Plot Synopsis

Executive produced by Will Packer and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, LUDA CAN'T COOK follows Ludacris as he immerses himself in a specific type of cuisine in each episode, while learning the fundamentals from some of the world's greatest chefs.

On Thursday, February 25, 2021, discovery+ released a one-off special of LUDA CAN'T COOK. In "Naan-Stop Hotlanta," Ludacris embarks on a crash course to master Indian cuisine, and Chef Aarti Sequeira judges his final three-course meal.

Nearly one year later, LUDA CAN'T COOK returned as a three-episode series on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, as discovery+ released all three installments. To kick off his culinary journey, Ludacris visits Little Haiti in Miami, Florida with food on his mind. Fascinated by the resilience of the Haitian community, he meets with Haitian-born Chef Alain Lemaire to learn the basic foundations of the cuisine. Luda learns about traditional Haitian flavors and gets hands-on with chicken before learning to make some of the region's essential marinades and dishes. Luda's lesson culminates in a Haitian-style block party, where he compiles a three-course tasting menu for the chefs who trained him, as well as accomplished chef and Haitian food expert Chef Gregory Gourdet. In the next episode, Ludacris explores Korean food - because even though he orders Korean takeout once a week, he doesn't know the first thing about making it. He teams up with Chef Seung Hee Lee in Atlanta to learn about everything this unique cuisine has to offer, from kimchi and mandu to Korean BBQ. Once his Korean cuisine crash course is through, he is put to the test by cooking a three-course meal for celebrity chef Edward Lee and comedian Lil Duval. Finally, Ludacris travels to the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami to master Cuban cuisine with James Beard-Award nominated Chef Michael Beltran. He learns about the holy trinity that is the foundation of most Cuban meals, while remembering the old lesson that patience is a virtue. After Luda's friend Timbaland drops by, low and slow cooking leads to a pressure cooker when best-selling author and restaurateur Chef Lorena Garcia critiques Luda's three course menu and tastes the results.