Top Cooking Influencers in 2026

Zaver lists 7,021 vetted cooking influencers on Instagram, averaging 0.74% engagement with a median audience of 55,856 followers. The segment's biggest hubs are New York, London, Miami. Every profile below includes follower stats, engagement benchmarked against the niche, an AI quality screen and a price tier — click through for the full report.

#	Creator	Followers	ER	Niche	Price tier
1401	Chef LaLa@chef_lala	220K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1402	Anahita Dhondy Bhandari✓@anahitadhondy	220K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1403	Mutfak Sanatları Akademisi✓@msaistanbul	220K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1404	Manu Feildel✓@manufeildelofficial	220K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1405	Consu Deocares✓@consucocina_	220K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1406	FADHILAH ASWAD✓@vattiilla	220K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1407	Yulia Listiari✓@yulialistiari	220K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1408	𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐝✓@nicolai_tand	219K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1409	Elzain abdalla✓@elzain_abdalla	219K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1410	Semihcan Temiz✓@semihcan_temiz	219K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1411	DANIELLI GIMENES | CANTINHO DA DANI 🍔🔥🥩✓@danielli_gimenes	219K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1412	Osdarling Perez@chefozzyperez	218K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1413	Hazer Amani✓@hazer.amani	218K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1414	Gaby's Kitchen✓@gabymelian	218K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1415	Stefan Kostic✓@kostic_stefan	217K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1416	Léo Santos✓@leomchef	217K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1417	Theo Randall✓@theo.randall	217K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1418	PAUL Arabia✓@paularabia	217K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1419	JEN SAVIANO | Nashville✓@jensav11	217K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1420	👨🏾‍🍳Private Chef Corey@livefromthekitchen_	217K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1421	Higor Rocha✓@chef.higor	217K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1422	Chef Damian Brown✓@kissthech3f	217K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1423	Alice×Kitchen✓@alice_xx0519	216K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1424	Lays Fernandes✓@heylaysfernandes	216K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1425	Daniela Kompel✓@danielakompel	216K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1426	Felipe Contreras✓@el_huaso_pipe	216K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1427	Maryam Bahadorbeigi✓@mojezeyechashni	215K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1428	HAYATI ABDULLAH✓@kak_t68	215K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1429	Grazia Tornello✓@graziaintavola	215K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1430	Ruben Fenollar chef✓@rubenfenollarchef	214K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1431	Axl Ochoa✓@axlochoa	214K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1432	Eddrian Tjhia✓@eddriantjhia	214K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1433	Emmanuele Cuomo✓@manufood_official	214K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1434	Alexandra Dudley✓@alexandradudley	214K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1435	Ceyda Özdemirli✓@chef_ceyda.ozdemirli	214K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1436	Anna Moroni Real✓@annamoronireal	214K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1437	Capitão Rodrigo Bueno - BBQ Bueno✓@bbqbueno	213K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1438	Marcos Spaziani✓@chefmarcospaziani	213K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1439	L A M B O✓@krisdlofton	213K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1440	Chef Anthony Thomas✓@chefanthonydc	213K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1441	Peter Hanley | The Culinary Academy of the Pyrenees✓@petes_pans	213K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1442	TROK✓@ftrocca	212K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1443	Breeo✓@breeo	212K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1444	Alisa Cooper: badass woman in the kitchen✓@alisa___cooper	212K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1445	Tetei Vangchhia (Taytay)@teteivangchhia	212K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1446	Aaron Laksana 赖国锋✓@aaron_laksana	211K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1447	Irene Sharp✓@come.grill.with.me	211K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →
1448	Isabela Cabral Braga✓@isabelacabralbraga	211K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1449	Seira Tada✓@official.seira	210K	—	cooking	standard	View profile →
1450	FREQUENCY✓@thatsameguy101	210K	—	cooking	premium	View profile →