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Professional Cooking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Books): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Books Best Sellers data for Professional Cooking (Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Books), updated Nov 3, 2026: median price $21.31, median 338 reviews, average rating 4.6 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 30/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $15.94 – $33.11 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.6 |
| New releases (90 days) | 7% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Books |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 19% of the parent category Cookbooks, Food & Wine (1,806), one of the easier corners under it.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 71% of Books categories: the median best seller has 338 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
Top 10 Professional Cooking best sellers
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
- List rank#1
- Price$10.48
- Rating4.8
- Reviews8,805
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Eat (Like) the Rich: A Cookbook
by Olivia Tiedemann
- List rank#2
- Price$28
- Rating4.8
- Reviews99
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The Noma Guide to Fermentation: Including koji, kombuchas, shoyus, misos, vinegars, garums, lacto-ferments, and black fruits and vegetables (Foundations of Flavor)
by René Redzepi
- List rank#3
- Price$16.15
- Rating4.8
- Reviews4,828
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The Noma Guide to Building Flavour: Including recipes and techniques for sauces, butters, broths, reductions, preserves, vinaigrettes, flavoured salts, and infused oils (Foundations of Flavor)
by René Redzepi
- List rank#4
- Price$18.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews156
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![Mastering Pasta: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pasta, Gnocchi, and Risotto [A Cookbook] book cover by Marc Vetri](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1SrB2ADxfL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg)
Mastering Pasta: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pasta, Gnocchi, and Risotto [A Cookbook]
by Marc Vetri
- List rank#5
- Price$13.87
- Rating4.7
- Reviews2,522
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Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making, Fourth Edition ― A James Beard Award-Winning Cookbook with Detailed Color Photographs
by James Peterson
- List rank#6
- Price$33
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,247
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The Pizza Bible: The World's Favorite Pizza Styles, from Neapolitan, Deep-Dish, Wood-Fired, Sicilian, Calzones and Focaccia to New York, New Haven, Detroit, and More
by Tony Gemignani
- List rank#7
- Price$16.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews4,034
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The French Laundry Cookbook
by Thomas Keller
- List rank#8
- Price$33.72
- Rating4.8
- Reviews2,275
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The King Arthur Baking School: Lessons and Recipes for Every Baker
by King Arthur Baking Company
- List rank#9
- Price$35.79
- Rating4.8
- Reviews1,160
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The Cake Bible, 35th Anniversary Edition: The Ultimate Cake Baking Guide with Classic and Modern Recipes, Techniques, and Decorating Methods
- List rank#10
- Price$30.47
- Rating4.7
- Reviews337
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FAQ
Is Professional Cooking a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 30/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 338 reviews and sells for $21.31.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Professional Cooking?
The median best seller has 338 reviews, and 27% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Professional Cooking best sellers cost?
The median price is $21.31; half of the best sellers are priced between $15.94 and $33.11.
Can new books break into Professional Cooking?
7% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.