Cooking for Kids with Luis

Cooking For Kids with Luis is an Australian television cooking show directed towards preschoolers, originally broadcast on Nick Jr. Australia in 2004. The series made its United States debut on Noggin on September 12, 2005.[3]

Cooking for Kids with Luis
GenreChildren's television series
Created byPhillip Tanner
Developed byDave Tracey[1]
Written byPhillip Tanner
Directed byPhillip Tanner
Creative director(s)Daniel Burns
StarringLuis Tanner
Country of originAustralia
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
Producer(s)Phillip Tanner, Dina Panozzo
CinematographyJohn Brock Phillip Tanner
Running time5 minutes
Production company(s)Nickelodeon Productions
Total Perception
Media Farm[2]
DistributorMTV Networks
Release
Original networkNick Jr. (Australia)
Original release25 October 2004 (2004-10-25) –
2005 (2005)
Chronology
Followed byGardening for Kids with Madi
External links
Website

Plot

A child named Luis prepares, cooks and shares some of his favorite dishes, including scrambled eggs, tortillas, dumplings and Guatemalan cheesecake.

Episodes

Twenty episodes of the series were produced, making up one season.[4]

List
  • Super Duper - Luis has breakfast of cereal and granola.
  • Hamburger - Luis visits his cousins' house, where they make hamburgers.
  • Polenta with Nonna - Luis flies to Italy, where he cooks polenta.
  • Tortilla Frenzy - Luis fills tortillas for his classmates.
  • Pizza - Luis makes homemade pizza and shares it.
  • Custard - Luis mixes milk and eggs to make custard.
  • Yum Cha - Luis goes to Chinatown to purchase ingredients for yum cha.
  • Flying Food - Luis' kitchen needs cleaning.
  • Fruit Kebabs - Luis visits his cousins in the tropics and serves them fruit kebabs.
  • Hot Diggety Dogs - Luis makes hot dogs.
  • Gingerbread Men - Luis runs "as fast as he can" to buy gingerbread.
  • French Toast and Toad in a Hole - Luis tells viewers examples of healthy breakfasts.
  • Fish - Luis' friend John takes him fishing for whiting.
  • Pancakes - Luis flips pancakes.
  • Best Ever Scrambled Eggs - Luis makes his favourite scrambled egg dish.
  • Juice Bar - Luis makes his own fruit juice.
  • Spaghetti Bolognese - Luis cooks pasta to go along with his spaghetti sauce.
  • Empanadas - Luis makes stuffed bread.
  • Guatemalan Cheesecake - Luis shows viewers how to make Guatemalan cheesecake.
  • Chocolate Crackles - Luis mixes melted chocolate with cereal.
  • Picnic - Luis prepares a picnic after being invited on a hot air balloon adventure.

Broadcast

From 2004 until 2007, Cooking for Kids with Luis was seen six times a day on Nick Jr. Australia (at 3:00 AM, 6:30 AM, 11:00 AM, 2:30 PM, 7:00 PM, and 10:30 PM).[5] Afterwards, the show continued to air on the network less frequently. The series is seen on a variety of networks worldwide, including Noggin in the United States and Nick Jr. in Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Germany and France (most of which are dubbed).[6] In Canada, Cooking for Kids with Luis was shown on TVOKids.[7]

Merchandise

In 2007, Pluto Press released a cookbook based on the series, titled Luis' Fab Food Favourites to Make, Cook...and Eat! A DVD containing ten episodes of the series was included with purchases of the book.[8]

Awards

Cooking for Kids with Luis won two ASTRA Awards in 2005: Most Outstanding Australian Production in both Kids and Short Form.[9] Luis was also nominated as Favourite New Presenter.

At six years of age (five as of the first episode's filming), the show's star Luis Tanner is currently the Guinness World Record holder as the youngest host of his own television program.[10]

References
  1. "Cooking for Kids with Luis - Dave Tracey". davetracey.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  2. "Media Farm - Australian Children's Content" (PDF). ScreenAustralia.gov.au. Screen Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  3. "Noggin celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with new original series, Cooking for Kids with Luis". PR Newswire.
  4. "Cooking for Kids with Luis finished programme". Endemol Shine International.
  5. "TV Schedule - Nick Jr. AU - Cooking for Kids with Luis". nickjr.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 December 2004.
  6. KidsChildChildren.com. "Luis from "Cooking for Kids with Luis" on Nick". Kids, Child & Children.
  7. "TVOKids Schedule - August 2005". TVOKids.com. TVOKids. Archived from the original on 29 November 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  8. Pluto Press. "Cooking for Kids with Luis: Luis' Fab Food Favourites to Make, Cook and Eat". Pluto Press AU.
  9. "2005 ASTRA winners". The Age. 21 April 2005.
  10. "Guinness World Record for youngest TV presenter". GuinnessWorldRecords.com.
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