Korean food at home: 4 cooking channels
YouTube is one of the first places home cooks abroad turn to for Korean recipes. Starting with Maangchi, who has taught Korean home cooking in English since 2007, here are four channels that present Korean and Korean-inspired cooking in English.
Criteria
At least 100,000 subscribers on the main platform (YouTube), a new video or Short within the last 90 days (since 2026-07-13), grouped by primary language or format. Official channel URLs, subscriber counts and latest upload dates were checked directly on YouTube on 2026-10-11. Creators with notable controversies, minors, channels that re-edit other people’s footage without transformation, and gossip or exposé channels were excluded. Order is not a ranking.
Maangchi
Languages: EnglishTopics: Food & cooking
About 6.53M subscribers · as of Oct 11, 2026
Korean home-cooking channel started in 2007 by Kim Kwang-sook (Emily Kim). Narrated in English, the videos walk through stews, side dishes, kimchi and other everyday Korean dishes. She also runs a recipe website and has published cookbooks.
Visit the YouTube channel ↗X @maangchi ↗Instagram @maangchi ↗TikTok @maangchitime ↗Website ↗
Aaron and Claire
Languages: EnglishTopics: Food & cooking
About 1.51M subscribers · as of Oct 11, 2026
A cooking channel run since 2017 by Aaron, a former professional chef, and Claire, a couple living in Korea. In English, they show Korean dishes and Korean-inflected recipes that take around 15 minutes, with substitutes for ingredients that are hard to find abroad. New videos go up weekly.
Visit the YouTube channel ↗Instagram @aaron_and_claire ↗Website ↗
Chef Chris Cho
Languages: EnglishTopics: Food & cooking
About 502K subscribers · as of Oct 11, 2026
Chef Chris Cho opened this channel in 2015 under the banner of fast, easy Korean recipes. He posts English-language recipes — many built on ramyeon and noodles — and short cooking clips, some of them featuring his father.
Visit the YouTube channel ↗Instagram @chefchrischo ↗X @chefchrischo ↗TikTok @chefchrischo ↗
Crazy Korean Cooking
Languages: EnglishTopics: Food & cooking, Culture
About 857K subscribers · as of Oct 11, 2026
A cooking channel run since 2008 by a Korean family in the United States. Alongside Korean recipes, it posts English-language series such as Korean parents trying other cuisines for the first time and recreations of Korean royal-court meals.
Visit the YouTube channel ↗Instagram @crazykoreancooking ↗TikTok @crazykoreancooking ↗Website ↗
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