Gourmet Detective

Series Similar to Gourmet Detective

If you enjoyed Gourmet Detective, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Murder, She Baked

   2015 · Food, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Food / Mystery profile, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   This freshly baked new murder mystery introduces Hannah Swensen, a creative and bubbly baker extraordinaire in a sleepy town in Minnesota, where everyone knows each other and secrets don't stay hidden for long. Hannah's bakeshop, the Cookie Jar, is where much of the town's gossip percolates along with the strong coffee.Based on the Hannah Swensen culinary mystery series by Joanne Fluke.

2. Hannah Swensen Mysteries

   2021 · Food, Romance, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Food / Mystery profile, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   Hannah Swenson is back. Same characters, and delicious mysteries you love, with a new name. Baker Hannah Swenson teams up with her fiancé Detective Mike to solve a string of crimes including theft, vandalism, and murder. 

3. Feed the Beast

   2016 · Drama, Food, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Food / Crime profile.

   Feed the Beast tells the story of Tommy and Dion who are like brothers. Dion can't stay out of trouble. Tommy can't move past it. For two friends on the brink of losing everything, a dusty pipe dream of opening up an upscale restaurant in their hometown of the Bronx is all they have left to turn their lives around. Together, they take on the insanity of the New York restaurant world, and navigate its underbelly of petty criminals, corrupt officials and violent mobsters.

4. Moonlight Chicken

   2023 · Drama, Food, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Food profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Moonlight Chicken follows Jim and Wen who are ready to reveal their recipe of love and dish of happiness, Steamed Chicken with Rice, that will make your heart full.  It tells the story of love and complicated relationships in different flavors of moods waiting to be touched and tasted.

5. King of Baking, Kim Tak Goo

   2010 · Food, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Food profile, highly rated (8).

   Kim Tak Goo is the eldest son of Goo Il Joong, the president of Samhwa Enterprise, a legend in the baking industry. Although he is an extremely talented baker and seemed destined to succeed his father as president, Goo Il Joong's family plotted to rob him of his inheritance because he was born to Il Joong's mistress. Tak Goo's determination to become number one in the baking industry drives him to rebuild his career from scratch despite the many trials he faces.

6. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty

   2025 · Drama, Food, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Food profile, hidden gem.

   What happens when a Michelin-worthy chef from Paris accidentally time-slips to the Joseon dynasty? She meets the King, a fearsome tyrant with an unexpectedly refined palate. In a bid to survive palace intrigue and royal appetites, she whips up dazzling fusion dishes that tempt even the coldest heart. But as sparks fly in the royal kitchen, a slow-burn romance simmers beneath the surface.

7. Crossword Mysteries

   2019 · Crime, Romance, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   A brilliant crossword puzzle editor finds her life turned upside-down when she is pulled into a police investigation after several of the clues in her recent puzzles are linked to unsolved crimes. The lure of an unsolved puzzle leads to an unlikely partnership working with a tough, but charming police detective as the two set out to solve the murder before the killer strikes again.

8. A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

   2020 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   After being injured and facing loss in the line of duty, retired Boston Police Detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life of fishing, living in his late father's home on Martha's Vineyard. When a mysterious visitor to the island turns up dead, Jeff is reluctantly recruited to help in the investigation by the local police chief, a family friend.

9. Chronicle Mysteries

   2019 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem, also on Hallmark Mystery.

   Roberta "Robbie" McPherson, a novelist and podcaster, is researching the cold case of Gina DeSavio. Robbie loves the chase, loves solving any puzzle or mystery. She is particularly interested in Gina's disappearance because Robbie and Gina knew each other as children growing up in a small town. Robbie is also Miles Lawrence's niece, the owner of the local paper the Harrington Chronicle, and she's about to inherit the paper.

10. Mystery 101

    2019 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime / Mystery profile, hidden gem, also on Hallmark Mystery.

    When a college student is found dead, English professor Amy uses her crime fiction expertise to unravel the case faster than detective Travis, who ends up working with Amy to catch the killer.