Home > Ugly Delicious > Season 1 « TV Series Page Ugly Delicious: Season 1 (2018) Want to see Episode List Season 1 Ugly Delicious Critics Consensus Ugly Delicious injects new life into the food documentary by dispensing with culinary pretensions and celebrating a vibrant spectrum of dishes that are sure to whet audience appetites. 100% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 21 71% Audience Score User Ratings: 124 NEW More Info × Close Want to see Super Reviewer Submit Super Reviewer Edit Review Episodes 1 Pizza Air date: Feb 23, 2018 While pizza purists in Brooklyn and Naples insist on classic ingredients, innovative chefs in Japan and beyond are redefining what makes a good pie. More 2 Tacos Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Taco lovers introduce a skeptical David to an explosive array of flavors at LA food trucks, Arab-style taco joints and pop-up restaurant Noma Mexico. More 3 Home Cooking Air date: Feb 23, 2018 As Dave and Peter Meehan help prep the Chang family's Thanksgiving feast, fellow chefs look back on their most powerful childhood memories of food. More 4 Shrimp & Crawfish Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Frustrated by New Orleans chefs' stubborn refusal to try new things, Dave heads to immigrant-rich Houston for a taste of spicy Viet-Cajun cuisine. More 5 BBQ Air date: Feb 23, 2018 While Peter explores the many flavors and styles of U.S. barbecue, Dave samples mind-blowing Peking duck, yakitori and Korean barbecue. More 6 Fried Chicken Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Dave learns the tricks to making Nashville hot chicken, scopes out KFC's China menu and delves into the loaded history of soul food. More 7 Fried Rice Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Forget fortune cookies and General Tso's chicken: Secret menu items, local delicacies and a lobster volcano reveal the true range of Chinese cuisine. More 8 Stuffed Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Time for the ultimate showdown: Italian stuffed pasta vs. Asian dumplings. Will xiaolongbao or tortellini carry the day? More Ugly Delicious: Season 1 Videos 1:21 Ugly Delicious: Season 1 Sneak Peek - Ali Wong and David Chang 1:50 Ugly Delicious: Season 1 Trailer 1:15 Ugly Delicious: Season 1 Sneak Peek - Home Cooking View All Videos (3) Tv Season Info Over eight episodes, David travels the world with writers and chefs, activists and artists, who use food as a vehicle to break down cultural barriers, tackle misconceptions and uncover shared experiences. Ugly Delicious ventures out of polished kitchens into the wider world to explore Viet-Cajun cuisine in Houston, Neapolitan Pizza in Tokyo, home cooking in Copenhagen, and much more. Genre: Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Feb 23, 2018 Exec. Producers: David Chang, Peter Meehan, Christopher C. Chen, Morgan Neville, Ben Cotner, Adam Del Deo, Lisa Nishimura Cast David Chang David Chang News & Interviews for Ugly Delicious: Season 1 Best-Reviewed TV Shows by Genre 2018 2018 TV Premiere Dates Calendar View All Ugly Delicious: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Pizza Air date: Feb 23, 2018 While pizza purists in Brooklyn and Naples insist on classic ingredients, innovative chefs in Japan and beyond are redefining what makes a good pie. More 2 Tacos Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Taco lovers introduce a skeptical David to an explosive array of flavors at LA food trucks, Arab-style taco joints and pop-up restaurant Noma Mexico. More 3 Home Cooking Air date: Feb 23, 2018 As Dave and Peter Meehan help prep the Chang family's Thanksgiving feast, fellow chefs look back on their most powerful childhood memories of food. More 4 Shrimp & Crawfish Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Frustrated by New Orleans chefs' stubborn refusal to try new things, Dave heads to immigrant-rich Houston for a taste of spicy Viet-Cajun cuisine. More 5 BBQ Air date: Feb 23, 2018 While Peter explores the many flavors and styles of U.S. barbecue, Dave samples mind-blowing Peking duck, yakitori and Korean barbecue. More 6 Fried Chicken Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Dave learns the tricks to making Nashville hot chicken, scopes out KFC's China menu and delves into the loaded history of soul food. More 7 Fried Rice Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Forget fortune cookies and General Tso's chicken: Secret menu items, local delicacies and a lobster volcano reveal the true range of Chinese cuisine. More 8 Stuffed Air date: Feb 23, 2018 Time for the ultimate showdown: Italian stuffed pasta vs. Asian dumplings. Will xiaolongbao or tortellini carry the day? More Critic Reviews for Ugly Delicious Season 1 All Critics (21) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (0) It's a cooking show that has explicit judgments, and that states them, and sometimes tries to work through them, which makes it less soothing than some other cooking shows, but also more interesting. Dec 19, 2018 | Full Review… Willa Paskin Slate Top Critic Chang's best moments are thoughtful takes on the immigrant experience. Jul 2, 2018 | Full Review… Jessica Yadegaran San Jose Mercury News Top Critic I don't watch much food television. What it serves up - competition, showiness - has never really made me hungry. Until now. David Chang's series "Ugly Delicious," on Netflix, makes me ravenous. Mar 20, 2018 | Full Review… Devra First Boston Globe Top Critic Those who prefer their pizza with the works should order up the first episode of "Ugly Delicious," the delightfully messy new series by renowned chef David Chang, who is grounded enough to appreciate the occasional slice of Domino's. Feb 26, 2018 | Full Review… Neal Justin Minneapolis Star Tribune Top Critic In the very least, it provides plenty of food for thought. Feb 23, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review… Hanh Nguyen indieWire Top Critic Don't watch [Ugly Delicious] while hungry. Feb 23, 2018 | Full Review… Allison Shoemaker RogerEbert.com Top Critic It's for want of a better term, woke cooking, and it makes for hypnotic watching, which is why I'd probably end up queuing for more of it. Feb 15, 2019 | Full Review… Anna Conrad GQ Magazine [UK] It tells a beautiful story of America and how we got here, one taco at a time. Jan 28, 2019 | Full Review… Ani Bundel NBC News THINK The message is reassuringly simple: the inelegant, ungainly and downright dangerously calorific is just as important as a three-Michelin-starred chef's latest dizzyingly complex concoction. Dec 19, 2018 | Full Review… Josh Baines CinemaBlend Food-culture show about more than just cuisine. Mar 7, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… Marty Brown Common Sense Media View All Critic Reviews (21) Audience Reviews for Ugly Delicious: Season 1 Jul 03, 2019 Talks about elitism the entire series how it's wrong, but is an elitist when it comes to Asian foods. Jonathan C May 11, 2019 Would be excellent if it wasn't so politically charged. I loved episode one even with the Anti Trump joke. But episode two became a political open border, illegal immigrant sob story that once again shows that netflix is trying to manipulate viewers politics injecting open border globalist views into shows that do not need them. Food should be like religion or sex and have nothing to do with politics. This series would have been amazing if I didnt have to hear the partisan preaching. Apr 24, 2019 Could of been a better host , David Chang is very bias and not really open minded , he is very arrogant on the show , and he alone breaks the show for me Feb 19, 2019 The host Chang drops too many f-bombs for absolutely no reason. Seemingly encourages interviewees to swear as well, which to me takes away from the topic of the episode. The format made me think of Showtime's The Circus, except there's more swearing. We learn a bit at first, but I find the episodes tend to veer off into self-importance where a bunch of guys ramble on to the point of not liking any one of them. Too bad, I was hoping to like this one following my deception of Salt Fat Acid Heat, or rather its irritating host Samin Nosrat. Chang is just as annoying. Andre M Feb 14, 2019 The problem is that the program focuses much around likes and dislikes of the showman and, so on, some interesting things which are discussed lose the main point. Millo T May 29, 2018 This was an incredible tv show which took audiences to a far more grassroots level of popular foods and their histories. Both Chang's interview style and the lens were sensitive and inquisitive, seeking to explore deeper cultural issues and nuances behind items like fried rice, fried chicken etc. I just loved it. It was not about the high class, $500 a pop dish like a lot of tv specials, but about the real food that we all have access to or have been curious about. May 20, 2018 Liberal alert! Darn! This is the second Netflix produced show I've ever seen that had ANY level of watchability or professionalism (The other is Woody Allen's film) and I THOUGHT it was getting good until they began spewing LIES about immigration and undocumented workers being deported in Episode 2. A man who's wife is a Mexican citizen but owns a successful restaurant in Philly says she at risk of deportation -- except -- if he is a US citizen, that is a LIE. then the show went on to moan and complain about Trump. JUST LIKE EVERY pussyhat in liberal media. Netflix original content is so across-the-board biased to CNN levels of liberalism, I would absolutely OPT OUT of their original content -- including ads. I don't need their pathetic lies or liberal crocodile tears. Stick to entertainment, Netfix (not politics) -- you smell like old Hollywood. Richard A Apr 09, 2018 super show - well made Abhishek S Apr 03, 2018 While the food in the show all looks delicious the host David Chang, while trying to come off as all inclusive of all cultures and traditions, only manages to seem racist. 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