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Food Network Kitchen
By Food Network (Warner Bros. Discovery). Visit Food Network Kitchen
Warning: read this before you buy or sign up. Checked 2026-10-24.
Food Network Kitchen was a paid app with live and on-demand cooking classes from Food Network chefs, meal planning, and recipe filters for diets and allergies. It is gone. The app left the app stores on March 28, 2024 and stopped working on May 1, 2024. Food Network says saved recipes and thousands of on-demand classes are now free on FoodNetwork.com, but cook mode, meal plans and diet settings did not move over.
Our take: Skip the app; it no longer exists. The free website can still help a parent and older child cook from a video class.
| Ages it suits | was a general-audience app |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | The app is closed. FoodNetwork.com runs under the Discovery visitor agreement, which says you must be at least 13 to register. (terms) |
| Price | Free. The paid app shut down May 1, 2024. Recipes and on-demand classes on FoodNetwork.com are free (Oct 2026). |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | No account needed |
| Ads | Yes |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI. |
What's good
- Classes and recipes still free on the website
Watch for
- App shut down in 2024
- Website lacks the app's cook mode, meal plans and diet filters
- Ad-supported general-audience site
Data and privacy
Not stated for the closed app. FoodNetwork.com links to Warner Bros. Discovery's privacy center, AdChoices and a do-not-sell request page. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No studies.
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Where these facts come from
- https://help.foodnetwork.com/hc/en-us/articles/22105246548247-What-is-happening-to-the-Food-Network-Kitchen-app
- https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes
- https://www.wbd.com/discovery-visitor-agreement/
- https://www.wbdprivacy.com/policycenter/b2c/en-us/
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