Cooking With Paris

Cooking With Paris is a quirky yet entertaining reality cooking show from Netflix, that debuted its first season in 2021. The show is a fun-filled, glamorous and at times, chaotic culinary journey through the lens of the multifaceted businesswoman and famous socialite, Paris Hilton. This unscripted TV series is all about cooking, or as Paris herself would phrase it, "sliving' [slaying and living] in the kitchen.

The concept of the series originated from a YouTube video Hilton posted in 2020, cooking her "famous lasagna". The enjoyable and amusing aspect of Hilton unfamiliarity with the culinary world, combined with her unique personality and sprinkled with glitzy glamour of her lifestyle, gathered millions of views, leading to the development of this innovative show.

In Cooking With Paris, Hilton enhances a quintessential cooking show format with her unique spin. She embraces her lack of culinary skills, presenting an irresistible blend of clumsiness and charm that will captivate your attention throughout. However, the appeal of the show does not rest solely on Hilton's amusing culinary adventures but is also about the intriguing celebrity guests that accompany her in each of the six episodes in the first season.

With esteemed guests like Kim Kardashian West, Nikki Glaser, Demi Lovato, Saweetie, Lele Pons, and Kathy Hilton, each episode is more or less a luxurious dinner party filled with witty conversations and endless laughter. Paris and her celebrity guests navigate their way through intricately designed recipes, which have been curated to represent the theme of each episode - from Italian classics to Mexican cuisine to breakfast in bed, no recipe is too basic or too complex, setting the stage for some hilariously clumsy culinary scenes.

The flashy culinary accouterments, including Paris’s rhinestone-studded utensils or her fingerless gloves that she dons to avoid touching raw meat, engrossingly contribute to the cooking experience rather than the final output. It's not just a visual delight with all things bling and Paris’s elaborate kitchen wardrobe, but it has its heartfelt moments too, as guests open up about their life, career, and personal experiences.

An important and intriguing part of the show is seeing Paris Hilton in a different light, one that deviates from her carefully curated socialite image. The viewers are treated to a sneak-peek into Paris's personal side when she is engaged in intimate conversations with her peers. It’s also interesting to see how Paris's relationship varies with her guests - be that a reminiscing walk down the memory lane with Kim Kardashian West, reflecting on their childhood days, or a heartwarming episode with her mother Kathy Hilton.

Moreover, each episode of Cooking With Paris has this 'Paris touch' to it, in that it is replete with her unique, yet unforgettable Paris-isms, 'That's hot', being the one we are most familiar with.

Adding the cherry on top is the Instagram-ready culmination of every episode - a themed dinner party where the prepared food is served in an elaborate set-up that stay true to Paris Hilton's over-the-top aesthetics.

With Cooking With Paris, Netflix enhances its set of reality cooking series, but with a fun, glimmering twist. While the editing at times hints towards a more polished cooking show, the bubbling faux pas and occasional kitchen disasters remind viewers of the show’s delightfully unconventional premise. It’s reality TV in its most flamboyant form, straying away from the serious and inviting viewers to join in the fun and not take everything quite so seriously.

It's safe to say that Cooking With Paris reinvents the celebrity cooking show genre in its uniquely Paris Hilton style, providing viewers with an onscreen culinary spectacle that incites laughter, entertainment, and an insight into Paris Hilton's world - which has subtle shades of nostalgia from her earlier reality shows but certainly adds a different flavor.

Whether you're a fan of reality TV shows, cooking shows, or Paris Hilton, there's a good chance you'll enjoy Cooking With Paris. Its spirited charm is all set to keep you hooked for the entire season, leaving you wondering what Hilton may cliché to be 'hot' next.