The stop-motion animated Chef welcomes live-action celebrities to chat it up about food and friendship; show premieres in September on Nick’s preschool platforms in the U.S., as well as Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels.
Nickelodeon’s new stop-motion animated series The Tiny Chef Show follows the titular social media sensation and herbivore as he introduces and cooks new recipes for the world’s tiniest plant-based dishes from his tree-stump home. Produced in association with Imagine Kids+Family and Nickelodeon Animation, the show premieres September 9 on Nick’s preschool platforms in the U.S., as well as Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels
In the season premiere, “Pancakes/S’Mores,” Tiny Chef makes pancakes but loses his confidence when he breaks his special lucky pancake-flipping spatula, but with some help from his friends, Chef whips up something new for a campout and overcomes his fear of the dark.
Nickelodeon has shared a trailer and images - check out what’s cooking:
Chef dishes up something new for each episode with the help of his friends: Olly, a practical and excitable robot; Ruby, his beloved caterpillar pet, friend; Henry, a loyal and loving snail; and Stump Band, the show’s very own house band consisting of a fork, spatula, and spoon,
Special guests include Kristen Bell; Sky & Ocean Brown; Tabitha Brown; Josh Dela Cruz; Josh Gad; Liza Koshy; RZA; That Girl Lay Lay; and Keith L. Williams. In addition, each episode features RuPaul as the voice announcer.
The Tiny Chef Show is executive produced by Imagine Entertainment executive chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Imagine Kids+Family president Stephanie Sperber, and Bell, Morgan Sackett, and series creators Rachel Larsen, Adam Reid, and cinematographer Ozlem Akturk for Tiny Chef Productions. Production of The Tiny Chef Show for Nickelodeon Animation is overseen by Eryk Casemiro, executive vice president, Nickelodeon Animation, Global Series Content, and by Elly Kramer for Imagine Kids+Family. Jen Pace and Kate Crownover serve as Nickelodeon’s Executives in Charge of Production for the series.
Paramount Consumer Products will lead consumer products licensing for Tiny Chef worldwide in partnership with Imagine Kids+Family.
Source: Nickelodeon
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
