America 's Test Kitchen - wikipedia America 's Test Kitchen The neutrality of this article is disputed. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met. ( November 2016 ) America 's Test Kitchen Genre Cooking Presented by Christopher Kimball ( 2001 - 2016 ) Julia Collin Davison ( 2001 - ) Bridget Lancaster ( 2001 - ) Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons 17 No. of episodes 429 ( list of episodes ) Production Producer ( s ) America 's Test Kitchen Location ( s ) Boston, Massachusetts Running time 27 minutes Distributor WETA in conjunction with American Public Television Release Original release August 4, 2001 ( 2001 - 08 - 04 ) -- present External links Website www.americastestkitchen.com America 's Test Kitchen is a half - hour cooking show distributed to public television stations and Create in the United States, which are also available in most Canadian markets. Christopher Kimball hosted the show 's first 16 seasons, while he was editor - in - chief of Cook 's Illustrated. New co-hosts Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster entered in Season 17. The show is affiliated with Cook 's Illustrated and Cook 's Country magazines, and the magazines ' test kitchen facility at the Innovation and Design Building in Boston, Massachusetts is used as a set for the show. The America 's Test Kitchen brand has also produced books, radio shows, and an online database for cooking recipes and tips. Contents 1 Episode format 2 Cast 3 Episodes 4 Other media 4.1 Books 4.2 Radio Shows 5 Awards 6 References 7 External links Episode format A typical episode of the show consists primarily of two or three recipes that are consistent with the theme of the episode. Each recipe is presented by either Julia Collin Davison or Bridget Lancaster, who explain common problems that can occur when cooking the recipe or ordering it at a restaurant. Periodically throughout the episode, other segments are inserted, usually consisting of two or more of the following : An Equipment Corner segment, which reviews and ranks kitchen gadgets A Tasting Lab segment, where an ingredient or prepared food product is run through a tasting panel and taste - tested by Kimball A Science Desk segment, discussing the science behind a pertinent technique used in the recipe A Quick Tips segment, demonstrating tips and tricks from Cook 's Illustrated magazine and viewers ' mail Through season 6 the show was taped in standard definition, 4 : 3 video ; season 7 saw the show switch to widescreen 16 : 9 video. The high definition version of the show is broadcast as part of PBS HD 's master digital schedule, and by some PBS affiliates as part of their normal schedules. During recording, 26 recipes are videotaped during a three - week period. Six recipes are recorded per day, and there are two recipes demonstrated per episode. Cast America 's Test Kitchen features several recurring cast members, although not every cast member appears in each episode. Julia Collin Davison ( identified on - screen before season 7 as `` Julia Collin '' ), Bridget Lancaster, Kay Rentschler, Rebecca `` Becky '' Hays, Sandra Wu, Yvonne Ruperti, J. Kenji Alt ( now J. Kenji Lopez - Alt ), Erika Bruce, Bryan Roof and Dan Souza are the chefs who explain and prepare the recipes in each episode as Kimball watches and comments. Yvonne Ruperti and J. Kenji Lopez - Alt departed the company in 2011 and 2009 respectively. Usually only one or two of the chefs will appear in an episode. Collin - Davison, Lancaster and Rentschler appeared as regular cast members on season 1. Since, Rentschler moved to the positions of Culinary Producer and Executive Chef by season 2 and appeared in only one episode that season, before leaving the show by Season 3. Hays joined the permanent cast in season 5, Bruce, Wu, and Ruperti each appear for a single season ( seasons 5, 6, and 8, respectively ), and Alt appears in seasons 7 and 8. All are prominent recipe testers or editors in Cook 's Illustrated. Beginning in season 5, Cook 's Illustrated staff chefs Hays, Bruce, Jeremy Sauer, and Matthew Card appeared in segments answering common viewer mail questions. Hays, Bruce, and Sauer joined the on - camera cast for season 6 ; Hays moved into credited cast member status beginning in season 7. Roof and Souza were added to the regular cast starting season 15. Christopher Kimball, the show 's host for seasons 1 - 16, was the founder, editor and publisher of American 's Test Kitchen and its associated magazine, book, television and radio programs from their inception through 2016. Kimball and ATK parted company in the fall of 2016 over a contract dispute. Julia Collin Davison took over as co-host of `` America 's Test Kitchen '' alongside Bridget Lancaster with the start of season 17 in January 2017 and took over Chris ' role in introducing the recipes featured in each episode. Julia Collin Davison appeared in most episodes of `` America 's Test Kitchen '' seasons 1 - 16, but will appear in all upcoming episodes ( January 2017 ). Davison will continue cooking selected recipes on each episode with the help of current and new cast. Bridget Lancaster additionally appeared as a regular cast member in seasons 1 - 16 and joins Julia Collin Davison as host in all episodes for season 17. Lancaster will also continue to cook through select recipes on upcoming episodes alongside other cast members. Jack Bishop appears in most episodes in the Tasting Lab segment. In the Tasting Lab, he describes a tasting panel 's opinions on different brands of the food or ingredient in question, as Kimball, Lancaster or Davison tastes several of the items blind. After Kimball, Lancaster or Davison provides his or her thoughts on the different varieties, Bishop reveals the brands that Kimball, Lancaster or Davison tasted and compares his or her thoughts to those of the tasting panel. Bishop and Kimball frequently refer to a running joke that Kimball 's tastes are often vastly different from the tasting panel 's ; as an example, in a segment tasting bottled waters, Kimball picked Boston tap water over all the brands of bottled water. Bishop also hosts the Cook 's Illustrated podcast. Dan Souza is executive editor of Cook 's Science at America 's Test Kitchen. He 's an on - screen test cook for America 's Test Kitchen and a weekly contributor to America 's Test Kitchen Radio. A former senior editor for Cook 's Illustrated, Dan has contributed content to a dozen America 's Test Kitchen cookbooks, including executing and editing the test kitchen experiments for the New York Times bestseller The Science of Good Cooking and the forthcoming Cook 's Science. Dan cut his culinary teeth as an apprentice in Hungary before graduating first in his class from the Culinary Institute of America. After cooking in restaurants in New York City and Boston, however, he found his true calling : applying good science to create great recipes for the home cook. Adam Ried appears in most episodes as the host of the Equipment Corner segment. In this segment, he shows several brands of a piece of kitchen equipment and often asks Kimball, Lancaster or Davison to use several of the items or eat food prepared with different brands. In the end, he identifies the test kitchen 's preferred brand and demonstrates its key features. For particularly expensive items, he often identifies a best buy : an item that was ranked highly but is significantly less expensive than the top brand. Throughout the show 's run, items previously tested in other seasons have been retested as technology changes warrant ; for instance, in season 8, garlic presses were retested due to the failure of the non-stick coating on the previous winning brand after heavy usage, and a new favorite brand was chosen. Occasionally the Equipment Corner segment does not focus on a single piece of equipment ; instead, a `` buy it / do n't buy it '' format is used to pick the best items among newer, trendier kitchen gadgets. One of Ried 's favorite `` buy it '' gadgets was a timer that came with its own lanyard so cooks could wear it around their necks and not have to be in visual range of the oven timer ; Ried revealed, however, that the timer was normally used to stay one step ahead of local traffic law enforcers by signaling that it was time to feed the meter or move the car. John `` Doc '' Willoughby hosted the Science Desk segment in the show 's first two seasons but was gradually phased out during season 3. After he became executive editor of Gourmet magazine, there was no Science Desk segment for two seasons. John `` Doc '' Willoughby returned to America 's Test Kitchen in 2010. Odd Todd ( Todd Rosenberg ) designs animations for the Science Desk segment, illustrating such concepts as flambé, brining, marinating vs. dry spice rubs, and whether plastic or wooden cutting boards are better for overall kitchen hygiene. His segments made their debut in season 5 but were replaced by non-animated segments with Jeremy Sauer in season 6. The animations returned for season 7, interspersed with non-animated science segments done by Kimball and Sauer. Guy Crosby is the science adviser for America 's Test Kitchen. He began working for Cook 's Illustrated as a consulting editor in early 2005. Rebecca `` Becky '' Hays, Bryan Roof, Dan Souza, Keith Dresser, Elle Simone, Tim Chin and Erin McMurrer are the chefs who explain and prepare the recipes in each episode as the host watches and comments. Usually only one or two of the chefs will appear in an episode. Collin - Davison, Lancaster and Rentschler appeared as regular cast members on season 1. Since, Rentschler moved to the positions of Culinary Producer and Executive Chef by season 2 and appeared in only one episode that season, before leaving the show by Season 3. Hays joined the permanent cast in season 5, Bruce, Wu, and Ruperti each appear for a single season ( seasons 5, 6, and 8, respectively ), and Alt appears in seasons 7 and 8. All are prominent recipe testers or editors in Cook 's Illustrated. Beginning in season 5, Cook 's Illustrated staff chefs Hays, Bruce, Jeremy Sauer, and Matthew Card appeared in segments answering common viewer mail questions. Hays, Bruce, and Sauer joined the on - camera cast for season 6 ; Hays moved into credited cast member status beginning in season 7. Roof and Souza were added to the regular cast starting season 15. Chin, Dresser, McMurrer and Simone added to the regular cast starting season 17. Episodes Main article : List of America 's Test Kitchen episodes Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired 13 August 4, 2001 ( 2001 - 08 - 04 ) October 27, 2001 ( 2001 - 10 - 27 ) 26 January 5, 2002 ( 2002 - 01 - 05 ) June 29, 2002 ( 2002 - 06 - 29 ) 26 January 4, 2003 ( 2003 - 01 - 04 ) June 28, 2003 ( 2003 - 06 - 28 ) 26 January 3, 2004 ( 2004 - 01 - 03 ) June 26, 2004 ( 2004 - 06 - 26 ) 5 26 January 1, 2005 ( 2005 - 01 - 01 ) June 25, 2005 ( 2005 - 06 - 25 ) 6 26 January 7, 2006 ( 2006 - 01 - 07 ) July 1, 2006 ( 2006 - 07 - 01 ) 7 26 January 6, 2007 ( 2007 - 01 - 06 ) June 30, 2007 ( 2007 - 06 - 30 ) 8 26 January 5, 2008 ( 2008 - 01 - 05 ) June 28, 2008 ( 2008 - 06 - 28 ) 9 26 January 3, 2009 ( 2009 - 01 - 03 ) June 27, 2009 ( 2009 - 06 - 27 ) 10 26 January 2, 2010 ( 2010 - 01 - 02 ) June 26, 2010 ( 2010 - 06 - 26 ) 11 26 January 8, 2011 ( 2011 - 01 - 08 ) June 25, 2011 ( 2011 - 06 - 25 ) 12 26 January 7, 2012 ( 2012 - 01 - 07 ) June 30, 2012 ( 2012 - 06 - 30 ) 13 26 January 5, 2013 ( 2013 - 01 - 05 ) June 29, 2013 ( 2013 - 06 - 29 ) 14 26 January 4, 2014 ( 2014 - 01 - 04 ) June 28, 2014 ( 2014 - 06 - 28 ) 15 26 January 3, 2015 ( 2015 - 01 - 03 ) July 18, 2015 ( 2015 - 07 - 18 ) 16 26 January 2, 2016 ( 2016 - 01 - 02 ) July 30, 2016 ( 2016 - 07 - 30 ) 17 26 January 7, 2017 ( 2017 - 01 - 07 ) TBA Other media Books Year Published Title Description New York Times Best Seller 2017 Vegan for Everybody Foolproof Plant - Based Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and In - Between 2016 The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook 500 Vibrant, Kitchen - Tested Recipes for Living and Eating Well Every Day 2016 What Good Cooks Know 20 Years of Test Kitchen Expertise in One Essential Handbook 2016 The Best of America 's Test Kitchen 2017 The Year 's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings 2016 Bread Illustrated A Step - By - Step Guide to Achieving Bakery - Quality Results At Home 2016 Naturally Sweet Bake All Your Favorites with 30 % to 50 % Less Sugar 2016 Master of the Grill Foolproof Recipes, Top - Rated Gadgets, Gear & Ingredients Plus Clever Test Kitchen Tips & Fascinating Food Science 2016 Foolproof Preserving A Guide to Small Batch Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Condiments, and More 2015 The Complete America 's Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001 - 2016 Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show with Product Ratings and a Look Behind the Scenes 2015 The Best of America 's Test Kitchen 2016 The Year 's Best Recipes, Equipment Reviews, and Tastings 2015 100 Recipes The Absolute Best Ways To Make The True Essentials 2015 The How Can It Be Gluten - Free Cookbook Volume 2 New Whole - Grain Flour Blend. 75 + Dairy - Free Recipes. 2015 The Complete Vegetarian Cookbook A Fresh Guide to Eating Well with 700 Foolproof Recipes 2015 The Best Mexican Recipes Kitchen - Tested Recipes Put the Real Flavors of Mexico Within Reach 2015 Healthy Slow Cooker Revolution One Test Kitchen. 40 Slow Cookers. 200 Fresh Recipes. 2014 The New Family Cookbook All - New Edition of the Best - Selling Classic with 1,100 New Recipes 2014 The Make - Ahead Cook 8 Smart Strategies for Dinner Tonight : More than 150 kitchen - tested recipes you can prepare on your schedule 2014 The Complete Cooking for Two Cookbook 650 Recipes for Everything You 'll Ever Want to Make 2014 The How Can it Be Gluten Free Cookbook Revolutionary Techniques. Groundbreaking Recipes. 2013 The America 's Test Kitchen Cooking School Cookbook Everything You Need to Know to Become a Great Cook. 2013 Slow Cooker Revolution Volume 2 The Easy - Prep Edition 2013 Pressure Cooker Perfection 100 Foolproof Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook 2011 Slow Cooker Revolution One Test Kitchen. 30 Slow Cookers. 200 Amazing Recipes. Radio Shows Main article : List of America 's Test Kitchen radio shows Awards Year Title Award 2016 America 's Test Kitchen Daytime Emmy Award Nomination : Outstanding Culinary Program 2016 Cook 's Country from America 's Test Kitchen Daytime Emmy Award Nomination : Outstanding Culinary Program 2012 America 's Test Kitchen Daytime Emmy Award Winner : Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle / Culinary Program 2012 Cook 's Country from America 's Test Kitchen Daytime Emmy Award Nomination : Outstanding Directing in a Lifestyle / Culinary Program 2011 America 's Test Kitchen Daytime Emmy Award Nomination : Outstanding Lifestyle / Culinary Host 2011 America 's Test Kitchen Daytime Emmy Award Nomination : Outstanding Culinary Program America 's Test Kitchen Daytime Emmy Award Nomination : Outstanding Culinary Program References Jump up ^ Maloney, Ann ( 3 March 2016 ). `` 2 new hosts for ' America 's Test Kitchen ' to succeed Christopher Kimball ''. Nola. Retrieved 3 March 2017. Jump up ^ Christopher Kimball interview ( 2015 - 01 - 10 ). Central Texas Gardener ( Television production ). Austin, Texas, United States : KLRU - TV, Austin PBS. Jump up ^ `` Meet the Cast ''. Boston Common Press. Archived from the original on December 24, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2007. Jump up ^ `` Christopher Kimball to Leave American 's Test Kitchen ''. Cook 's Illustrated. November 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Cook 's Illustrated podcast ''. Retrieved January 31, 2008. Jump up ^ John `` Doc '' Willoughby has returned to America 's Test Kitchen Jump up ^ http://www.americastestkitchen.com/tour/ Jump up ^ America 's Test Kitchen : The Full Season 1 ( DVD ). Boston, Massachusetts : Cook 's Illustrated. 2006 - 10 - 10. ^ Jump up to : Bricker, Tierney ( 24 March 2016 ). `` 2016 Daytime Emmy Nominations : Check Out the Full List of Nominees ''. E ! News. Retrieved 10 February 2017. ^ Jump up to : OnTheRedCarpet.com Staff. `` OTRC : DAYTIME EMMYS 2012 : FULL LIST OF WINNERS ''. abc7. 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Question: who are the chefs on america's test kitchen
Answer: Julia Collin Davison