由北京广播电视台生活频道中心打造的大型城市美食人文纪录片栏目《味道掌门》，聚焦北京美食文化特色，汇聚名厨名菜，围绕一道餐厅招牌菜、一位味道掌门人、一份独特的城市记忆展开，以美食之名打造有厚度、有精度、有温度的北京城市名片。 该片以美食切入，通过挖掘人物传承技艺的故事来讲述城市发展，带领观众品鉴美味背后厨艺大师的坚守与匠心。
每年日本申请专利的新品种食材多达千种，《头号食谱》节目组将挖掘这些新品类食材，并邀请全国知名大厨为新食材首创一道食谱，最终将由美食评审团现场试吃点评，选出每期神奇食材的"头号食谱"。 There is a huge number of ingredients in the world. What we usually eat is just a small part of them… In this show, great chefs cook unknown ingredients that they have never seen. The ingredient looks/tastes strange. The chef is firstly surprised at such an unknown, but gradually grasps ...
