The Tiny Chef Show

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The Tiny Chef Show
GenreComedy
Created by
  • Rachel Larsen
  • Ozlem "Ozi" Akturk
  • Adam Reid
Directed by
  • Rachel Larsen
  • Chris Tichborne
Voices of
Opening theme"Follow Your Nose" by Matt Hutchinson
ComposerJared Faber
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22
Production
Executive producers
  • Stephanie Sperber
  • Ron Howard
  • Brian Grazer
  • Kristen Bell
  • Morgan Sackett
  • Phil Chalk (2022)
  • Rachel Larsen
  • Ozlem "Ozi" Akturk
  • Adam Reid
  • Leah Gotcsik (2023–)
  • Alex Bulkley (2023–)
  • Corey Campodonico (2023–)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseSeptember 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) –
present

The Tiny Chef Show is an American live-action/animated television series created by Rachel Larsen, Ozlem 'Ozi' Akturk and Adam Reid that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 9, 2022.

Premise[edit]

The Tiny Chef Show follows the chef as he whips up "weshipees" and tiny plant-based dishes from his tree-stump home, along with a robot named Olly, a snail named Henry and a caterpillar named Ruby.

Sketches[edit]

  • What's in My Bag? – Tiny Chef hosts this game show where he asks his contestants Olly, Bonzo, and Henry what main ingredient is in his bag. Olly is usually the one who gets it right. Tiny Chef wears an apron and a fake moustache when hosting this sketch.
  • Ingredient Documentary – The narrator explains about the history of a certain ingredient. In season two, the narration is provided by Spoon of the Stump Band.
  • Tiny Time Dance – Tiny Chef and Olly do the Tiny Time Dance while certain foods are in the oven.
  • Dish with Chef – Tiny Chef hosts a video talk show where he asks a celebrity questions revolving around the food, while he wears red glasses. When "asking for a friend" on how to get through a situation, the celebrity would give advice to Tiny Chef that would lead to him taking it.
  • Good Golly with Olly - Olly talks about certain things regarding the episode's content.

Characters[edit]

  • Tiny Chef (voiced by Matt Hutchinson) – A chef who lives in a tree stump and makes different dishes.
  • Olly (voiced by Odessa A'zion) – A female robot made from different items who is Tiny Chef's best friend and assistant.
  • Announcer (voiced by RuPaul in season one, Alan Cumming in the first half of season two, Nicole Byer in the second half of season two) – An offscreen announcer who introduces the show and sketches.
  • Robin (portrayed by Dana Alexander) - A delivery girl who's friends with Tiny Chef and Olly.
  • Henry – A snail who helps Tiny Chef and Olly introduce the food of the day.
  • Ruby – Tiny Chef's pet caterpillar.
  • Stump Band – The show's house band consisting of a wooden spoon on guitar (voiced by Michael-Leon Wooley), a wooden fork on drums, and a wood-handled spatula on bass guitar. In season two, the Stump Band was restructured with the wooden fork now on bass guitar and the Stump Band including a cheese shredder who rubs thimbles against itself.
  • Bonzo (voiced by Alasdair Saunders) – A can of beans seen during the "What's in My Bag? sketch. He can only say "beans".

Episodes[edit]

Series overview[edit]

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1168September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)
2TBA22[1]November 20, 2023 (2023-11-20)TBA

Season 1 (2022)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [1][2]Written byOriginal air date [1][2]Prod.
code [1]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Pancakes"Alec SchwimmerSeptember 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)1040.17[3]
"S'Mores"Jordan Gershowitz

"Pancakes": Tiny Chef makes pancakes, but loses his confidence when he breaks his lucky pancake-flipping spatula and is unsure what to do.

Guest star: Kristen Bell

"S'Mores": With some help from his friends, Tiny Chef whips up something new for a campout. To do a campout, Tiny Chef must overcome his fear of the dark.

Guest star: Tabitha Brown
22"Pizza"Rachel Larsen and Adam ReidSeptember 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)1010.23[4]
"Bread"

"Pizza": Tiny Chef makes pizza and learns friendship is more important than toppings after Ruby eats the basil that was to be used for the pizza.

Guest star: Kristen Bell

"Bread": Tiny Chef bakes bread, but forgets to watch his rising dough and needs to think fast when the dough grows too big.

Guest star: Keith L. Williams
33"Popcorn"Sarah NerbosoSeptember 23, 2022 (2022-09-23)1020.19[5]
"Banana Toast"Jim Nolan

"Popcorn": Tiny Chef hosts movie night for friends and turns he tree stump into a popcorn machine to pop enough for everyone even with delivery girl friend Dana being in attendance.

Guest star: Ca'Ron Coleman

"Banana Toast": Tiny Chef makes banana toast. After squishing his perfect banana, has to create a new dish from the ruined banana.

Guest star: Tabitha Brown
44"Freeze Pops"Jordan GershowitzSeptember 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)1030.22[6]
"Lemonade"Laura Kleinbaum

"Freeze Pops": Tiny Chef makes freeze pops. Due to them taking long to freeze up, Tiny Chef turns down the freezer's temperature enough to trap them in a block of ice.

Guest star: Josh Gad

"Lemonade": Tiny Chef is making tiny lemonade. This becomes hard as Ruby keeps eating the red ingredients.

Guest star: RZA
55"Cranberry Cookies"Sarah JenkinsOctober 7, 2022 (2022-10-07)1050.24[7]
"Snap Pea Stir-Fry"Teresa Lee

"Cranberry Cookies": Tiny Chef and Olly find that a ladybug has moved into the neighborhood. In order to welcome it, they work to make cranberry cookies.

Guest star: Lay Lay

"Snap Pea Stir Fry": Tiny Chef wants to make snap pea stir-fry until he injures his arm. When Olly, Ruby, and Henry want to help out, Tiny Chef insists that he can do it on his own which proves to be difficult for him.

Guest stars: Sky Brown and Ocean Brown
66"Apple Pie Crumble"Sara KarimipourOctober 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)106N/A
"Guacamole"Rebecca Delgado

"Apple Pie Crumble": Tiny Chef and Olly make an apple pie for a local baking contest. When the top crust gets ruined during the trip there, Tiny Chef will have to turn it into another food before the baking contest starts.

Guest star: Josh Dela Cruz as Josh

"Guacamole": Tiny Chef makes guacamole with his new tool. Though Olly wants to have a turn with it.

Guest star: Josh Gad
77"Ants on a Log"Ta'riq FisherOctober 21, 2022 (2022-10-21)1070.20[8]
"Quesadillas"Sarah Nerboso

"Ants on a Log": Tiny Chef is planning a picnic for Olly, Henry, and Ruby. As he prepares to prepare the food for the picnic, it ends up disappearing causing Tiny Chef to find out what happened to it.

Guest star: Liza Koshy

"Quesadillas": As Tiny Chef prepares to make quesadillas, he reaches an obstacle in the form of a salsa jar that won't open. When his friends take a shot at it, they are unable to open it causing them to come up with a solution to get it opened.

Guest star: Bethany Rivera
88"Mac and Cheese"Rebecca DelgadoOctober 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)1080.23[9]
"Potato Stew"Sarah Nerboso

"Mac and Cheese": On a rainy day, Tiny Chef decides to make macaroni and cheese. While preparing it, Tiny Chef suffers a set back that involves having to deal with a leaky roof and the use of different items to catch the water drops that come through.

Guest star: Josh Dela Cruz as Josh

"Potato Stew": In this pirate-themed episode, Tiny Chef prepares a pirate-themed potato stew. He goes through the garden to look for the right component in order to improve the potato stew when cooking it.

Guest star: Malia Dawkins

Season 2 (2023–24)[edit]

No.
overall		No. in
season		Title [1][10]Written byOriginal air date [1][10]Prod.
code [1][11]		U.S. viewers
(millions)
91"Fwendsgiving"Rachel LarsenNovember 20, 2023 (2023-11-20)9990.14[11]
"Home Movie Night"

"Fwendsgiving": On Friendsgiving, it is snowing outside. Tiny Chef gets a call from Olly, Bonzo, and Spoon of the Stump Band that they will be delayed as Tiny Chef works to carry on without them. Soon, Tiny Chef gets worried that he might be celebrating Friendsgiving and his pumpkin feast on his own even when he hears on the radio that all flights have been cancelled.

Guest star: Jackie Tohn

"Home Movie Night": Tiny Chef holds his first home video showcase with Olly, Bonzo, Ruby, and Henry, and the Stump Band where they watch the different memories shown on their show like Ruby and Henry's moments, Bonzo's moments, Tiny Chef's most embarrassing moments, and Tiny Chef's presentation on turkeys. Tiny Chef wants to save the Golden Clip for last despite everyone else wanting to watch it next.
102"Tiny Chef's Marvelous Mish Mesh Special"Leah GotcsikDecember 4, 2023 (2023-12-04)2010.13[11]

Tiny Chef and Olly host their Christmas Mish Mesh Special where they celebrate everyone's Christmas traditions of Christmas, Hannukah, and Kwanzaa, and Tiny Chef makes his special Christmas cookies while picking out a marvelous outfit to wear. Tiny Chef also has arranged for Santa Claus to call them during their Mish Mesh special where he wrote a letter to him which wasn't picked up. Once a stamp was put on the letter, Tiny Chef resumes his call from Santa Claus as different people keep calling. When the letter for Santa Claus isn't picked up, Tiny Chef feels down as Olly works to get him into feeling good.

Guest stars: Kristen Bell, Mayim Bialik, Santa J. Claus as Santa Claus, Young Dylan, April Moore, Jacob Moore, Justin Moore, Liam Moore, Kira Kosarin
113"Donuts"Leah GotcsikApril 8, 2024 (2024-04-08)202A0.11[11]

Today is Olly's birthday. Tiny Chef plans to make her a birthday surprise in the form of donuts. To keep from waking Olly, Tiny Chef works to make the donuts as quietly as he can with help from Henry, Ruby, Bonzo, and the local insects.

Guest star: Jordan Chiles
124"Rainbow Salad"Lucas MillsApril 9, 2024 (2024-04-09)TBATBD

Tiny Chef and Olly prepare to babysit Jessica the Ladybug's many kids. They make a rainbow salad from colorful fruit from their garden as Olly suggests they play with Henry and Ruby. However, things start to go awry when the kids cause a mess.

Guest star: Aneeshwar Kunchala
135"Turon"Brittany RochfordApril 10, 2024 (2024-04-10)203ATBD

Tiny Chef and Olly get a fruit delivery. As the fruit is too big, they have to figure out what it is and harvest it's inside for the appropriate dish. This causes them to become fruit detectives and exit their stump another way where they find the fruit is big and work to further identify it so that they can make a dish from it.

Guest star: Ceci Balagot
146"Matzo Ball Soup"Michael KaufmanApril 11, 2024 (2024-04-11)203B0.09[11]

Henry has come down with the "sneezles". To help Henry feel better, Tiny Chef and Olly make matzo ball soup. Then Ruby gets the "sneezles" causing Tiny Chef and Olly to tend to her. Afterwards, a setback in making the matzo ball soup occurs when Tiny Chef comes down with the "sneezles" causing Olly to carry on making matzo ball soup without him.

Note: This is the first time where a "Dish with Chef" segment did not have a famous person on it. In this case, Olly got a call from Tiny Chef checking in on her.
157"Peanut Butter & Jelly"Cynthia FureyApril 15, 2024 (2024-04-15)204A0.10[11]

The Stump Band are going on their snack break following a dance performance by Tiny Chef, Olly, Henry, and Ruby. Tiny Chef opts to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches avoid the Stump Band eating crackers from their van while Henry and Ruby cover the stump band by performance. Tiny Chef and Olly work to finish them before the Stump Band's snack break is done.

Guest star: Lance Bass
168"Potato Skins"
"Potato Jackets"		Rachel LarsenApril 16, 2024 (2024-04-16)204B0.07[11]

Today is Potato Day as the potato king Henry is going to be choosing his potato as Potato Day is Henry's favorite holiday. He chooses the russet potato. When it comes to Olly finding out about Henry's favorite potato dish, Henry doesn't remember as Tiny Chef struggles to remember what it is as he makes different potato dishes to see if one of them is the one that Henry likes.

Guest star: Wolfgang Schaeffer
179"Granola Bars"Marty JohnsonApril 17, 2024 (2024-04-17)205A0.11[11]
Tiny Chef and Olly make granola bars. As they can't decide which flavor is the beast, they compete in a contest in a cook-off. With Morton the Butterfly as the judge, Tiny Chef and Ruby make peanut butter and cranberry granola bar while Olly and Henry make maple syrup and blueberry granola bars. The final ingredient they must add by the announcer's suggestion is pecans.
1810"Nachos"Annabeth Bondor-Stone & Connor WhiteApril 18, 2024 (2024-04-18)205B0.09[11]

Tiny Chef and Stump go through the ideas to make the stump more fun. After fulfilling Ruby and Henry's ideas, they take Bonzo's idea to make nachos with a lot of beans. Winning "What's in My Bag?" for guessing beans correctly, Bonzo wins a boat full of beans and the opportunity to cook with Tiny Chef for the day. When it comes to the cooking of the nachos, Bonzo is very excited for wanting to use of the beans much to the dismay of Tiny Chef and Olly.

Guest star: Cooper Barnes
1911"Fruit Chews"Moujan ZolfaghariApril 22, 2024 (2024-04-22)206A0.13[11]

The Stump's Annual Snail Race is occurring and Henry is partaking on it. Because Ruby ate the snacks for Henry, Tiny Chef and Olly work on making an energy snack for Henry in the form of fruit chews. With Olly keeping an eye on the race, Tiny Chef puts together the fruit chew recipe. Though Tiny Chef has a setback when the fruit chews take too long to set and that they won't be done setting in time as the announcer recaps the last time when the Chill-O-Matic was used.

Guest star: Ryan Blaney
2012"Opera Cake"Mia ResellaApril 23, 2024 (2024-04-23)206B0.13[11]

Tiny Chef and Olly find that Ruby is doing some singing as she wants to share it with the world. As Ruby works to do an opera song with Spoon, Olly works on a stage, and Tiny Chef works to make opera cake. Of course various noisy setbacks occur during the baking of the opera cake when it come to Olly making the stage outside with noisy construction and Ruby working on mastering an opera song that has a high C in it.

Guest star: Victory Brinker
2113"Ice Cream"Adam ReidApril 24, 2024 (2024-04-24)TBATBD

Tiny Chef and Olly sell their homemade vanilla ice cream to Henry and the Stump Band. Unfortunately, Bonzo shows up wanting ice cream only for Olly to tell Tiny Chef that they are out of homemade vanilla bean ice cream. To remedy this, Tiny Chef makes homemade vanilla bean ice cream with help from an ice cream maker named Old Cranky which they have a hard time operating.

Guest star: Like Nastya
2214"Pasta & Sauce"Gloria ShenApril 25, 2024 (2024-04-25)TBATBD

Tiny Chef and Olly have made pasta noodles. Now they must choose the sauce by rolling the Wheel of Sauces. It lands on Chef Brody Bambino's slow-cooked very difficult super-secret tomato sauce. They watch the videotape of Chef Bambino who advises them to make it to perfection as the videotape self-destructs. Upon opening the safe on top of the associated VHS, Tiny Chef and Olly access the recipe for the slow-cooked very difficult super-secret tomato sauce as they work to master it with the secret ingredient in the form of a strawberry and that the final stage is not listed.

Note: This is the second time where a "Dish with Chef" segment did not have a famous person on it. In this case, Tiny Chef gets a call from Brody Bambino (portrayed by Matt Hutchinson) who gives him a tiny clue about what Tiny Chef hasn't done with the sauce yet.

Production[edit]

On August 12, 2020, it was announced that Nickelodeon had ordered the series from Imagine Kids+Family, Tiny Chef Productions, and Nickelodeon Animation Studio.[12] On August 4, 2022, it was announced that Kristen Bell would be an executive producer, and that the show would premiere on September 9, 2022.[13]

On November 2, 2023, it was announced that Nickelodeon renewed the series for a 22-episode second season, which premiered on November 20, 2023.[14]

Reception[edit]

Diondra Brown from Common Sense Media gave the series four-out-of-five stars, saying that it "will likely inspire children to want to get in the kitchen and make yummy dishes, big or small."[15]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2023 Annie Awards Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children "Pancakes" Won [16][17]
Children's and Family Emmy Awards Outstanding Preschool Animated Series The Tiny Chef Show Nominated [18]
Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program various Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program Rachel Larsen and Chris Tichborne Won [19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "The Tiny Chef Show Episode Listings". The Futon Critic.
  2. ^ a b "The Tiny Chef Show Season 1 Episode Guide". Zap2it.
  3. ^ Mitch Salem (September 12, 2022). "Friday 9.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Mitch Metcalf (September 19, 2022). "Friday 9.16.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  5. ^ Mitch Salem (September 26, 2022). "Friday 9.23.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  6. ^ Mitch Metcalf (October 3, 2022). "Friday 9.30.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  7. ^ Mitch Salem (October 10, 2022). "Friday 10.7.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Mitch Salem (October 24, 2022). "Friday 10.21.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  9. ^ Mitch Metcalf (October 31, 2022). "Friday 10.28.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  10. ^ a b "The Tiny Chef Show Season 2 Episode Guide". Zap2it.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The Tiny Chef Show". USTVDB. December 4, 2023.
  12. ^ Denise Petski (August 12, 2020). "The Tiny Chef Show Gets Series Greenlight At Nickelodeon". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  13. ^ "Nickelodeon's Brand-New Series, The Tiny Chef Show, Stocks Its First Season with Celebrity Guests and RuPaul as Voice Announcer" (Press release). Nickelodeon. August 4, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via The Futon Critic.
  14. ^ "Nickelodeon Cooks Up Second Season of The Tiny Chef Show with Brand-New Holiday-Themed Specials Premiering November and December" (Press release). Nickelodeon. November 2, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023 – via The Futon Critic.
  15. ^ Brown, Diondra. "The Tiny Chef Show". Common Sense Media. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  16. ^ Pedersen, Erik (January 17, 2023). "Annie Awards Nominations: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio & Marcel The Shell Lead Field". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  17. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (January 17, 2023). "Annie Awards: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Leads Feature Competition With Nine Noms". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  18. ^ Coates, Tyler (November 2, 2023). "Children's & Family Emmy Awards: Disney Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  19. ^ Hipes, Patrick (December 17, 2023). "Children's & Family Emmys: The Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

External links[edit]

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