Food Network

Food Network
Logo used since 2013
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaWorldwide
HeadquartersNew York City, New York, United States
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift serviceFood Network +1 (UK)
Ownership
Owner
ParentTelevision Food Network, G.P.
Sister channels
History
LaunchedNovember 23, 1993 (1993-11-23)
Former namesTV Food Network (1993–96)
Links
Websitefoodnetwork.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview (UK)Channel 43
DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)Channel 175
Streaming media
Affiliated Streaming ServiceMax
ServicesSling TV, YouTube TV, Philo, Hulu + Live TV, DirecTV Stream, Vidgo

Food Network is an American basic cable channel owned by Television Food Network, G.P., a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery, who manages and operates it as a division of the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. Networks Group. The channel airs both special and regular episodic programs about food and cooking. Cooking Channel, a network launched in 2002, is a spin-off of Food Network. In addition to its headquarters in New York City, Food Network has offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Jersey City, Cincinnati, and Knoxville.

Food Network was established on November 23, 1993, 6:00 am as TV Food Network and on April 1, 1996, it adopted its current name. It was acquired by Scripps Networks Interactive who later merged with Discovery, Inc. in 2018, and WarnerMedia was merged with Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery. As of November 2023, Food Network is available to approximately 70,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 100,000,000 households.