Planet Eat – Netflix for Food Videos | Review

[Ad- gifted product] We have subscriptions to most online, video watching platforms. I watch Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Huey – so switching between these different platforms is something we’ve always done. When I heard about Planet Eat, a new food TV subscription platform, I was excited to try their free month of viewing! I watch a lot of food programs and miss Food Network – a TV channel in America, so I was hoping this would replace my craving for some amazing food TV.

Planet Eat actually has a lot of shows already, despite being quite new to the market, however most of these shows are only 10 to 15 minutes long, making them into mini-videos. Many of them are recipes, tutorials and master classes, which can really help if you don’t like reading recipes or want to learn new skills when it comes to being in the kitchen. Each episode also has a trailer video you can watch to get a better feel of the show. I found myself getting the most out of master classes and really enjoyed the detailed programs on taking pictures and telling a story through food, but I felt the videos could be bulked out with the presenter actually taking pictures and showing them to us, instead of talking so much about equipment or just showing images taken earlier, instead of the entire process of setting them up.

There are a variety of presenters, so I am sure you can end up finding ones you fall in love with, which is always fun. At the start of some of the videos, they talk a little bit about themselves, relating to the food they are creating. A lot of the recipes are good starting points to grow and add your own little twists, showing you basics that you can simply follow along and see. I am hoping that in the future, they can add more game show-type programs which would expand the network to be more than just tutorials and master classes, into something a bit more entertaining.

The navigation on Planet Eat works well and it’s easy to go from one show to the next, however I could not Chromecast this network to my TV – which was a slight downside, as I prefer to watch shows on my TV at night, instead of sitting at my computer where I do my work. The videos also didn’t really full screen on my PC, instead showing an overlay of a video above the page I was just viewing.

I did find many of the videos helpful and there were a big variety of recipes, some of which are sorted into food type, like American food, and divided into a bunch of videos of individual recipes, which is quite nice as well. It’s a good resource for someone looking for a bit of a more professional set-up then YouTube, but I am hoping more is expanded upon.

Currently Plant Eat has a free trial of 30 days, which you can try out for yourself and see if it’s a good fit for what you watch.

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