Once Upon a Bite

Once Upon a Bite (Chinese: 风味人间) is a Chinese television documentary series about culinary arts that premiered on October 28, 2018, on Tencent Video. The series is directed by Chen Xiaoqing, the director of A Bite of China.

Once Upon a Bite
风味人间
Genre	Documentary
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	37
Production
Running time	50 min.
Original release
Network	Tencent Video
Release	October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28) – present

The first season premiered in 2018 consisted of 8 episodes.^[1]

The second season premiered on April 26, 2020, also consisted of 8 episodes.^[2]

The fifth season premiered on November 28, 2024, and the season consist of 7 episodes.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	Season 1	8	October 28, 2018 (2018-10-28)	December 16, 2018 (2018-12-17)
	Season 2	8	April 26, 2020 (2020-04-26)	June 14, 2020 (2020-06-15)
	Season 3	8	December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)
	Season 4	6	November 24, 2022 (2022-11-24)
	Season 5	7	November 28, 2024 (2024-11-28)

Reception

Once Upon a Bite has received rave reviews from culinary enthusiasts and audiences. Some have praised the series as equal to or even surpassing Chen Xiaoqing's previous A Bite of China.^[3] The first season of Once Upon a Bite received a 9.0 out of 10 ratings on Douban with over a hundred thousand ratings.^[1] The second season received a 9.1 out of 10 ratings on Douban.^[2] The first season also accumulated over 1 billion streaming views on Tencent Video, a record for food documentaries.