cooking show

English

Etymology

cooking +‎ show

Noun

cooking show (plural cooking shows)

1. A television genre that presents food preparation in a kitchen, restaurant or studio set.
2. (idiomatic, derogatory) A contest that is perceived to be rigged in favor of a certain participant or group of participants.
   • 2023 November 19, “Fans praise Michelle Dee for Miss Universe 2023 run, saying she was ‘robbed’”, in Rappler, retrieved November 30, 2023:

     Keywords related to this year’s Miss Universe pageant dominated X Philippine trends, including “Top 10” and “COOKING SHOW,” among others.

Hypernyms

• television show

Descendants

• → Spanish: show cooking, cooking show

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: kookprogramma (nl)
• German: Kochsendung (de)
• Spanish: show cooking (es), cooking show
• Swedish: matprogram, matlagningsprogram

Further reading

• cooking show on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cooking show.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkukin ˈʃou/ [ˌku.kĩnʲ ˈʃou̯]

Noun

cooking show m (plural cooking shows)

1. an event consisting of a chef preparing food in public

   Synonym: show cooking

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.