This is an Essential App for me
I use this app for recipe hunting, ingredient checking, carb monitoring, grocery shopping and as a “hold-all” for recipes from other websites. All of my recipes are aggregated here.
I once walked into my favorite food store to do my weekly shopping, only to find their WiFi was down. When I asked the manager about it, I was subtly blown off and she even suggested I should use a paper grocery list. Everybody there knows me, and knows that I spend quite a bit once a week, so I was surprised at the Manager’s attitude. I smiled and said I was pretty sure the other big grocery store in town had working WiFi and left. Long story short, something happened because the next week when I came in, I was greeted by the same manager, who told me to find her anytime the WiFi was down and she would see to it personally. That’s how much I depend on my Food Network app.
I once walked into my favorite food store to do my weekly shopping, only to find their WiFi was down. When I asked the manager about it, I was subtly blown off and she even suggested I should use a paper grocery list. Everybody there knows me, and knows that I spend quite a bit once a week, so I was surprised at the Manager’s attitude. I smiled and said I was pretty sure the other big grocery store in town had working WiFi and left. Long story short, something happened because the next week when I came in, I was greeted by the same manager, who told me to find her anytime the WiFi was down and she would see to it personally. That’s how much I depend on my Food Network app.
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Triple Screen Time
Love this app! So I’m happy to offer feedback.
Having trouble with the original option to view recipes on TV now. Often, on weekends it doesn’t allow you to refresh the screen when a new show comes on. You get stuck with gray vibrating graphics—for an hour or all day. So thanks for launching the new view recipes on TV now option. Less vibrating, gray graphic, but there’s still not gone completely. However, the new photo link is rather confusing. Links and clicks don’t take you exactly where you’re expecting to go. It can be hard to find the recipe that is actually on TV now and you can get caught in a circle out there in the show’s schedule section— and never find the actual recipe that has just been aired.
Other than that, this is a convenient all-in-one app! With all my saved recipes, organized on boards, it’s my go to every time I cook. The ratings/comments on each recipe are extremely helpful!! Great—and sometimes essential—insights that help each recipe turn out perfectly. Great move when you enabled us to save recipes from other websites! That’s what makes this app my recipe home base.
Watching Chef Tila’s first episode now. Need to turn the TV off and get going, but I’d put anything aside for Jet!
Having trouble with the original option to view recipes on TV now. Often, on weekends it doesn’t allow you to refresh the screen when a new show comes on. You get stuck with gray vibrating graphics—for an hour or all day. So thanks for launching the new view recipes on TV now option. Less vibrating, gray graphic, but there’s still not gone completely. However, the new photo link is rather confusing. Links and clicks don’t take you exactly where you’re expecting to go. It can be hard to find the recipe that is actually on TV now and you can get caught in a circle out there in the show’s schedule section— and never find the actual recipe that has just been aired.
Other than that, this is a convenient all-in-one app! With all my saved recipes, organized on boards, it’s my go to every time I cook. The ratings/comments on each recipe are extremely helpful!! Great—and sometimes essential—insights that help each recipe turn out perfectly. Great move when you enabled us to save recipes from other websites! That’s what makes this app my recipe home base.
Watching Chef Tila’s first episode now. Need to turn the TV off and get going, but I’d put anything aside for Jet!
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Response from developer
Hi, Thanks for taking a moment to leave us a review. We would love to hear more about your experience and to see how we can help, so please reach out to us at https://kitchenhelp.foodnetwork.com/hc/en-us/requests/new so we can assist further. Thanks!
From enjoy to disappointed
I’ve been using the Food Network app for a long time and I was really excited and enjoyed it first. But there are some limitations to the design of the app as well as one of those designs stopped working for me, which has been very, very frustrating. First when you’re trying to meal plan it’s not like after you cook it it goes away. You manually have to go in and take it out of your menu and the dates don’t go in the right order so you have to scroll through everything you’ve cooked or delete it to get to the next day I don’t understand that.
And then at some point within the last months or a year if I put things on my menu planner, the app is screwing up and date or just take it off of that date. It won’t let me change the date. If I didn’t cook it that day it says please choose a future date when I used to just be able to. On, and it would go back into getting ready to be so I have no idea what caused that change It’s too much work and annoying and fun enjoyable. I love to cook, but due to this, I don’t search are use Food Network network recipe also if I go online or I’m trying to find that chef on the actual network TV show you find the recipe on the app I have to go to the web and look up the recipe and then copy and that is just way too much work! It’s supposed to make this easier not more complicated
Sorry, disappointed you to contact Food Network. I’ve tried that to fix the but nobody is around to help out with issues
Bummed
And then at some point within the last months or a year if I put things on my menu planner, the app is screwing up and date or just take it off of that date. It won’t let me change the date. If I didn’t cook it that day it says please choose a future date when I used to just be able to. On, and it would go back into getting ready to be so I have no idea what caused that change It’s too much work and annoying and fun enjoyable. I love to cook, but due to this, I don’t search are use Food Network network recipe also if I go online or I’m trying to find that chef on the actual network TV show you find the recipe on the app I have to go to the web and look up the recipe and then copy and that is just way too much work! It’s supposed to make this easier not more complicated
Sorry, disappointed you to contact Food Network. I’ve tried that to fix the but nobody is around to help out with issues
Bummed
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Response from developer
So sorry to hear you're in a jam, this is definitely not the experience we want you to have. Could you contact us at app-kitchen@foodnetwork.com and reference ticket 3946468 so that we can cook up a solution for you? We'll be standing by to assist!
Recipe ratings are moderated very well
Why are the reviews of recipes not moderated at a higher level? I have seen nasty comments about different chefs being allowed to be posted that have nothing to do with rating a recipe. Case in point moderators need to check out a rude comment left on the recipe” stuffed French onion soup burger”. Also I have seen many users posting that star ratings on a recipe should not be allowed without the accompaniment of a comment stating the reason for the rating. Please take consideration of these concerns as they will only increase the quality of what users expect on a fine app such as this one. Don’t let trash talk about chefs be allowed to be posted as a critique on the quality of a recipe. Please MODERATE comments like stated when a user goes to leave a rating. As of right now it appears someone is not doing a very good job at upholding the quality of of your site.
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Response from developer
Hey there, thank you for providing your feedback regarding the moderation of comments under our recipes. It is feedback like yours that provides the most direct and accurate information upon which we can make future decisions and further understand how our app is being received. Please know your sentiment will be shared with our team for review. Thank you again!
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I love this app. I love finding new recipes and learning new things but I feel it’s very subjective. Don’t get me wrong, I love trying out chicken, pork, and beef recipes; sometimes lamb. I just feel with all the credible chefs, they should have a lot more creative recipes. They’re very pretentious. I feel they should branch out and start cooking things like venison. My husband actually goes out and hunts deer, gets it processed then I make dinner with the processed meat. I don’t see barely any recipes with that. I just feel it’s a little “been there, done that” with these recipes. Try branching off. These chefs need a challenge for gods sake. They make so much money, and they haven’t even been trying. Try branching off a little. Make it challenging. Just recreating recipes. I used to pay for this app and now I can see why they quit paying people to use it. No creativity. Just the same stuff.
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Response from developer
Thanks for sharing your creative protein suggestions with us, Megan. We love a good challenge for our Food Network chefs, and your feedback to incorporate venison, as well as other unique meats like bison, elk, and more will be shared with our culinary team for future consideration. Happy Cooking!
App has been disappointing lately
This is truly my favorite food app but something has been happening lately where the recipes on TV now are not the recipes that are on TV now. At one point I could click on the chef, at the top of that page, and see the current shows recipes but today I can’t even do that. Please fix! Thx!
UPDATE! The staff reached out to me about my issues with the app. Now why can’t all app owners do this?!? My issue was immediately fixed and the app is working wonderfully once again! Thank you FN staff for responding so fast and caring about the problem(s) I had encountered. Truly grateful!
UPDATE! The staff reached out to me about my issues with the app. Now why can’t all app owners do this?!? My issue was immediately fixed and the app is working wonderfully once again! Thank you FN staff for responding so fast and caring about the problem(s) I had encountered. Truly grateful!
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Love this app!
I can’t tell you how often I use this app — have fresh produce I want to use? Use the app to find new recipes. Looking for a recipe similar to how my grandma used to make chicken divan… check the app. The app also lets you save recipes (in categories) and has a meal planning feature. There are also teaching videos and full episodes of some Food Network shows. I like it also when I watch a show live and I can go to the app and find the recipe and save it. My only recommendation would be to somehow change the search function so that recipes I save that I return to again and again appear at or near the top of the search results. All in all I love the app and have recommended it to others. Once you start using it and dig in, it will become your favorite recipe app.
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Response from developer
Wow, thanks for the awesome five star review! We are delighted to hear how much you love Food Network Kitchen. If you haven't already, check out our 'My Boards' feature to organize all of your saved recipes. You can even add your your go to recipes to its own board dedicated to dishes you make all the time. Happy Cooking!
Frustrated
One of the things I liked most about this app is that it would show me the recipes on screen right then. It would change essentially with the shows. Unfortunately it doesn’t always do that. Right now my app is stuck with the show that was on at 7 o’clock this morning. It’s now noon and a whole different chef is on the screen and I cannot find them in your list of chefs much less the recipe they’re cooking. That is why I gave you the rating I did. I do go to your app quite often to find recipes and ways to create food dishes I would never consider. I enjoy your TV shows but again I am frustrated with this app when I cannot find the recipe that’s on the screen. Nickie
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Do not subscribe - Google is free
Paid for a year w/mag subscription. Never received the mag. My subscription access was hit-or-miss for awhile until it was a total miss for over 2 months. Neither Discovery nor FN support supports FNK directly. Tickets were created - to this day, there has been ZERO resolution or contact/follow up. I had to google recipes the entire time. Since Google is free and the app has proven unreliable, why pay for something that does not work as expected? I am not renewing the plan and will delete app once subscription ends.
*** UPDATE: to the developer:
The email address you asked me to send an email to in response to my initial review looked familiar. Turns out I emailed back in September. Would you like to guess what type of response I received?? 🙄 I’ll forward all of the correspondence to that address; maybe since “the Developer” requested the info, someone will actually do something. I doubt it; however, …. I just cannot justify paying for this again.
*** UPDATE: to the developer:
The email address you asked me to send an email to in response to my initial review looked familiar. Turns out I emailed back in September. Would you like to guess what type of response I received?? 🙄 I’ll forward all of the correspondence to that address; maybe since “the Developer” requested the info, someone will actually do something. I doubt it; however, …. I just cannot justify paying for this again.
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Awful awful awful !!!
I’ve had so many problems since my last review it’s even worse than before. Every time I log in i have to change my password to get in or I can’t find my saved recipes. I contact them and they send me to the help center which isnt helpful at all. I contact them and they tell me to do different things. Sometimes they work,but usually not. This app used to be my favorite go to for recipes but they keep making it worse and worse. This is my last time trying. I am deleting it
This app is so unreliable. Sometimes I can bring up the season and recipe I want, sometimes not. Mostly not. Today I keep losing it totally. I tap what I want. It hesitates then the whole app goes away and I start over. After several tries I gave up. Go back to the old version!!!! Still love the show. It’s my number 1 This is the best cooking show on tv. It’s fun to watch, very helpful and the crafts are great. I love to cook and try new things but don’t always have a happy ending. this answers a lot of questions. The chefs explain things and are a good combination that seems to enjoy themselves. Keep it up. I love it!!!!
This app is so unreliable. Sometimes I can bring up the season and recipe I want, sometimes not. Mostly not. Today I keep losing it totally. I tap what I want. It hesitates then the whole app goes away and I start over. After several tries I gave up. Go back to the old version!!!! Still love the show. It’s my number 1 This is the best cooking show on tv. It’s fun to watch, very helpful and the crafts are great. I love to cook and try new things but don’t always have a happy ending. this answers a lot of questions. The chefs explain things and are a good combination that seems to enjoy themselves. Keep it up. I love it!!!!
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Response from developer
This is not the experience we want you to have! First, please try uninstalling and reinstalling the app. If the app is still not working correctly, please contact us via the link below so that we can troubleshoot this further for you. app-kitchen@foodnetwork.com
Just use the internet
Imagine being the Food Network and locking what seems like 90% of your app behind a subscription paywall. Seriously? When I can go to any recipe website for free? Edit: I wanted to address the response to this review, which I’m sure was written by a bot. I don’t know what crackhead decided that would be the automated response, but when you lock this much of the app’s functions behind the subscription, you are indeed pathetic. For those reading this review and the response, look at how they word it. You can indeed save recipes, but that’s it. Want to watch those videos? Pay. Want to make a meal plan? Pay. Want to know the NUTRITIONAL FACTS of the recipes you just freaking saved? You guessed it, pay. Keep in my mind this isn’t some small developer with like 2 employees. It’s the freaking Food Network. Either use the internet or another app that’s actually free to use.
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Ree Drumond, The Pioneer Woman
I made yet another recipe from Ree and like the rest, turned out Fantastic! I made the Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies last night and over baked the 1st batch and like she says, give them lots of room to spread. I have a commercial size pan and put four across and they all stuck together using the teaspoon size scoop. Ok, I only had to do it once to learn I don’t like them burned! So the next two batchesI put 12 to the sheet and only baked them for 8 minutes! Perfection!!!
I did make the Dump Cakes once but it was way too much Butter. Of course, they still were eaten but would only use half the Butter next time. Thanks for having this site available for us! Great job Ree
I did make the Dump Cakes once but it was way too much Butter. Of course, they still were eaten but would only use half the Butter next time. Thanks for having this site available for us! Great job Ree
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Recipes are Fantastic, Minor Complaints
There is no doubt that the Food Network is the best recipe app that I have used this far. The serving sizes are always accurate, and there is no shortage of new and fun dishes to make. With that being said, I have a few minor complaints / suggestions. One thing that the app doesn’t do that other recipe apps do is tell you all the cookware / utensils you need before starting. It would be helpful to know all the cookware I would need before starting the whole cooking process. The other feature that I would say needs improvement is the baking instructions. Often times there are multiple steps included in one step making it very easy to forget to do or overlook some important part of the cooking process. It would be helpful if the steps were actually step by step instead of in paragraph form. These are very minor improvements that would make a world of difference when cooking. Please don’t let my small suggestions deter you from downloading this app, as I have had a very good experience and I know you will too!
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Response from developer
Thank you for taking the time to leave this wonderful review! We are delighted to hear that you are such a big fan of our app, and we have gladly shared your suggestions and ideas with our team for review and future consideration.
Frustrating shopping list but great for planning
I like that it has a meal plan feature and you can upload the recipes into a meal plan and shopping list. The frustrating part is the shopping list. It doesn’t seem to combine the entries. For example, this week my shopping list had 2 entries for eggs. One entry was for 26 eggs and then the second was 3. I can add those together, fine. But the entries for the tortillas bothered me. There were 3. One was simply “tortillas”, another was “flour tortillas” qty 12, and the other “fajita sized flour tortillas” qty 16. Are they all the same size? How many qty for entry that didn’t list it? It wouldn’t be a problem if someone had the time to reference their meal plan and double check everything but not a quick print and go list. Otherwise, it is a great app for picking and planning recipes. Also easy to use.
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Restaurant Quality at home.
The amt of time to prep and cook was an easy flow of time and bragging rights at home or at a party. I added capers to give it an additional pop. You can’t go wrong with more garlic. Make sure you start off with 10 mins, you’ll need more time depending on the size of the shrimp. DO NOT overcook. That’s the other key to this wonderful recipe. It goes well over Angel Hair pasta or a bed of rice. Oh yeah, I used lime instead of lemons. (One lime equals two lemons) I’m telling you, stick with these instructions. You can flair out later to call it ur own. Enjoy, this is an easy meal to make but easier to eat. Since I wrote this, I’ve made it again. On the side I added mushrooms. My college bound kids love it. This dish has endless possibilities. Enjoy and don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.
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Brilliant!
Loving the FN Kitchen app. The classes, live and archived, are numerous and varied. I’ve enjoyed the live classes, and Q&A interaction is easy. Content is excellent and the chefs are obviously invested in communicating effectively, imparting great info and tips, and making us more confident in our own kitchens.
I am glad that all the recipes I had already saved on the Food Network web migrated seamlessly to the app. I am stoked that I can add my own recipes. I am particularly enjoying the meal plan application; it helps me with shopping and preparation, even if I’m only cooking for myself. I also place “to try” recipes into the meal planning page so those recipes are prominent in the potential lineup, even if I haven’t assigned them to a specific date.
Streaming quality is exceptionally good. App is a terrific value. Well done!
I am glad that all the recipes I had already saved on the Food Network web migrated seamlessly to the app. I am stoked that I can add my own recipes. I am particularly enjoying the meal plan application; it helps me with shopping and preparation, even if I’m only cooking for myself. I also place “to try” recipes into the meal planning page so those recipes are prominent in the potential lineup, even if I haven’t assigned them to a specific date.
Streaming quality is exceptionally good. App is a terrific value. Well done!
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Response from developer
Hey there, thanks for baking up this stellar 5-star rating! We are so egg-cited to hear you are loving the Food Network experience from live cooking classes to the recipe meal planner. All the best on your future culinary adventures. Happy cooking!
Zero Stars if I Could
First I experienced confusion, anger, and finally just disappointment. We downloaded the Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad versions of this app and paid $40 for the premium pass, expecting to be able to watch full episodes of Food Network shows on our Apple TV. This was a Christmas gift for my wife. There is no tab for shows on the Apple TV app. Actually, there is a tab labeled shows, but the contents inside that tab are not full shows, they are short clips of individual recipes, some are barely over a minute long. It is possible to open the App on the iPad, find a full length show, and then hit Airplay icon in the corner to get content to the TV, but after about 9 minutes the audio and video are badly out of sync. Mouths stop and speech continues. The only way to correct this is to pause, disconnect Airplay, reconnect Airplay, and unpause. This must be done every 9-10 minutes. This happened for three different episodes of three different shows. We are using a brand new Apple TV, and 6 month old iPad Pro, and both have the most recent OS on them. Summary: the content is not organized well, the interface is wildly different across platforms, and the delivery of the content is sketchy unless you’re interested in watching the full-length shows on an iPhone or iPad. Disappointed.
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Response from developer
Hi there, so sorry to hear you're experiencing issues when playing shows. We would love to look into this for you, could you reach out to us at app-kitchen@foodnetwork.com and let us know more details so we can investigate?
Awesome variety of recipes, Corrections to Recipes inconsistent
I use Food Network most every day. I consider myself quite good in the kitchen, having prepared countless meals & food items with compliments from spouse, family, friends. I browse other reviewers’ comments before trying a recipe.
Food Network, why do you not acknowledge &/or fix recipes with obvious mistakes consistently? Some recipes, several years old, still have errors (found by users) & other recipes fixed. Please acknowledge errors & note them when made. & include nutrition info consistently. Until Food Network does, I will NOT consider spending extra $ for premium services if The basic product is inconsistent.
Food Network, why do you not acknowledge &/or fix recipes with obvious mistakes consistently? Some recipes, several years old, still have errors (found by users) & other recipes fixed. Please acknowledge errors & note them when made. & include nutrition info consistently. Until Food Network does, I will NOT consider spending extra $ for premium services if The basic product is inconsistent.
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Gets better and better with each update!
I love this app and it keeps getting better with every update. I love the courses, especially the ones that focus on a skill, like cake baking/decorating. I enjoy the step-by-step classes when making something I am totally unfamiliar with. It is so helpful to be able to save and categorize recipes. The meal planner and the grocery list is helpful for planning my week. It is laid out nicely and very user friendly. The one thing I’d like to see changed is to move my recently viewed recipes up to an option at the top of the Explore page. I have an older iPad and this slows things down a little. Other than that, it runs really well on my older device. I look forward to trying out the new recipe import!! Thank you Food Network Kitchen!!
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Food Network Rocks!!
I’ve been a Food Network addict for years! I watch my favorite shows every weekend when I wake up and I’ve gotten tons of great new recipes and party ideas. We all get sick of eating the same old stuff and all of the shows featured will give you fantastic recipes often using the same ingredients you already have in your pantry. The app is a fabulous bonus! I can look up and save recipes I’ve seen on tv or search for new ones online. If you want to pay the really cheap price, you can also watch live videos of your favorite chefs/cooks show you how to prepare food. You can watch episodes of your favorite Food Network shows. This is by far one of my favorite apps! If you’re a foodie like me, you totally NEED this app!!! 😋
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