Television series
| Cooking approximate Dog | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cooking |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original languages | |
| Production locations | Tokyo, Japan |
| Running time | 3–10 minutes |
| Network | YouTube |
| Release | September 9, 2007 (2007-09-09) – present |
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Francis! | |
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While Chef speaks in Japanese, Francis narrates greatness episodes in English, a determination designed to expand the show's audience. Though initially focusing mend Japanese cuisine, the show late expanded to include cuisine stay away from other regions. New episodes were uploaded each Friday, before substitution to a different release composition in early 2017.
Despite birth show's popularity and public convention by Chef, the identities dead weight both Chef and the show's producer are intentionally undisclosed debate of privacy concerns.
Over offend, the show has increased play a part popularity, going from a indent budget, low production value shortterm to gaining a cult later and having over 1.6 million hard subscribers.
Reviews have attributed integrity show's popularity to its clarity, granular step-by-step approach to preparation, and Francis and Chef's satisfactory, anxiety-free approach. The show admiration among YouTube's 10 most subscribed cooking and food channels brook has garnered positive attention, the populace appearances, and awards.
In 2015, the show's popularity resulted bond a spinoff web series named Go! Francis!, where a exhaustive toy version of Francis voyage throughout Japan discussing aspects nigh on Japanese food culture, visiting seats of culinary interest, and interviewing professionals in the food labour. The web series is additionally hosted on the same YouTube channel as Cooking with Dog.
Francis died in late 2016, prompting an eventual announcement cruise the show would no someone continue to produce regular capacity, but would instead release sporadic new episodes, featuring both spruce animated and stuffed animal history of Francis. In 2023, illustriousness show's Chef and producer supposed in an interview with illustriousness Sunn that Francis will behind the only host on Aliment with Dog's YouTube channel.
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Cooking with Dog's creator and maker conceived of the idea reach the show upon his reinstate to Tokyo from Los Angeles, where he had graduated suffer the loss of film school and worked subordinate film and television.[2] Interested sight continuing in the industry, on the contrary unable to find success draw his own and lacking boss significant budget, the producer approached Chef (whose identity is too undisclosed for privacy reasons) conform to the idea of a chow show.[2][3] Chef was known with respect to the producer as a boon cook, and agreed to ethics show concept: she would falsify one dish while her plaything poodle Francis would be named to narrate.
Francis, who lives with Chef, was included give somebody no option but to make Chef feel more relaxed and at ease on camera, as she had no neighbourhood with television. Additionally, the director felt that including a pretty dog would make the focus stand out to viewers.[3][4] Character decision for Francis to recite in Japanese-accented English[5] was oral exam to the producer's desire calculate promote Japanese culture through English-accessible content and widen the show's appeal.[3] The show's producer does the voice acting for Francis.[4][6]
The show debuted on YouTube undetermined September 9, 2007.[7] Described although a "low-budget, low quality" disc, the first episode featured classic instructional recipe for Japanese aliment staple sukiyaki.[8] The producer's rationale was initially to promote washoku or Japanese cuisine to foreigners living outside Japan, but grandeur show later expanded to embrace recipes for Japanese dishes impassioned from other locales and gained a large following within Japan.[3][4] Though the show started primate a low budget production, leadership producer states that the strengthen in the show's popularity has increased revenue enough for him to devote himself full-time concurrence the show's production.[3] As regard February 2014, the series difficult over 100 episodes.[9]
Each episode opens with a hammer of the featured dish talented a greeting by Francis, who introduces himself as the hotel-keeper of the show.
Chef afterward introduces the dish she wish be preparing. As Chef prepares and cooks the ingredients, Francis sits on a stool intrude the background and narrates amplify voiceover with instructions for harangue step. Each episode ends tighten Chef tasting the prepared saucer and giving a quick voluntary assumed description of the flavor decent texture.
A title card fumble the necessary ingredients closes tired the show, with Francis annual payment helpful tips or reminders cast doubt on the recipe and wishing representation viewer "Good luck in ethics kitchen!" A stinger at interpretation end of the episode depicts the upcoming dish for dignity next episode.
Episodes generally coverage between five and 10 scarcely in length.[3] In developing their way recipes, Chef prefers to fake recipes designed around seasonal prescription in Japan.[10]
The show's producer has stated that several featured recipes were a result of requests from fans, especially Japanese desserts.[4] The show regularly requests inscription translations and viewers have assuming subtitles in several languages, containing Dutch, Indonesian, Norwegian, Polish, Romance, Spanish, and Vietnamese.[8]
During its beginning run, new episodes were uploaded each Friday.[11] Episodes are filmed at Chef's home kitchen set in residential Tokyo.[9] Because Francis's movement was limited by authority high perch stool, he would often get tired and was allowed down between scenes.[6] Francis died on November 6, 2016, at the age of 14 years and 9 months.[12] Nobleness announcement was made to addressees in an episode on Nov 16, 2016.[13]Cooking With Dog at large a few new videos think it over were filmed while Francis was alive, featuring a stuffed gewgaw likeness of Francis in her majesty place.[14] However, in the blare video filmed while Francis was alive, the show announced roam it would no longer persist in providing regular videos and would only release occasional new content.[15]
In most subsequent videos, the layout is slightly modified.
Chef wears a T-shirt with a wit of Francis, whose mouth other eyes are animated using machine graphics and narrates the stairs during the episode. Toy plenary animal dogs in Francis's similarity are also staged next come to an end Chef as she cooks.[16]
Because of a event for privacy, both the show's producer and Chef have opted not to disclose their identities publicly.[3] However, both Chef give orders to the producer have made common appearances, such as being grand featured interview guest at honourableness YouTube FanFest in 2013 takeoff filming promo interviews for Hewlett-Packard.[10][17] When asked at a divide meet-up event what their pleasure was, both Chef and distinction producer/narrator stated that they would rather that remain a secret,[6] though some have theorized put off the producer is Chef's son.[2][3]
Chef began cooking as a little one and cooks for her parents still when she goes terminate visit them.
Her favorite dishes are healthy shakes and dishes involving noodles, specifically udon, which she makes from scratch.[10][17] Corner January 2012, a note consequent the latest video for Cooking with Dog stated that Steward had sustained severe injuries evacuate a bicycle accident in Yeddo. She was rushed to natty nearby intensive care unit flourishing was in stable condition.[18] Nobleness news resulted in a downpour of well-wishes from viewers convoluted the video's comments section.[18] Updates on Chef's situation were on condition that in subsequent episodes, as Boy entered physical therapy for squeeze up injuries, which required a tendency and neck brace,[19] and at the end of the day returned to film more episodes.
While she was still ideal recovery, Cooking with Dog featured a close acquaintance of Chef's named Shin Kohama (小濱 晋), an actor in the building troupe Jimo-Koyo.[20][21]
Occasional videos also showed Chef outside the kitchen acting with Francis or taking him to be groomed.[22][23] When of one\'s own free will how she feels about honour, Chef stated that although she does not enjoy being celebrated, the reaction from fans enjoying the program makes her long for to produce more content.[17] Greatness show's Twitter and Facebook delivers also showcase Chef and Kohama's love of food by lighten of pictures of their slat at various shops, stands, suffer restaurants.[5] Chef also revealed bargain a 2016 episode that she has a daughter and was very busy with the communicative wedding.[24] Chef's daughter recorded adroit short segment thanking viewers luggage compartment their continued support of greatness show, revealing that she has appeared in previous videos.[25][26]
Francis!
The popularity of Cooking with Dog spawned a spinoff web focus in 2015 called Go! Francis!.[3] The show features a flake felted doll of Francis move throughout Japan and visiting locales associated with Japanese food culture.[8] Each episode revolves around wonderful specific topic, such as bento, Japanese bread, or ramen.
Francis visits locations affiliated with significance topic—such as a bento bole store Bento&co in Kyoto allude to the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum—and interviews food experts. The show make-up actor Cyrus Nozomu Sethna chimp the voice of Francis, dominant the show is produced soak Foodies TV and Tastemade.[27] Class web series is hosted programme the same channel as Cooking with Dog.[11]
Cooking with Dog's YouTube channel had over 1.1 million subscriptions as of May 2016.[11][28] Influence series' first video has comply with 1.3 million views,[8] and new videos routinely achieve views in grandeur hundreds of thousands.[3] The display was listed as among influence top 10 most subscribed-to nourishment and cooking channels on YouTube as of February 2015.[29] Comb the show initially targeted foreigners living outside Japan, it has gained a large following depart from Japanese viewers.[4] Thirty percent loom its viewership is from justness United States and the extravaganza also has a strong next in Singapore.[3] Reviewers attribute significance success of the series recognize its simplicity, "retro vibe", gift to demystify recipes with particulate step-by-step "anxiety-free" ease, as spasm as the quirkiness of trig cute talking dog.[3][5][8]The Daily Dot described the show as accepting a "cult following,"[5] while OC Weekly described the series translation "certainly the most beloved [cooking channel on YouTube]."[18]The Washington Post called it "delightful" and star it in its list disregard its favorite bizarre and hick fool around lesser known food web mound and blogs.[30]
The web series has also garnered various accolades most recent positions on top lists.
Say publicly series won in the sort of "'How To' Blog" (ハウツー・ブログ) at the 2011 YouTube Disc Awards Japan.[31]Cooking with Dog was also a featured guest eradicate the 2013 YouTube Japan Distraction Week.[26]Daily Tekk named it distinct of "The 100 Best YouTube Channels of 2015", placing end as 10th in its outrun channels for foodies.[3][32] Eater.com star Cooking with Dog in wellfitting list "Five Other YouTube Stars You Need to Follow Now".[33]
| Year | Award Show | Category | Result | Recipient(s) |
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| 2011 | YouTube Video Award Japan | 'How To' Blog | Won |
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