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160 prompts across 5 engines: 1,760 answers analysed this week. Week 42 · 12–18 October 2026. Cooking, eating, and drinking as the subject: recipes, technique, restaurant reviews, food travel, baking, coffee, alcohol. Diet content framed around training outcomes goes to fitness-nutrition.

Top 25

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#WkCreatorScoreEngines12 wkMost cited
1 JK J. Kenji López-Alt1.8M followers 48 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Kenji_L%C3%B3pez-A…cited 1× when named 2 MW Mark Wiens11.9M followers 43 globalsilentwalks.com/en/travel-youtubers/m…cited 4× when named 3 JH James Hoffmann2.6M followers 38 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hoffmanncited 3× when named 4 3 SK Sandor Katz96k followers 35 wildfermentation.comcited 2× when named 5 1 PG Pasta Grannies1.1M followers 35 blog.youtube/creator-and-artist-stories/pas…cited 1× when named 6 3 ML Maurizio Leo378k followers 34 collabs.io/mag/the-perfect-loafcited 3× when named 7 2 JO Just One Cookbook1.1M followers 33 justonecookbook.comcited 4× when named 8 LH Lance Hedrick450k followers 33 instagram.com/lancehedrickcited 2× when named 9 3 BE Best Ever Food Review Show12.1M followers 33 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Ever_Food_Review…cited 4× when named 10 3 H HowToBBQRight2.0M followers 32 h2qshop.com/pages/about-malcom-reed-howtobb…cited 1× when named 11 TF The Food Ranger5.9M followers 32 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_James_%28YouTu…cited 2× when named 12 8 G Gastropodwith Cynthia Graber, Nicola Twilley 31 No link attachednamed 71× · cited 0.0% 13 1 JW Joshua Weissman10.7M followers 30 youtube.com/@JoshuaWeissmancited 3× when named 14 2 TS The SporkfulPodcast 29 sporkful.com/aboutcited 6× when named 15 5 EC Ethan Chlebowski2.4M followers 29 instagram.com/ethanchlebowskicited 2× when named 16 4 CK Cowboy Kent Rollins3.6M followers 29 linktr.ee/cowboykentrollinscited 5× when named 17 1 MS Mad Scientist BBQ772k followers 28 fwtx.com/eat-drink/mad-scientist-bbq-blends…cited 2× when named 18 3 BL Brian Lagerstrom1.8M followers 28 brianlagerstrom.com/aboutcited 1× when named 19 11 PK Preppy Kitchen6.2M followers 28 preppykitchen.com/about-us/meet-the-team/me…cited 1× when named 20 1 CS Claire Saffitz1.5M followers 27 dessertperson.com/aboutclairecited 1× when named 21 6 CB Chuds BBQ508k followers 27 youtube.com/watch?v=hoTr9jdhCyscited 2× when named 22 KL Keith Lee17.3M followers 26 eater.com/24000059/who-is-keith-lee-food-cr…cited 2× when named 23 6 CW Cooking with Dog1.6M followers 26 cookingwithdog.comcited 1× when named 24 13 PH Pro Home Cooks1k followers 25 youtube.com/@ProHomeCookscited 2× when named 25 2 WF Wine Folly516k followers 25 jancisrobinson.com/articles/instagram-accou…cited 1× when named

No. 1: J. Kenji López-Alt

Also named by AI

Organisations, publications and institutions AI names alongside the Food & Drink creators. They are listed apart and not ranked.

Sub-category lists

A Top 10 where a sub-category has six or more topics, a Top 5 at four or five, and a list only when it holds steady when the questions are resampled.

Top 108 topics
Recipes & Cooking
1J. Kenji López-Alt49
2Sandor Katz38
3Pasta Grannies38
No list this week3 topics
Baking & Desserts

Too few topics for a stable list: a Top 5 needs four.

No list this week2 topics
Restaurants & Food Reviews

Too few topics for a stable list: a Top 5 needs four.

No list this week2 topics
Drinks & Alcohol

Too few topics for a stable list: a Top 5 needs four.

No list this week1 topic
Coffee & Tea

Too few topics for a stable list: a Top 5 needs four.

No list this week0 topics
Kitchen Equipment

Too few topics for a stable list: a Top 5 needs four.

Engine coverage

How many of the top 25 each engine names in Food & Drink, and how strongly

ChatGPT 25
Gemini 25
Claude 25
Grok 25
Perplexity 23
Not namedNamed first 75%+No answers from the engine
Topic leaders

The creators AI names most for each of the 16 topics of the category, most-asked first

bbq and smoking meat110 answers HowToBBQRight 57.3% · Mad Scientist BBQ 51.8% · Chuds BBQ 45.5%
cast-iron cooking110 answers Cowboy Kent Rollins 48.2% · J. Kenji López-Alt 46.4% · Cast Iron Chris 28.2%
cocktail mixology110 answers The Educated Barfly 42.7% · Anders Erickson 35.5% · Steve the Bartender 37.3%
fermentation basics110 answers Sandor Katz 71.8% · David Zilber 30.0% · Kirsten Shockey 18.2%
home espresso110 answers James Hoffmann 73.6% · Lance Hedrick 71.8% · Morgan Eckroth 31.8%
italian pasta making110 answers Pasta Grannies 74.5% · Vincenzo’s Plate 31.8% · Evan Funke 29.1%
japanese home cooking110 answers Just One Cookbook 58.2% · Cooking with Dog 45.5% · Japanese Cooking 101 24.5%
knife skills110 answers Jacques Pépin 37.3% · J. Kenji López-Alt 41.8% · Helen Rennie 16.4%
meal prep planning110 answers Downshiftology 30.9% · Josh Cortis 25.5% · Talia Koren 20.0%
pastry and dessert baking110 answers Claire Saffitz 45.5% · Preppy Kitchen 41.8% · Erin Jeanne McDowell 30.0%
restaurant reviews110 answers Keith Lee 36.4% · Pete Wells 33.6% · Mark Wiens 21.8%
sourdough baking110 answers Maurizio Leo 56.4% · Full Proof Baking 35.5% · Bake with Jack 26.4%
spice blending110 answers Lior Lev Sercarz 22.7% · J. Kenji López-Alt 20.9% · Ethan Chlebowski 15.5%
street food travel110 answers Mark Wiens 79.1% · Best Ever Food Review Show 62.7% · The Food Ranger 64.5%
vegan baking110 answers Nora Cooks 32.7% · @schoolnightvegan 24.5% · Minimalist Baker 24.5%
wine pairing basics110 answers Wine Folly 35.5% · Jancis Robinson 20.9% · Levi Dalton 20.9%

Share of the topic's answers that name the creator.