10 Terrific Food Documentaries To Stream On Netflix Tonight Whenever I'm hunting for a movie to watch on a Friday night, I inevitably find myself scrolling through the documentaries on Netflix. Thankfully, there are quite a few great ones, particularly in the food space. Here are 10 food documentaries you should add to your Instant View queue: Jiro Dreams of SushiGood for: Sushi lovers and those who believe discipline and hard work is the key to everything.Synopsis: Jiro Ono is arguably the greatest sushi chef in the world. This documentary looks at his life and the lives of his two sons as they attempt follow in his footsteps. Kings of PastryGood for: Anyone who pins over-the-top desserts to their Pinterest board.Synopsis: This documentary follows participants in the brutally competitive Meilleur Ouvrier de France, the legendary French pastry competition, as they vy to take the career making title of "best patissier." A Matter of Taste: Serving Up Paul LiebrandtGood for: Fans of haute cuisine and food as art.

Synposis: What does it take to become a successul haute cuisine chef? This doc chronicles the rise of "brilliant and controversial" chef Paul Liebrandt.sushi grade salmon tallahassee Beer WarsGood for: Beer lovers, of course!yo sushi delivery dubai marinaSynopsis: Since this documentary was made, it's probably a little easier for craft brewers to get a share of the market, since craft beer is trending pretty heavily right now. gry online sushi packBut it's still hard for independent brewers to compete with the corporate giants of the beer industry. sushi grade salmon new jerseyBeer geeks should look out for cameo from Sam Calagion of Dogfish Head, among others.

Pressure CookerGood for: People who like inspirational films and believe it's important to teach young people how to cook.Synposis: With the help of their tough culinary arts teacher, three inner-city Philadelphia high school students enter a citywide cooking competition with scholarship money on the line. King CornGood for: Anyone interested in knowing where their food comes from.Synopsis: When two college friends move to Iowa to grow an acre of corn, they discover just how big a role corn plays in American life. They also hit on big issues like government subsidies and public health. FRESHGood for: Anyone who wants to see our food system transformed.Synopsis: This film is really a celebration of farmers, thinkers and businesses striving to re-invent America's food system. Among the people profiled are urban farmer and activist, Will Allen, the recipient of MacArthur's 2008 Genius Award, and Joel Salatin.Living Off America's WasteGood for: Anyone trying to throw out less food.

Synopsis: This film is about dumpster diving, so if you've ever wanted to get a glimpse into that world, this is it. It's also a look at America's attitude toward waste in general. FarmaggedonGood for: Anyone with a strong sense of social justice.Synopsis: In their review of the movie, The New York Times called Farmaggedon "part consumer-rights advocacy, part abuse-of-power exposé." The film focuses on small family farms forced to shut down by the government. VegucatedGood for: Anyone who's ever thought about going vegan.Synposis: This is what happens when three die-hard meat and cheese lovers try to go vegan for 6 weeks. Lots of ups, downs, and lessons learned along the way. Related: Fair Food: The Farmers, the Growers, the AdvocatesEating and drinking are essential parts of life, right up there with breathing and sex. We’ll count on you to research the latter two items on your own, but when it comes to food and alcohol we’re here to help. Below are the 10 best food documentaries on Netflix right now that cover eating, drinking, and the vital place that these activities hold in our culture.

Related: The Best Health Documentaries On Netflix Right Now David Kennard’s likes spending a year in France figuring out how great wines are made. This one is a the perfect feature for a quiet night in with a couple bottles of wine and some stinky cheese. The premise is as advertised: a year spent in France’s champagne country examining the people, vines and lives of winemakers. It’s segmented into seasons to cover a full year-long cycle in wine making. Kennard focuses on the winemakers and their struggles, or triumphs. It’s a refreshing look at a huge industry on a micro, human level. The viewer is invited into family homes for a slice of life, a glass of wine, and an amazing meal. Do you love sushi? That love of sushi might be leading to mass extinction. Sushi: The Global Catch tracks the history of sushi as a street food to international powerhouse cuisine. Over the last 30 years, sushi has blown up worldwide. The fisheries simply cannot sustain you being able to get fresh yellowtail in Akron on a daily basis.

The film takes a pretty shocking look at how far we’ve gone and what needs to be done to stop the destruction of entire tuna fisheries. Maybe we should save the sushi for when we travel to Japan for a while… At the very least, we don’t need to buy sushi when we go to Ralph’s, do we?Look, the problem with Netflix is that it has too many movies and TV shows. One category Netflix has that most people don't visit, because they're too busy binging on sci-fi and action, are its documentaries. Here's a shortcut to what you should learn about this weekend. Gizmodo’s weekly Netflix movie night is presented by the new HP Spectre x360. Any way you bend it, the Spectre x360 delivers. With four modes, lightning-fast performance, and impressive battery life, this convertible PC has the best of all worlds and the shortcomings of none. And, yes, all of these movies are available on Netflix Australia. Somm is a fascinating look behind the scenes into the world of wine. Specifically the world of sommeliers, the guys who know everything there is to know about a good bottle of plonk.

The Master Sommelier exam is one of the hardest in the world, and it has an appropriately incredibly low pass rate. This 2012 doco follows four hopeful and promising wine-quaffers on their path to take the master somm's exam — and all the trials and travails that involves, especially considering a mere 200 people have reached Master Sommelier level in the 40 years of the accreditation's history. Watch it now on Netflix. Netflix: Four sommeliers embark on an all-consuming course of study for the prestigious (and nearly impossible to pass) Master Sommelier exam. IMDb: Four sommeliers attempt to pass the prestigious Master Sommelier exam, a test with one of the lowest pass rates in the world. Frozen Planet is, for my money, one of the most beautiful nature documentaries ever produced. It follows the animals of the Artic and Antarctic and their perilous path of survival from birth to death. Interestingly, on Netflix, the final episode of the series — On Thin Ice — is missing from Netflix.

There's a reason for that, although that might not be a reason you like; it's about the effects of climate change and was the target of some controversy in the US. Netflix: Go on a journey through the Arctic and Antarctic with this visually stunning program that explores these wildernesses and their inhabitants. IMDb: Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic. Super Size Me was the documentary that thrust director Morgan Spurlock into the spotlight as a man who put himself through the rigours of eating McDonald's every day for a month. The results are not pretty. It's gross, but Super Size Me is good fun. It's a social commentary, and even though times have changed since the movie's 2004 release, it's still fascinating to look back at the obesity epidemic and associated moral panic that was gripping America at the time. Netflix: Director Morgan Spurlock takes a hilarious and often terrifying look at the effects of fast food on the human body, using himself as a guinea pig.

IMDb: While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month. Virunga is beautiful and simultaneously heartbreaking. Its name refers to the Virunga National Park in Congo, home to the last mountain gorillas in the world and site of some amazing battles — both political and physical — over natural resources. This doco was produced entirely by Netflix, and I actually think it's a better use of the streaming giant's time and money than House of Cards is. Watch it and open your eyes to a world that you didn't even know existed. (Then donate some money to keep it alive.) Netflix: In the forested depths of eastern Congo lies Virunga National Park, one of the most bio-diverse places in the world and home to the last of the mountain gorillas. Here, an embattled team of park rangers that includes an ex-child soldier and a Belgian prince, risk their lives to protect this UNESCO World Heritage Site from armed rebels, poachers, and even corporations trying to wrest control of Congo's rich natural resources.

IMDb: A group of brave individuals risk their lives to save the last of the world's mountain gorillas; in the midst of renewed civil war and a scramble for Congo's natural resources. Cocaine Cowboys is Miami Vice brought to life. In the 1980s, cocaine was the industry to be in if you were a Floridian — it was an absolutely massive underground part of the state's economy, and Miami was its rapidly beating heart. This is a look back at a part of history that, no matter how wild your life is in 2015, you just won't be able to live. Cocaine Cowboys talks to the drug runners and the cops who made that fine white powder their entire lives. Netflix: This documentary explores the many dimensions of Miami's cocaine-trafficking boom of the 1980s, as told by the smugglers and cops who were there. IMDb: In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map.

If you have even a passing interest in the natural world, then Life has to be very near the top of the list of documentaries that you watch and sit in wonder over. This 10-part series is split into different animal groups — mammals, reptiles, birds and so on — and covers the minute and intricate details of how they live in the natural world we also happen to occupy. Netflix: Discover the glorious variety of life on Earth and the spectacular and extraordinary tactics animals and plants have developed to stay alive. IMDb: David Attenborough's legendary BBC crew explains and shows wildlife all over planet earth in 10 episodes. The first is an overview the challenges facing life, the others are dedicated to hunting, the deep sea and various major evolutionary groups of creatures: plants, primates and other large sections of other vertebrates and invertebrates. Food, Inc is a little bit ew. OK, so it's a lot ew. The food that we eat every day has a massive impact on our planet and on our health, and this documentary explores just some of the deleterious effects we're having.

Tomatoes are ripened with a noxious gas, and corn-fed beef is literally destroying the planet. You'll learn a lot — although, if you're a regular Giz reader, you might already know a few of the more obscure facts. Netflix: Director Robert Kenner's provocative, Oscar-nominated documentary looks at the food industry's harmful effects on human health and the environment. IMDb: An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry. Man On Wire is the dark horse in this nature documentary line-up, because it's more about art and about crime and about the man-made world. But it's beautiful nonetheless, and it might just make you appreciate the city around you. I've included Man On Wire in this list because it's beautifully photographed and is stunning to watch. It's about nature inasmuch as it's about the long, long drop from the top of the Twin Towers to the streets below. Netflix: This documentary explores Philippe Petit's preparations for historically walking across a high wire between New York's Twin Towers.

IMDb: A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century." The Blue Planet is Planet Earth, but for the life-giving liquid that covers more than 70 per cent of this little rock we call home. Over 10 episodes, it navigates from the frozen seas to the tropics and everywhere in between, and takes a fascinating look at the ocean-going creatures that live within. And, as usual, David Attenborough's narration is absolutely peerless. Netflix: David Attenborough narrates this definitive exploration of the marine world, from the familiar to the unknown, revealing the sea and its communities. IMDb: Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans. Planet Earth is the one nature documentary series that you have to watch, and that you have to show your friends.