
Are you looking to start a food blog but can’t find the right design for it?
Don’t worry, in this article, I’m going to share some of the best WordPress themes for food bloggers which are:
- Optimized for speed
- Easy to work with
- And are built with a focus on food and recipes.
And with each theme, I share why it’s a right fit, the pros and cons, and where to get it.
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Limoncella Theme
Limoncella from Restored 316 is a gorgeous theme that is great for food bloggers and is a Kadence child theme, which makes it super easy to customize.
It comes with 5 different homepage designs. Keep in mind though, that 2 of these 5 designs are built for the Kadence Pro version.
Limoncella also comes with a searchable recipe index and is very easily customizable.
It also comes with a good-looking opt-in form section to build up your email list and all kinds of other pre-designed pages.
RoseMarry Theme
The Rosemary theme from Restored 316 is a multi-functional theme that is great for food bloggers, lifestyle bloggers, and more. It is a Kadence child theme that works with the free Kadence version and is easy to customize.
It comes with 3 different homepage designs, About page, Resources page, and different category silo pages.
It has a separate area pre-designed to collect emails from your readers as well.
Sage Theme
The Sage theme from Restored 316 is a gorgeous theme that is great for different kinds of bloggers and one of them is a recipe blog/food blog.
It comes with different homepage designs and even has a beautiful Instagram landing page where you link to some of your recipes.
As with any Kadence child theme, Sage is easily customizable and fast-loading.
Fusion Theme
Fusion from Restored 316 is a versatile theme that is great for all kinds of different bloggers and will look beautiful with your recipes laid out on it.
It comes with 3 different homepage designs. And 2 of these work with the free version of Kadence and 1 is designed with Kadence Pro.
Fusion also comes with a searchable recipe index and is very easily customizable.
Fusion comes with a pre-designed recipe template so that you can easily put in your information and the theme will make it look good on your site.
And lots more…
Clover Theme
Clover is one of the more popular Kadence child themes from 17th Avenue Designs
It’s a really feminine-looking theme, yet gorgeous with your recipes on it.
The theme is easily customizable like any other Kadence child theme and comes with a fully pre-designed demo installation.
It also comes with a recipe template which works with the Recipe Maker plugin and has tons of other pages that you just have to plug and play, including an Instagram banner in the footer of the site.
Mia Theme
Mia is another popular theme from 17th Avenue Designs and comes with a dedicated food blog demo as well as a travel demo.
All you have to do is install the theme and import the food demo site and you’re good to go.
Mia is another Kadence child theme. Yes, as you may have guessed, I’m a Kadence fan.
But I also say this for you, since I want things to be easy on you when it comes to customisation of your blog.
Your visitors can easily select what kinds of recipes they want to see, whether those are breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Well, see for yourself.
Gourmet Theme
Gourmet is a WordPress theme for food bloggers, which comes with an easy-to-install demo site.
This theme works with different widget areas, which you can drag and drop on your home page and has lots of different choices for your header.
Gourmet works with the Gutenberg/WordPress block builder so you can easily click and drag anything you want in your articles and it comes with its own Recipe plugin, called Gourmet Recipe.

Cuisine Theme
Cuisine is a recipe theme from Lucid Themes and comes with lots of different color variations as well as different page layouts to choose from.
Whatever you want to show in your sidebar, Cuisine has got you covered. From all kinds of different dishes that look delicious to your reader’s favorites.
I guess it’s better to show you than tell.
As you can see, there are so many options available for your food blog and do yourself a favor. Don’t let picking the theme delay your blogging journey for months.
Even if you don’t understand how to set it all up, with the demo installation options most themes come with these days, it’s not that hard.
And if you really don’t want to do this yourself, then just buy your hosting, domain, and one of the themes and I’ll set up all of the basics of your blog for you.
You can check out more on this installation service here.
And once you’ve installed your WordPress theme, here are the WordPress plugins I recommend you use on your blog.