How to Make a Cooking Video for YouTube

Part 1. Before Making a YouTube Cooking Video

First, brainstorm what would make your cooking video stand out? Some unique skills in cutting, chopping, slicing...to name a few, make them a list! Then, choose a topic and turn it into an eye-catching title

Second, do some research and determine what sort of audience you want to engage with.

Third, write a script for the video and schedule the time and tone of it ahead.

Part 2. Filming & Editing the Cooking Video

Filming

Find a nice kitchen, make sure the lights are not too strong or too dim, find a cameraman to do the filming, invite a partner to sparkle some interesting conversations...Anyway, make good use of everything you got.

Editing

Cooking videos and kitchen videos that went viral on YouTube, mostly are well-edited and organized. Thus, editing is the top priority.

You may hear tools like Ps and Pr, some very professional and complicated apps which require you to download and pay a huge amount of money to use. Do we have better choices? Yes, with FlexClip, the all-in-one and user-friendly online video maker, your problem solved.

Let’s see how a jaw-dropping cooking video is made easy with Flexclip.

Step 1. Open the FlexClip and get started to make a free video.

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Step 2. Choose a template at your wish or directly start from a scratch.

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Step 3. Edit each storyboard with powerful tools from the intuitive interface, adding text, music, and watermark, applying filers and transitions if necessary, record voiceover, or upload more materials... more possibilities out there for you to explore!

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Step 4. Preview and Export your cooking video with the resolution (480p, 720p, 1080p) you’d like to have.

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Step 5. Make an Attractive YouTube Thumbnail for Your Video and Upload it to YouTube. There is nothing comparable than a striking thumbnail for YouTube Video, it is the first impression your video left to users. Here is an example made with DesignCap:

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Part 3. Advanced Tips for YouTube Cooking Video

These tips will help you become a popular and long-term YouTuber on the cooking channel.

①Complete your account information. The avatar, description, banner, etc, they should be consistent with each other.

②Make series and show them on your Playlists. Do not limit to a certain type, because it is the series that feed people’s crave to see more and learn more and choose to stay with your channel. .

③Update videos regularly. Set a fixed time to update, in this way, your followers are likely to form a habit of checking on your videos in the long run.

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The Bottom Line

Cooking will never go out of style! More importantly, if you happen to know a lot about cooking and food, making YouTube cooking videos would be one of the best choices to reach people around the world. Now, with this ultimate guide, there is nothing to worry about. Follow the guide step by step, creating a viral cooking video is no big deal! We can always do more and better than we imagine!