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Directed by
  
Daniel Burns

Starring
  
Luis Tanner

First episode date
  
2004

Number of seasons
  
1

Writers
  
Phillip Tanner

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Created by
  
Phillip Tanner

Creative director(s)
  
Dave Tracey

Country of origin
  
Australia

Final episode date
  
2005

Number of episodes
  
20

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Genre
  
Children's television series

Awards
  
ASTRA Awards for Most Outstanding Children’s Program

Similar
  
The Upside Down Show, The Cook and the Chef, I Can Cook, Come Dine with Me Australia, Huey's Kitchen

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 26 September 2005.

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Plot

Cooking for Kids with Luis Cooking for Kids with Luis

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.

List

  • Hamburger - Luis visits his cousins' house, where they make hamburgers.
  • Squid and Polenta - 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.
  • Diggety Dogs - Luis makes hot dogs.
  • Gingerbread Man - Luis runs "as fast as he can" to buy gingerbread.
  • Eggs - 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 - 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.
  • Favourite Breakfast Cereal - 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). 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). In Canada, Cooking for Kids with Luis was shown on TVOKids.

    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.

    Awards

    Cooking for Kids with Luis won two ASTRA Awards in 2005: Most Outstanding Australian Production in both Kids and Short Form. 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.

    References

    Cooking for Kids with Luis Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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