Cooking with Paris
{{Short description|American reality cooking show}}
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Cooking show
| creator = Paris Hilton
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| starring = Paris Hilton
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| num_episodes = 6
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- Paris Hilton
- Aaron Saidman
- Eli Holzman
- Rebecca Hertz
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| runtime = 22–26 minutes
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| network = Netflix
| released = {{Start date|2021|08|04}}
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Cooking with Paris is an American six-part reality cooking show presented by Paris Hilton. It was released on August 4, 2021, on Netflix.{{cite web |last1=Del Rosario |first1=Alexandra |title=Paris Hilton Dishes Up Chaos With Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato & Saweetie In Trailer For Netflix's 'Cooking With Paris' |url=https://deadline.com/video/paris-hilton-kim-kardashian-demi-lovato-saweetie-netflix-cooking-with-paris-trailer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727175954/https://deadline.com/video/paris-hilton-kim-kardashian-demi-lovato-saweetie-netflix-cooking-with-paris-trailer/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=July 28, 2021 |date=July 27, 2021}} In January 2022, Netflix cancelled the series after its first season.{{cite web|title=Paris Hilton's 'Cooking With Paris' Canceled By Netflix After One Season|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/paris-hilton-cooking-with-paris-canceled-netflix-1234913638/|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|date=January 17, 2022 |access-date=January 17, 2022}}
Premise
An unscripted cooking series filmed in her home, Cooking with Paris follows Hilton tackling new recipes and "unusual kitchen appliances".{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/entertainers/paris-hilton-cooking-with-paris-netflix-media-empire-1235034001/#! | title=How Paris Hilton Landed Her Own Netflix Cooking Show — and Growing Media Empire | date=August 4, 2021 }} Each episode guest stars one of her celebrity friends, with the final episode featuring both Kathy and Nicky Hilton.
Cast
Episodes
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| Title = Breakfast in the Clouds
| Aux1 = Kim Kardashian
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| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Taco Night
| Aux1 = Saweetie
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| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Vegan Burgers and Fries
| Aux1 = Nikki Glaser
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| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Italian Night
| Aux1 = Demi Lovato
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| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Get Over It Holiday Feast
| Aux1 = Lele Pons
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Family Steak Night
| Aux1 = Kathy Hilton & Nicky Hilton Rothschild
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Production
On July 27, 2021, Netflix announced a six-part reality cooking series presented by Paris Hilton, following a viral YouTube video Hilton posted in January 2020, which showed her cooking a homemade lasagna.{{cite web |last1=Mercado |first1=Mia |title=A New Paris Hilton Era Is Upon Us |url=https://www.thecut.com/2021/07/paris-hilton-cooking-show-reportedly-pregnant.html |website=The Cut |access-date=July 28, 2021 |language=en-us |date=July 27, 2021}} The show is executive produced by Hilton for Slivington Manor Entertainment, and Aaron Saidman, Eli Holzman, and Rebecca Hertz for The Intellectual Property Corporation. On January 17, 2022, Netflix canceled the series after one season.
Release
On July 27, 2021, Netflix released a trailer for Cooking with Paris. On August 4, 2021, the platform released the series.{{cite web |last1=Schwartz |first1=Ryan |title=Paris Hilton's Netflix Cooking Show Looks Like a Fun Recipe for Disaster |url=https://tvline.com/2021/07/27/paris-hilton-netflix-cooking-show-trailer-hot-video-watch |website=TVLine |access-date=July 28, 2021 |date=July 27, 2021}}
Reception
Cooking with Paris received mostly negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 29% based on 21 reviews, with the consensus, "Cooking with Paris has the potential to delight, but by stranding Hilton's persona so deep in her past it feels like a missed opportunity for her to begin something new."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/cooking_with_paris/s01 |title=Cooking With Paris: Season 1 (2021) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=June 14, 2022}} Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 34 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/cooking-with-paris-2021/season-1|title=Cooking With Paris: Season 1|website=Metacritic|access-date=June 14, 2022}} The series ranked at number one (tied with Alter Ego) on Metacritic's Worst TV Shows of 2021 list.{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/pictures/worst-television-shows-of-2021/9|title=The Worst New TV Shows of 2021|website=Metacritic|access-date=December 24, 2021}}
Jordan Julian of The Daily Beast stated that the show is "an over-produced miss. [...] She seems to be trying to channel her clueless, perpetually bored Simple Life persona, but now that we know that that was just a character, it feels forced."{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/paris-hilton-is-acting-like-a-ditz-again-and-its-not-hot |title=Paris Hilton Is Acting Like a Ditz Again and It's Not Hot |last=Julian|first=Jordan |date=August 4, 2021 |website=The Daily Beast |access-date=August 8, 2021}} Writing for Variety, Daniel D'Addario said: "The problem, for Hilton, is that Cooking With Paris is a disaster — an utterly unappealing sit that many viewers will tune out before the first episode has ended."{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/reviews/paris-hilton-netflix-cooking-with-paris-1235027487/ |title='Cooking With Paris' Shows Us a Familiar, Tiresome Hilton Persona: TV Review |last=D'Addario|first=Daniel |date=August 2, 2021 |website=Variety |access-date=August 8, 2021}} Lucy Mangan of The Guardian felt that it "all gets odder as it goes on. It's not (just) that Hilton has only four phrases at her disposal ('So good', 'So bomb', 'Insane', 'So cute'), but that she is such a deadening presence."{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/04/cooking-with-paris-review-hilton-in-the-kitchen-prepare-to-have-your-mind-blown |title=Cooking With Paris review – Hilton in the kitchen? Prepare to have your mind blown |last=Mangan|first=Lucy |date=August 4, 2021 |website=The Guardian |access-date=August 8, 2021}}
Despite the critical response, Cooking with Paris briefly entered Netflix's Top 10 rankings in a number of territories,{{cite web | url=https://flixpatrol.com/title/cooking-with-paris/top10/ | title=Cooking with Paris TOP 10 • FlixPatrol }} and earned Hilton the Best Reality Return at the 2022 MTV Movie and TV Awards.{{cite web | url=https://www.mtv.com/vma/video-clips/lb6tdz/2022-mtv-movie-tv-awards-paris-hilton-wins-best-reality-return | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002043629/https://www.mtv.com/vma/video-clips/lb6tdz/2022-mtv-movie-tv-awards-paris-hilton-wins-best-reality-return | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 2, 2022 | title=Paris Hilton Wins Best Reality Return - 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards | VMA | website=MTV | date=June 5, 2022 }}
References
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Category:2020s American cooking television series
Category:2021 American television series debuts
Category:2021 American television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows