Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook Trailer Revealed by Apple TV
Today, Apple TV released the trailer for its new culinary docuseries, Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook, which premieres globally on November 6, 2026.
The eight-episode series follows Nora Lum, aka Awkwafina, on a cross-country culinary road trip as she attempts to revive her family’s beloved Chinese restaurant.
Her family ran Lum’s, the iconic Cantonese restaurant in Flushing, New York. Nora inherited the family legacy. The cooking skills? Those still need work. Nora admits, “I can’t cook. Like, at all.”
With help from acclaimed chefs, celebrated restaurateurs and her family, she sets out to build her kitchen skills, explore contemporary Asian American cuisine and reimagine Lum’s legacy for a new generation.
Along the way, Nora takes a crash course at the Culinary Institute of America, hits the road for Texas barbecue with Jimmy O. Yang, and learns from culinary icons Roy Choi and Martin Yan.
In Hawai‘i, she explores the tiki culture that inspired her grandma’s restaurant, before taking on the challenges of serving at a restaurant in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. It all builds toward one high-stakes opening night and the toughest VIP diner of all: her grandma.
Awkwafina: The Unlikely Cook is produced for Apple TV by Twofour and is executive produced by Nora Lum, David Brindley, Itay Reiss and Caroline Davies.
This is the second collaboration between Twofour and Apple TV, following the celebrated, Emmy Award-nominated travel series The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy, starring Emmy Award winner Eugene Levy.
