America's Test Kitchen
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| Genre | Cooking |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
| No. of episodes | 419 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | America's Test Kitchen |
| Location(s) | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Running time | 27 minutes |
| Distributor | WETA in conjunction with American Public Television |
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| Original release | August 4, 2001 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
America's Test Kitchen is a half-hour cooking show distributed to public television stations and Create in the United States, which are also available in most Canadian markets. Christopher Kimball hosted the show's first 16 seasons, while he was editor-in-chief of Cook's Illustrated. New co-hosts Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster entered in Season 17.
The show is affiliated with Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and the magazines' test kitchen facility at the Innovation and Design Building in Boston, Massachusetts is used as a set for the show. The America's Test Kitchen brand has also produced books, radio shows, and an online database for cooking recipes and tips.
A typical episode of the show consists primarily of two or three recipes that are consistent with the theme of the episode. Each recipe is presented by either Julia Collin Davison or Bridget Lancaster, who explain common problems that can occur when cooking the recipe or ordering it at a restaurant. Periodically throughout the episode, other segments are inserted, usually consisting of two or more of the following:
Through season 6 the show was taped in standard definition, 4:3 video; season 7 saw the show switch to widescreen 16:9 video. The high definition version of the show is broadcast as part of PBS HD's master digital schedule, and by some PBS affiliates as part of their normal schedules.
During recording, 26 recipes are videotaped during a three-week period. Six recipes are recorded per day, and there are two recipes demonstrated per episode.
America's Test Kitchen features several recurring cast members, although not every cast member appears in each episode. Julia Collin Davison (identified on-screen before season 7 as "Julia Collin"), Bridget Lancaster, Kay Rentschler, Rebecca "Becky" Hays, Sandra Wu, Yvonne Ruperti, J. Kenji Alt (now J. Kenji Lopez-Alt), Erika Bruce, Bryan Roof and Dan Souza are the chefs who explain and prepare the recipes in each episode as Kimball watches and comments. Yvonne Ruperti and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt departed the company in 2011 and 2009 respectively. Usually only one or two of the chefs will appear in an episode. Collin-Davison, Lancaster and Rentschler appeared as regular cast members on season 1. Since, Rentschler moved to the positions of Culinary Producer and Executive Chef by season 2 and appeared in only one episode that season, before leaving the show by Season 3.[5] Hays joined the permanent cast in season 5, Bruce, Wu, and Ruperti each appear for a single season (seasons 5, 6, and 8, respectively), and Alt appears in seasons 7 and 8. All are prominent recipe testers or editors in Cook's Illustrated. Beginning in season 5, Cook’s Illustrated staff chefs Hays, Bruce, Jeremy Sauer, and Matthew Card appeared in segments answering common viewer mail questions. Hays, Bruce, and Sauer joined the on-camera cast for season 6; Hays moved into credited cast member status beginning in season 7. Roof and Souza were added to the regular cast starting season 15.
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