Cooking for Kids with Luis

Did You Know?

• From 2004 until 2007, the show aired six times daily on Nick Jr. Australia at specific times.
• Cooking for Kids with Luis won two ASTRA Awards in 2005 for Most Outstanding Australian Production in Kids and Short Form.
• A follow-up series, Gardening for Kids with Madi, premiered in 2006, with Luis appearing in some episodes.

Episodes

Twenty-one short episodes make up a single season of this cooking series. In one episode, Luis starts his day with cereal and granola. He later visits his cousins to make hamburgers. He flies to Italy to prepare polenta with his nonna. For his classmates, he fills tortillas. He makes homemade pizza and shares it. Instant custard is his dessert of choice. He goes to Chinatown to buy ingredients for yum cha. His kitchen needs cleaning in another episode. He visits cousins in the tropics and serves fruit kebabs. Hot dogs are the focus of another segment. He runs to buy gingerbread. He shows viewers healthy breakfasts like French toast and toad in a hole. His friend John takes him fishing for whiting. He flips pancakes and makes his favorite scrambled egg dish. He creates his own fruit juice at a juice bar. He cooks pasta to go with spaghetti sauce. Stuffed bread, or empanadas, is another recipe. He demonstrates Guatemalan cheesecake. He mixes melted chocolate with cereal for chocolate crackles. Finally, he prepares a picnic after being invited on a hot air balloon adventure.