Overview

• Die Cooking Academy will premiere October 6, 2025, at 18:00 immediately after taff, marking its first air date earlier than last planned for 2026.
• ProSieben is shifting Newstime to 18:30 and moving single episodes of The Simpsons to 18:40, while Galileo stays in its 19:05 slot.
• The series comprises 120 episodes filmed in and around Cologne and stars Lara Kimpel as Irini Dimitriou.
• The drama follows a high-pressure academy where top chefs train aspiring talents for the haute cuisine of tomorrow.
• Network chief Hannes Hiller says the show embodies ProSieben’s signature story, tone, casting and “juicyness.”