Editing Cooking show (section)

===United States===

In 1940, ''Sunday Evening Supper'' was produced by [[Edward Padula]] for the [[NBC]] station [[WNBC|W2XBS]].<ref name=firsts>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TEEaCrPiWsC&pg=PT802|title=Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time|first=Patrick|last=Robertson|date=2011|isbn=9781608197385|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> ''[[I Love to Eat]]'' was a [[live television]] series hosted by [[James Beard]] that aired on NBC from 1946 to 1947. In 1963, ''[[The French Chef]]'', one of the first cooking shows in the United States, was launched, and it was hosted by [[Julia Child]], co-author of the cookbook ''[[Mastering the Art of French Cooking]]''. In 1973, the cooking show ''Frugal Gourmet'' was launched on [[KBTC-TV|KTPS-TV]], and was hosted by [[Jeff Smith (chef)|Jeff Smith]], a chef from [[Seattle]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/obituaries/2001976403_smith10.html|title=Jeff Smith, 1939 - 2004: "Frugal Gourmet" was popular on PBS|first=Judith|last=Blake|work = [[The Seattle Times]]|date=10 July 2004|access-date=1 November 2018}}</ref> In 1993, [[Food Network]] launched as a [[cable channel]] devoted primarily to cooking shows and other programming relating to food.