The Best Thing I Ever Made

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• Cooking show
• Food reality television}}

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 3

| num_episodes = 32

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| producer = Authentic Entertainment{{cite web|url=http://awards.realscreen.com/winners/winner/2013|title=Realscreen Awards ★ 2013 Winners ★|work=Realscreen|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}

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| channel = Food Network

| first_aired = {{start date|2011|10|16}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2013|2|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-best-thing-i-ever-made/382470|title=The Best Thing I Ever Made TV Show: News, Videos, Full Episodes and More {{!}} TV Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-best-thing-i-ever-made/episodes/382470|title=Watch The Best Thing I Ever Made Episodes {{!}} Season 3 {{!}} TV Guide|work=TV Guide|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2083731|title=The Best Thing I Ever Made (TV Series 2011– ) - IMDb|work=Internet Movie Database|date=16 October 2011|publisher=Amazon|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}

| related = The Best Thing I Ever Ate

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The Best Thing I Ever Made is an American cooking reality television series that aired on Food Network. It featured a rotating lineup of chefs demonstrating how to prepare their favorite recipes.{{cite web|url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/the-best-thing-i-ever-made|title=The Best Thing I Ever Made {{!}} Food Network|work=Food Network|publisher=Scripps Networks Interactive|accessdate=July 13, 2018}} The series is a spin-off of The Best Thing I Ever Ate.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/best-thing-i-ever-ate-399611|title='The Best Thing I Ever Ate' Creator David Hoffman Takes THR's Taste Test {{!}} Pret-a-Reporter|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Eldridge Industries|last=Baum|first=Gary|date=December 7, 2012|accessdate=July 18, 2018}}

The Best Thing I Ever Made officially premiered on October 16, 2011 and concluded on February 10, 2013, after three seasons. In 2013, the series won a Daytime Emmy Award (along with fellow Food Network series Trisha's Southern Kitchen) for Outstanding Culinary Program.{{cite web|url=http://emmyonline.org/day_40th_telecast_winners|title=WINNERS FOR THE 40TH ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY AWARDS {{!}}The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|work=emmyonline.org|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|date=June 16, 2013|accessdate=July 5, 2018}}