Awkwafina’s The Unlikely Cook Debuts on Apple TV

Overview

• Apple TV began streaming the first two episodes of Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook on Friday, with the eight-episode run scheduled through December 18.
• The show follows Nora Lum as she trains at the Culinary Institute of America, works service shifts in Los Angeles, and travels the U.S. to learn regional dishes.
• Her lessons come from well-known chefs such as Martin Yan and Roy Choi and build to a Manhattan pop-up at a pizzeria that served roughly 50 guests.
• Awkwafina and producers say the series shifted from a food-travel concept into a personal story, and she now says she is pursuing a long-term reopening of her family’s Lum’s restaurant.
• The series frames Asian American cuisine through immigrant family legacies and joins Apple TV’s expanding food slate in partnership with production company Twofour, which could raise attention for small, community restaurants.