Results: Cooking shows as guilty pleasures
Cooking shows are often considered "guilty pleasures" because
they offer a blend of comfort, escapism, and low-stakes drama that is easy to consume without much mental effort.
1.
1.
Do you watch Cooking shows as guilty pleasures?
Yes
29%
•
501 votes
No
71%
•
1199 votes
2.
2.
If you do, which one(s) do you watch? Select all that apply Top Chef
12%
•
206 votes
Masterchef
15%
•
254 votes
Hell's Kitchen
14%
•
245 votes
Chopped
12%
•
197 votes
Chef's Table
3%
•
57 votes
Great British Bake Off
10%
•
173 votes
Guy's Grocery Games
8%
•
143 votes
Beat Bobby Flay
8%
•
142 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
•
43 votes
Not Applicable
60%
•
1015 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.34% | 5 | |
| mary berg | 0.14% | 2 |
| dines, dinners, and dives | 0.07% | 1 |
| Anything that comes up as I surf | 0.07% | 1 |
| The Christmas, Spring, Summer and Halloween Baking Championships | 0.07% | 1 |
| America's Test Kitchen, Cooks Kitchen | 0.07% | 1 |
| i watch the mary berg show | 0.07% | 1 |
| My kitchen rules | 0.07% | 1 |
| kids baking championship | 0.07% | 1 |
| Anthony Bourdain | 0.07% | 1 |
| Masterchef Australia | 0.07% | 1 |
| jr master chef | 0.07% | 1 |
| Diners drive ins and dives | 0.07% | 1 |
| Halloween wars | 0.07% | 1 |
| Fire Masters | 0.07% | 1 |
| cupcake wars | 0.07% | 1 |
| Tasting History | 0.07% | 1 |
| pioneer woman | 0.07% | 1 |
| Canada's top chef | 0.07% | 1 |
| kitchen nightmares, if that counts. | 0.07% | 1 |
| Alex vs. America | 0.07% | 1 |
| ina garten | 0.07% | 1 |
| aoc is sexy | 0.07% | 1 |
| Next Level Chef | 0.07% | 1 |
| Wildcard Kitchen | 0.07% | 1 |
| Halloween bake off | 0.07% | 1 |
| any at the time | 0.07% | 1 |
| Cake and cookie challenge | 0.07% | 1 |
| the italian chef and ina Garten | 0.07% | 1 |
| The Barefoot Contessa | 0.07% | 1 |
| License to Grill | 0.07% | 1 |
| Chewedup | 0.07% | 1 |
| Kids Baking, Is It Cake? | 0.07% | 1 |
| Jamie Oliver | 0.07% | 1 |
| baking championships | 0.07% | 1 |
| any available | 0.07% | 1 |
| Independent | 0.07% | 1 |
| only the British ones as the US is too drama-ridden | 0.07% | 1 |
3.
3.
Do you agree that sometimes we need to watch shows that don't involve mental effort? Yes
66%
•
1125 votes
No
12%
•
212 votes
Undecided
21%
•
363 votes
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