The Asian Food Network (AFN), formerly known as Asian Food Channel, is a Southeast Asian pay television channel and website owned by

Warner Bros. Discovery International Warner Bros. Discovery International, formerly known as Turner Broadcasting System International and WarnerMedia International, is an international unit of Warner Bros. Discovery led by president Gerhard Zeiler. Divisions Asia-Pacific * 9R ...

. Launched in 2005, it provides a mix of food programming content primarily focused on Asian cuisine.

History

The Asian Food Network was co-founded by Hian Goh and Maria Brown in 2005. The idea was conceived by Goh, an investment banker, and Brown, a journalist at the BBC, in 2004 to bring a food television channel to Asia. Launched under the name Asian Food Channel, it was Asia's first pay-TV food channel. Content for the network was originally purchased from overseas markets and included shows such as ''Meat and Greet'' and ''Singapore Flavours'' from Mediacorp. In 2009, it launched AFC Studio at Orchard Central in Singapore. It allowed fans to purchase branded merchandise and also used for original content creation such as ''Great Dinners Of The World'' and ''Big Break''. By 2013, the network reached 130 million viewers in 12 markets.

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purchased the channel in 2013. It became part of Discovery, Inc. in 2018 when Discovery acquired Scripps Networks Interactive, The channel was rebranded as Asian Food Network in 2019, with a larger focus placed on multi-platform content.

Programming

The Asian Food Network provides a wide mix of food programming content that are sourced internationally such as the United Kingdom, the US, Canada, Europe, Australia, as well as Asian specific content from Korea, Japan, China, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. Most shows are

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, but English shows are sometimes subtitled in Chinese, like in SkyCable. Others don't have subtitles in English programming such as on Cignal.

Featured Chefs/Hosts

References

External links

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About Asian Food Network

Channel Availability
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The Business Times, 12 August 2005. Retrieved on 3 November 2007.
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