延续了“反美食”纪录片的独特风格，将“食物不分高低贵贱”的理念进一步升级。第二季中，我们深入莽荒大山、边陲小镇、人迹罕至的奇境；投身烟火市井、经历匪夷所思的奇遇；记录中华大地上，更多不同地域、民族、各怀绝技的劳动人民手中，创造出的奇异、独特的美食。回溯尘封历史，见证非遗传奇，祖国的广袤大地上，对“奇食”全景式记录，怪诞又不失人文深度的解读，薪火相传，溯源永存。
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 ...
