Bender's love of cooking

Bender's love of cooking is a recurring theme in Futurama, first revealed in. Since then, it has been mentioned multiple times, even appearing as the central theme of an episode.


 * is caught watching Elzar's cooking show. When confronted, he decides to become Planet Express' chef. Bender shows a fundamental lack of culinary skills despite watching cooking shows, feeding the crew a meal that consists of salt water and "10% less than a lethal dose" of salt.


 * The entirety of the episode focuses on and his desire to become a chef, including him competing in Iron Cook. He wins, though it is revealed he likely only won because the "pure flavor" ingredient he used was actually LSD.


 * prepares a salad while participating in 's euthanasia ceremony. Farnsworth later eats from it while chatting with.


 * participates in a sausage making competition. He comes in third place.