America’s Test Kitchen

America’s Test Kitchen is an independent cooking media company based in Boston’s Seaport, home to the test kitchens behind its television shows, cookbooks, magazines, websites and cooking school. More than 60 chefs put ingredients, cookware, equipment and recipes through objective, rigorous testing to identify the very best for home cooks. Its best-known brands are America’s Test Kitchen, Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country, which together reach millions of home cooks across the country.

The company grew out of Cook’s Illustrated, the advertising-free magazine first published in 1993, and the America’s Test Kitchen public television series, which premiered in 2001. It describes itself as a rapidly expanding independent media business that has earned respect in both the publishing industry and the culinary world. Its team of test cooks aims to help home cooks discover new dishes, learn techniques and expand their cooking repertoire.

What to Know

• Cook’s Country also airs as its own public television series.
• The online cooking school offers video-based classes for home cooks.
• The company publishes a line of cookbooks and recipes for young chefs under its America’s Test Kitchen Kids brand.