{"id":88484,"url":"https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/88484/awkwafina-the-unlikely-cook","name":"Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook","type":"Reality","language":"English","genres":["Food"],"status":"In Development","runtime":null,"averageRuntime":null,"premiered":"2026-11-06","ended":null,"officialSite":null,"schedule":{"time":"","days":[]},"rating":{"average":null},"weight":89,"network":null,"webChannel":{"id":310,"name":"Apple TV","country":null,"officialSite":"https://tv.apple.com/"},"dvdCountry":null,"externals":{"tvrage":null,"thetvdb":null,"imdb":null},"image":null,"summary":"<p><b>Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook </b>Nora embarks on a deeply personal cross-country journey as she explores contemporary Asian American cuisine, starting with her family's remarkable legacy.</p><p>Nora's family ran Lum's, the iconic Cantonese restaurant in Flushing, New York, and the very first in a now thriving Chinatown. But despite growing up in the family business, she can't cook. At all. She could ruin an instant ramen.</p>","updated":1790878531,"_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.tvmaze.com/shows/88484"},"nextepisode":{"href":"https://api.tvmaze.com/episodes/3778517","name":"Episode 1"}},"_embedded":{"seasons":[{"id":193885,"url":"https://www.tvmaze.com/seasons/193885/awkwafina-the-unlikely-cook-season-1","number":1,"name":"","episodeOrder":8,"premiereDate":"2026-11-06","endDate":"2026-11-06","network":null,"webChannel":{"id":310,"name":"Apple TV","country":null,"officialSite":"https://tv.apple.com/"},"image":null,"summary":"<p>Along the way, Nora takes a crash course at the Culinary Institute of America, hits the road for Texas barbecue with Jimmy O. Yang, and learns from culinary icons Roy Choi and Martin Yan. In Hawai'i, she explores the tiki culture that inspired her grandma's restaurant, before taking on the challenges of serving at a restaurant in Los Angeles' Chinatown. It all builds toward one high-stakes opening night and the toughest VIP diner of all: her grandma.</p>","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.tvmaze.com/seasons/193885"}}}]}}