YouLook.tv gets into Turkish cooking

Sara’s Istanbul Delights follows chef, food writer and designer Sara La Fountain

Fledgling UK-based AVoD service YouLook.tv has picked up a pair of cooking shows that originally aired on Fox in Turkey.

The streamer, which was founded this year by former 20th Century Fox, BBC and Sky executive David Smyth and MCap and Northern & Shell alumnus Jason Mawer, has licensed Sara’s Istanbul Delights and Tom’s Istanbul Delights.

Tom’s Istanbul Delights is a six-part cooking show hosted by Tom Aikens, the youngest British chef ever awarded two Michelin stars, while Sara’s Istanbul Delights follows chef, food writer and designer Sara La Fountain as she goes on a gastronomic and cultural journey to discover Istanbul.

Both series are distributed by Istanbul-based distributor Calinos Entertainment.

Smyth, founder and CEO of YouLook.tv, said: “These series fit perfectly into our food and drink vertical YouLook Tasty, but are of equal appeal to viewers of travel shows. The way these two series might engage audiences with different passions is exactly what we’re about at YouLook.”