 |
| 34 | 11 | "Fried Food" | July 10, 2011 |
| 35 | 12 | "Lunch Spots" | July 17, 2011 |
| 36 | 13 | "Wine Bars" | July 31, 2011 |
Season 4 (2011-2012)
| № | # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | "Queens" | November 27, 2011 |
| 38 | 2 | "Between the Bun" | December 4, 2011 |
| 39 | 3 | "Mexican" | January 1, 2012 |
| 40 | 4 | "Bar Food" | January 8, 2012 |
| 41 | 5 | "Eat & Sleep" | January 15, 2012 |
| 42 | 6 | "Maine Weekend" | January 22, 2012 |
| 43 | 7 | "Comfort Foods" | January 22, 2012 |
| 44 | 8 | "Wine Country Weekend" | February 12, 2012 |
| 45 | 9 | "Local Legends" | February 19, 2012 |
| 33 | 10 | "Dirt Cheap & Delicious" | February 26, 2012 |
| 46 | 11 | "Food By Fire" | March 4, 2012 |
| 47 | 12 | "Portland Weekend" | March 18, 2012 |
| 48 | 13 | "Pasta" | March 25, 2012 |
| 49 | 14 | "Philadelphia Weekend" | April 22, 2012 |
Season 5 (2012)
| № | # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 1 | "Eat Your Veggies" | April 29, 2012 |
| 51 | 2 | "Craving Comfort" | May 6, 2012 |
| 52 | 3 | "Hot Spots" | May 27, 2012 |
| 53 | 4 | "Nostalgis Noshes" | June 10, 2012 |
| 54 | 5 | "Romantic Spots" | June 17, 2012 |
| 55 | 6 | "Global" | June 24, 2012 |
| 56 | 7 | "Mash-Ups" | July 1, 2012 |
| 57 | 8 | "Hot & Spicy" | July 8, 2012 |
| 58 | 9 | "Off the Grid" | July 15, 2012 |
| 59 | 10 | "Vegas" | July 22, 2012 |
| 60 | 11 | "Polynesian Paradise" | August 26, 2012 |
| 61 | 12 | "Houston Weekend" | August 3, 2012 |
| 62 | 13 | "Seafood" | September 3, 2012 |
Season 6 (2013)
| № | # | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 1 | "Old School" | August 11, 2013 |
| 64 | 2 | "Hotlanta" | August 18, 2013 |
| 65 | 3 | "Swine" | August 25, 2013 |
| 66 | 4 | "Chi-Town" | September 1, 2013 |
| 67 | 5 | "Innovators" | September 8, 2013 |
| 68 | 6 | "Modern Italian" | September 15, 2013 |
| 69 | 7 | "Reinvention" | September 22, 2013 |
| 70 | 8 | "New Asian" | September 29, 2013 |
| 71 | 9 | "Small Bites" | October 6, 2013 |
| 72 | 10 | "Hot Lunch Spots" | October 13, 2013 |
| 73 | 11 | "Ethnic Eats" | October 27, 2013 |
| 74 | 12 | "Brooklyn Rising" | November 3, 2013 |
