Overview
- Apple expanded its celebrity-led unscripted slate on Nov. 20 by ordering eight episodes of The Unlikely Cook with Awkwafina.
- Awkwafina will star and executive produce as she learns to cook with guidance from acclaimed chefs, restaurateurs and her relatives.
- The series charts a personal journey through contemporary Asian American cuisine that begins with the story of Lum’s, her family’s Cantonese restaurant in Flushing, New York.
- ITV-owned Twofour produces the series, the company behind Apple’s The Reluctant Traveler, with executive producers David Brindley, Itay Reiss and Caroline Davies alongside Awkwafina.
- Apple has not announced a premiere date, and reporting points to a likely 2026 window that remains unconfirmed.