Food & Drink on Substack
The top 100 Food & Drink writers on Substack's Bestsellers and Rising boards, with moves between my reads, follower counts, who's gaining recommendations and who recommends them. Boards read once a day.
Board read · moves compare with the read at Oct 31 19:47 UTC
- Writers on the two boards
- 160
- Median followers, Bestsellers
- 64,940
- Smallest on the board
- 2,935
- Cake by Kaity, #32
- New recommendations, 30 days
- 574
- to writers whose main category this is
Rising in Food & Drink: new recommendations
Writers in this category who picked up the most new recommenders in the last 30 days. A new recommendation puts a writer in front of another publication's readers.
Tim Laielli
173k followers · #13 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Yotam Ottolenghi
86k followers · #5 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Caroline Chambers
690k followers · #1 Food & Drink Bestsellers
David Lebovitz
333k followers · #11 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Preppedbylaurah
66k followers · #20 Food & Drink Bestsellers
Annabelle & Tom
53k followers · #10 Food & Drink Rising
Erin O'Brien
245k followers · #21 Food & Drink RisingNew recommenders per week, last 12 weeks; the orange bar is this week to date. Same scale in every panel. Dated by Substack; only recommendations still live. Outlined weeks are incomplete: Substack lists only a publication's 50 newest recommenders, so for busy writers older weeks can't be counted, and a 30-day count marked + is a floor.
Bestsellers
Substack ranks Bestsellers by paid subscribers. Followers are my daily reading.
Climbed most since Oct 31: Laura Jackson new at #61, Nancy & Wayne #59 to #47, Raquel Martin #47 to #38, Sohla El-Waylly #82 to #74, Julie and Amy #98 to #92.
| # | Move | Writer | Followers | Recommended by | Paid | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |  Caroline ChambersWhat To Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking |
690,447 | 99 +20 | Tens of thousands | |
| 2 | 0 |  Corre LarkinCoco Larkin Cooks |
286,958 | 55 +33 | Tens of thousands | |
| 3 | 0 |  Jenn Luekethe eat goood newsletter |
239,993 | 63 +10 | Tens of thousands | |
| 4 | 0 |  Zoe BarrieRestaurant Dropout |
179,949 | 61 +1 | Tens of thousands | |
| 5 | 0 |  Yotam OttolenghiOttolenghi |
86,138 | 67 +23 | none shown | |
| 6 | 0 |  Violet WitchelViolet’s Substack |
255,675 | 63 +1 | Thousands | |
| 7 | 0 |  Notorious Foodie@notoriousfoodie |
240,030 | 55 +8 | Thousands | |
| 8 | 0 |  VittlesVittles |
136,620 | 70 +3 | Thousands | |
| 9 | 0 |  Clairebite club |
187,004 | 51 +9 | Thousands | |
| 10 | 0 |  katiethe sunday stack |
290,189 | 60 +3 | Thousands | |
| 11 | 0 |  David LebovitzDavid Lebovitz Newsletter |
333,428 | 79 +19 | Thousands | |
| 12 | 0 |  Nicola LambKitchen Projects |
161,883 | 66 +7 | Thousands | |
| 13 | ▲3 |  Tim Laiellithe bare minimum |
172,846 | 56 +33 | Thousands | |
| 14 | ▼1 |  HolistHolist Hub |
54,696 | 50 +6 | Thousands | |
| 15 | ▼1 |  Jesse Jenkinskitchen studio |
78,319 | 56 +6 | Thousands | |
| 16 | ▼1 |  Jenny RosenstrachDinner: A Love Story |
145,797 | 70 +4 | Thousands | |
| 17 | 0 |  Meg ZimbeckParis by Mouth |
133,633 | 64 +7 | Thousands | |
| 18 | 0 |  Olivia NocedaOn The Rocks |
100,469 | 59 +1 | Thousands | |
| 19 | 0 |  Rachel JohnstoneWhole Foods Only |
44,504 | 22 +9 | Thousands | |
| 20 | 0 |  Preppedbylaurah@preppedbylaurah |
65,678 | 35 +15 | Thousands | |
| 21 | 0 |  Meredith Haydenthe group chat |
179,792 | 57 +4 | Thousands | |
| 22 | 0 |  Ben LippettHow I Cook |
154,666 | 70 +8 | Thousands | |
| 23 | 0 |  Emily NunnThe Department of Salad: Official Bulletin |
167,505 | 87 +4 | Thousands | |
| 24 | 0 |  José AndrésLonger Tables with José Andrés |
210,781 | 57 +3 | Thousands | |
| 25 | 0 |  Matt HranekThe Wm Brown Weekly |
31,519 | 54 +1 | Thousands | |
| 26 | 0 |  Natalie ChassayA Way With Food |
43,789 | 53 +3 | Thousands | |
| 27 | ▲1 |  Our Table's CompanySaved You A Seat |
44,021 | 50 +5 | Thousands | |
| 28 | ▼1 |  The Recession ChefThe 99% Cooking Club |
68,935 | 54 +5 | Thousands | |
| 29 | 0 |  Snaxshot@snaxshot |
42,380 | 53 +5 | 100+ badge | |
| 30 | 0 |  Ella HenryGut Feelings |
81,776 | 59 +9 | Thousands | |
| 31 | 0 |  Mara GrimmDe Tafel van Grimm |
25,617 | 50 +3 | Thousands | |
| 32 | ▲1 |  Cake by Kaity@cakebykaity |
2,935 | ? | none shown | |
| 33 | ▼1 |  VictoriaRecipes by Victoria |
160,613 | 50 +3 | Thousands | |
| 34 | 0 |  Sara TaneThis Shit Rocks |
91,865 | 58 +3 | Thousands | |
| 35 | 0 |  Fit Foodie StasiaThe Fit Foodie Community |
66,489 | 39 +7 | Thousands | |
| 36 | ▲1 |  Byron Talbott@byrontalbott |
33,575 | 44 +6 | Thousands | |
| 37 | ▼1 |  Dorie GreenspanxoxoDorie Newsletter |
129,562 | 74 +1 | Thousands | |
| 38 | ▲9 |  Raquel MartinPass the Salt. |
31,750 | 13 +2 | Thousands | |
| 39 | ▼1 |  carla lalliFood Processing |
81,990 | 65 +3 | Thousands | |
| 40 | ▼1 |  Arash HashemiThe Secret Sauce by Shredhappens |
283,024 | 51 +5 | Thousands | |
| 41 | ▼1 |  Ian FujimotoNot a Chef |
137,495 | 54 +2 | Thousands | |
| 42 | 0 |  Saweeeties@saweeeties |
84,164 | 53 +3 | Thousands | |
| 43 | ▼2 |  Danielle WalkerMake It Good with Danielle Walker |
124,158 | 57 +3 | Thousands | |
| 44 | ▼1 |  Arielle Nir MamiyeArielle’s Kitchen Dispatch |
40,372 | 50 +2 | Thousands | |
| 45 | ▼1 |  Zoë FrançoisZoëBakes Newsletter |
82,911 | 62 +1 | Thousands | |
| 46 | ▼1 |  Cecilia ToloneParties and Pastries |
40,909 | 53 +3 | Thousands | |
| 47 | ▲12 |  Nancy & Wayne@seattlehanddoc |
64,173 | 16 +11 | Thousands | |
| 48 | ▼2 |  Julia ApostolouThe Parsley & Prosecco Pantry |
22,593 | 27 | Thousands | |
| 49 | ▼1 |  Beth AdamsonBorough Chef Weekly |
48,676 | 50 +5 | Thousands | |
| 50 | ▼1 |  SophieEssen Recipes |
50,328 | 50 +7 | Thousands | |
| 51 | ▲3 |  Lelolemons 🍋The Lemon Thymes |
24,895 | 27 +5 | Thousands | |
| 52 | 0 |  Clare de BoerThe Best Bit |
85,579 | 70 +3 | Thousands | |
| 53 | ▼3 |  Bai (Chef Bai)Chef Bai's Cooking Club |
48,433 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 54 | ▼1 |  Julia TurshenKeep Calm & Cook On |
66,662 | 62 | Thousands | |
| 55 | ▼3 | Clare de BoerThe Best Bit |
85,579 | 70 +3 | Thousands | |
| 56 | ▼1 |  Tini YoungerRoux Girl |
183,519 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 57 | ▲1 |  One Balanced LifeOne Balanced Meal Prep |
61,340 | 51 +1 | Thousands | |
| 58 | ▼2 |  Kristen Faith EatsKristen Faith Eats |
44,915 | 53 | Thousands | |
| 59 | ▼2 |  Edd KimberThe Boy Who Bakes |
88,396 | 58 +4 | Thousands | |
| 60 | 0 |  Fallow ChefsLike a Chef |
43,129 | 51 +9 | Thousands | |
| 61 | new |  Laura JacksonThe Margarita Chronicles |
37,237 | ? | 100+ badge | |
| 62 | ▼1 |  Andrew ZimmernAndrew Zimmern's Spilled Milk |
95,896 | 55 +2 | none shown | |
| 63 | ▼1 |  Peter SudermanCocktails With Suderman |
32,481 | 55 +2 | Thousands | |
| 64 | ▼1 |  Anna JonesThe Anna Jones Newsletter |
70,593 | 56 +7 | Thousands | |
| 65 | ▼1 |  Liz PrueittHave Your Cake |
55,273 | 65 | Thousands | |
| 66 | ▼1 |  Claire DinhutCondimentClaire |
45,676 | 52 +1 | Thousands | |
| 67 | ▼1 |  Ella RisbridgerYou Get In Love And Then |
18,992 | 52 +4 | Thousands | |
| 68 | ▼1 |  Kirstie Kimballbeyond beurre blanc. |
6,300 | 39 | Thousands | |
| 69 | ▼1 |  Ruth ReichlLa Briffe |
95,518 | 66 +4 | Thousands | |
| 70 | ▲2 |  Sam WaySamsEats |
49,151 | 45 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 71 | ▼1 |  John KanellEveryday Baking |
221,856 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 72 | ▼3 |  Rachel Halldorsondinner, sorted |
56,983 | 54 +1 | Thousands | |
| 73 | ▲2 |  Ronny LvovskiPrimal Gourmet |
62,001 | 51 +4 | Thousands | |
| 74 | ▲8 |  Sohla El-WayllyHot Dish with Sohla |
172,842 | 67 +2 | Thousands | |
| 75 | ▼4 |  Vegan Scratch KitchenVSK Substack |
34,589 | 42 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 76 | ▼3 |  The Green Spoon@thegreenspoon |
34,452 | 59 +1 | Thousands | |
| 77 | ▼1 |  Carina Wolffgood mood food |
109,090 | 57 +3 | Thousands | |
| 78 | ▲1 |  Harrison WallaceThe Dinner Club |
47,156 | 53 +3 | Thousands | |
| 79 | ▼5 |  Aiyana GabrielleEarth Season Substack |
17,610 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 80 | ▼3 |  Maxine SharfMaxi's Kitchen |
69,916 | 51 | Thousands | |
| 81 | ▼3 |  Robert SietsemaRobert Sietsema's New York |
21,025 | 53 +2 | Thousands | |
| 82 | ▼1 |  Aran Goyoaga@arangoyoaga |
14,513 | 56 +3 | Thousands | |
| 83 | ▼3 |  Eric Kingeasygayoven |
59,660 | 61 +3 | Thousands | |
| 84 | ▼1 |  Meryl Feinsteinpasta social club |
64,940 | 59 +2 | Thousands | |
| 85 | 0 |  faith freshPicnic Date |
108,159 | 51 +3 | Thousands | |
| 86 | ▲3 |  andrew gruelAmerican Gravy |
36,687 | 50 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 87 | ▼3 |  Shakayla FeliceToo Good, So Good |
30,959 | 40 +3 | Thousands | |
| 88 | ▲3 |  Isabelle HeikensAt Isabelle's |
39,984 | 53 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 89 | ▼3 |  Ali Slagle40 Ingredients Forever |
75,657 | 64 +1 | Thousands | |
| 90 | ▼3 |  Michael NagrantThe Hunger |
10,485 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 91 | ▼3 |  Alex Hillfood & feelings |
24,216 | 50 +1 | Thousands | |
| 92 | ▲6 |  Julie and AmyNot That Serious |
30,851 | 30 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 93 | ▼3 |  Rosie KellettThe Late Plate by Rosie Kellett |
48,576 | 54 +2 | 100+ badge | |
| 94 | ▼2 |  Christopher KimballChris Kimball's Substack |
400,897 | 50 +10 | 100+ badge | |
| 95 | 0 |  Nea Arentzen@neaarentzen |
30,516 | 56 +1 | 100+ badge | |
| 96 | ▼2 |  Soohyun Lee@soohyunlees |
60,156 | 51 +1 | Thousands | |
| 97 | ▼4 |  Max BaroniHot Side |
25,459 | 43 +3 | 100+ badge | |
| 98 | ▼2 |  Sophie BamfordAll Day Cake |
33,037 | 54 +4 | 100+ badge | |
| 99 | ▼2 |  Nicole DragonCooked Up |
16,948 | 34 +3 | Thousands | |
| 100 | ▼1 |  Chuck CruzChuck |
60,873 | 57 +9 | Thousands |
The top 20 on every read
Rank on each read of the Bestsellers board. Darker is higher. A gap means the writer was outside the top 100 on that read.
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Chambers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Corre Larkin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jenn Lueke | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Zoe Barrie | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Yotam Ottolenghi | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Violet Witchel | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Notorious Foodie | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Vittles | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Claire | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| katie | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| David Lebovitz | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Nicola Lamb | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| Tim Laielli | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | ▲4 |
| Holist | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | ▼1 |
| Jesse Jenkins | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | ▼1 |
| Jenny Rosenstrach | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | ▼1 |
| Meg Zimbeck | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ▼1 |
| Olivia Noceda | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| Rachel Johnstone | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Preppedbylaurah | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
History starts on Oct 31, 2026. Each day adds a column.
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