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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3118 - Q&A: “How can I launch a no-recipe cooking channel?”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Do you need step-by-step recipes to build a food business? In this episode, we explore whether teaching kitchen improvisation can become a profitable niche.

Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.

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0:00.0

Lemonada.

0:10.7

Today we've got a listener who wants to launch a no recipe cooking channel.

0:15.2

Do you in fact need step-by-step recipes to build a food business, a content-based food

0:20.4

business?

0:20.7

That is, In this episode,

0:22.4

we're going to explore whether teaching kitchen improvisation can become a profitable niche, a moneymaker,

0:28.3

something that helps pay your bills. That's what we're all about on side hustle school.

0:32.3

So what if the goal is for this cooking show, it's not a 30-minute meal or a five-ingredient

0:37.4

fix? We've heard of that kind of formula. What if the goal isn't to follow a recipe for this cooking show, it's not a 30-minute meal or a five-ingredient fix.

0:38.1

We've heard of that kind of formula.

0:39.6

What if the goal isn't to follow a recipe but to ditch it entirely?

0:43.6

So that's Nina's idea.

0:44.8

She is a confident home cook.

0:46.4

She likes improvising.

0:47.4

She wants to teach people how to do the same.

0:49.4

Instead of posting traditional recipes, her channel is going to be built around instinctive,

0:55.1

no measuring cooking. Is is going to be built around instinctive, no measuring,

1:00.3

cooking. Is it going to work? Well, it's hard to say for sure. But what might Nina want to know,

1:04.5

or what might any content creator want to know if they've got an idea and they're trying to figure out, should I pursue this one or try something different? Let's explore what's possible

1:08.5

and how it can be more marketable than you might expect.

1:15.6

Maybe there's a couple things you can do to increase your odds of success. If that sounds like a worthy goal to you, stay tuned. Got a quick shout out to our sponsor. Then I'll bring you

1:19.6

Nina's a question. What's up? What's up? I want to tell you today about our partner, ZipRecruiter. You know, ZipRecruiter. If you don't,

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