Gastronauts

Gastronauts is an American reality television cooking competition produced and aired on Dropout, hosted by Jordan Myrick. The show follows three chefs competing against each other, cooking food based on prompts from a panel of comedians. The show premiered on October 11, 2024, and episodes were released every other week. As of August 2025, there have been two seasons, with 16 episodes in total.

Format

In each episode, three chefs compete against each other, cooking food for a panel of comedians, along with Myrick. Each round, one comedian gives a prompt that the dish must follow (such as making the dish "heavy," "the blandest dish you can imagine," or "horny"). The game continues, having one round per comedian, and after all the rounds end the comedians debate amongst themselves which chef should win. Whichever chef wins is rewarded a prop made to look like pieces of the moon. Then, the comedians are judged by the chefs based on how interesting or fun the challenges were, and the winning comedian is rewarded a prop made to look like a piece of the sun.

Production

The show's idea was brought up by Dropout CEO Sam Reich in an attempt to air new shows on Dropout. The idea was also brought up by Lily Du, Luke Field, and Rekha Shankar. Myrick, first believing Reich's eagerness to do a cooking show was a joke, received an email requesting them to be the host and creative producer of the show.

Myrick stated in an interview with Polygon that they wanted a variety of chefs and comedians on the show, having chefs of different culinary and professional backgrounds, also saying that they wanted chefs "who actively want extra attention, which some chefs really do and some chefs really don’t". Speaking about the comedians, they said that they think "having a mix of people that had varying levels of skill and also varying levels of interest was important".

The show's first season premiered on October 11, 2024, and season two premiered on August 15, 2025, with episodes being released every other week. Season two finished production in March 2025, and the season was filmed over the course of five days.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2024)

Season 2 (2025)

Notes