The Tiny Chef Show is an American children's television series created by Rachel Larsen, Ozlem "Ozi" Akturk and Adam Reid that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 9, 2022.
In June 2025, in a controversial move, the series was cancelled after three seasons in the midst of the merger between Nickelodeon's parent company, Paramount Global, and Skydance Media; with the cancellation being announced via a video animated by the team behind the show. On July 1, the show's creators announced that they had crowdfunded enough to continue social media posts. This was reported on July 3 as the show being "saved", leaving the creators to clarify the following day that they were still working on a deal to revive the series. As of April 2026, the show remains canceled.
The Tiny Chef Show follows the chef as he cooks tiny dishes from his tree-stump home on his in-universe cooking show, along with a robot named Olly, a snail named Henry and a caterpillar named Ruby.
In 2018, Reid, Larsen, and Aktuk launched The Tiny Chef Show web series.
On August 12, 2020, it was announced that Nickelodeon had ordered the series from Imagine Kids+Family, Tiny Chef Productions, and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. 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.
On November 2, 2023, it was announced that Nickelodeon renewed the series for a 12-episode second season, which premiered on November 20, 2023.
On June 24, 2025, Nickelodeon cancelled the series after three seasons. In response, the creators uploaded an animation on social media featuring Tiny Chef getting a call from Nickelodeon where he learns of the show's cancellation and begins to cry, which garnered viral attention. The creators would also open up a crowdfunding site to keep the show going through social media platforms. Subsequent shorts released by the creators included Tiny Chef sadly playing his banjo while singing "Paint It Black" by The Rolling Stones as Ruby runs around knocking things over (including the camera), and becoming too depressed to get out of bed and make food, instead constantly ordering pizza and doomscrolling while smiling and laughing.
Several celebrities, such as Florence Pugh, Melissa McCarthy, and Dionne Warwick have voiced support for the series and its creators, while film studio A24 have also reached to the creators as well.
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." Creator Reid reflects that audiences may connect with the show because Tiny Chef "looks for the good in everything" and is "also very human".
|- ! scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2023 | 50th Annie Awards | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | "Pancakes" | | |- | rowspan="3" | 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Preschool Animated Series | Ozlem âÂÂOziâ Akturk, Kristen Bell, Phil Chalk, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Rachel Larsen, Adam Reid, Morgan Sackett, Stephanie Sperber, Hannah Ferguson, Jonny Belt and Robert Scull | | rowspan="2" | |- | Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Program | Jim Nolan, Rebeca Delgado, TaâÂÂriq Fisher, Jordan Gershowitz, Sarah Jenkins, Sara Karimipour, Laura Kleinbaum, Rachel Larsen, Teresa Lee, Sarah Nerboso, Adam Reid and Alec Schwimmer | |- | Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Program | Rachel Larsen and Chris Tichborne | | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2025 | 52nd Annie Awards | Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production for Preschool Children | "Tiny Chef's Spooky Stump Spectacular" | | rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | |- | rowspan="3" | 3rd Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Preschool Animated Series | Ozlem 'Ozi' Akturk, Kristen Bell, Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Leah Gotcsik, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Rachel Larsen, Adam Reid, Morgan Sackett, Michael Kaufman, Sara Crowley and Jason Wyatt | | rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | |- | Outstanding Animated Special | Ozlem 'Ozi' Akturk, Kristen Bell, Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Leah Gotcsik, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Rachel Larsen, Adam Reid, Morgan Sackett, Michael Kaufman, Sara Crowley, Jason Wyatt and Rob Shaw (For "Tiny Chef's Marvelous Mish Mesh Special") | |- | Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program | Hamilton Barrett, Mandy Hutchings and Holly Klein | |- ! scope="row" rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 2026 | rowspan="4" | 4th Children's and Family Emmy Awards | Outstanding Preschool Animated Series | Ozlem Akturk, Kristen Bell, Alex Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Leah Gotcsik, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Rachel Larsen, Adam Reid, Morgan Sackett, Stephanie Sperber, Michael Kaufman, Sara Crowley and Jason Wyatt | | rowspan="4" align="center" | |- | Outstanding Writing for a Preschool Animated Series | Leah Gotcsik and Lucas Mills (For "Tiny Chef's Spooky Stump Spectacular") | |- | Outstanding Directing for a Preschool Animated Series | Rob Shaw (For "Tiny Chef's Spooky Stump Spectacular") | |- | Outstanding Editing for a Preschool Animated Program | Hamilton Barrett, Mandy Hutchings and Holly Klein (For "Tiny Chef's Spooky Stump Spectacular") |