Cooking For Kids with Luis is a television cooking series for pre-schoolers, which was broadcast on Nick Jr. Australia

Nick Jr. Australia

Nick Jr. Australia is a 24-hour children's channel in Australia designed for pre-schoolers. Nick Jr. was a morning programming block on Nickelodeon until 2004, when Foxtel arrived and it was launched as a full 24-hour kids channel. The channel is run by XYZnetworks, under license from Viacom, and...

 (formerly on Nickelodeon Australia) in 2004.

In this television series, Luis (age 6 as of the series' debut) prepares, cooks and shares some of his favorite dishes - from scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs is a dish made from beaten whites and yolks of eggs . Beaten eggs are put into a hot pot or pan and stirred frequently, forming curds as they coagulate.-Sample preparation:...

 to tortilla

Tortilla

In Mexico and Central America, a tortilla is a type of thin, unleavened flat bread, made from finely ground maize...

s, dumpling

Dumpling

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s to Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...

n cheesecake

Cheesecake

Cheesecake is a dessert consisting of a topping made of soft, fresh cheese, usually on a crust or base made from biscuit , pastry or sponge cake. They may be baked or unbaked...

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At six years of age, Luis is the Guinness World Record

Guinness World Records

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 holder as the youngest host of his own television program

Television program

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. The series is also seen on a number of broadcasters worldwide, including Nick Jr. in America

United States

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, Canada

Canada

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, South Africa

South Africa

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, Germany

Germany

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 and France

France

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 where Luis is dubbed.

The series was directed and produced by Phillip Tanner with Jason Critelli as associate producer/production manager

Production management

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The series was followed by a similar program about gardening for children entitled Gardening for Kids with Madi

Gardening for Kids with Madi

Gardening for Kids with Madi is a pre-school television program inspiring kids to garden, that first aired in 2006 on both Nick Jr and Nickelodeon Channels....

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Cooking for Kids with Luis won two ASTRA

ASTRA

Asociaţia Transilvană pentru Literatura Română şi Cultura Poporului Român is a cultural association founded in 1861 in Sibiu...

 Awards in 2005: Most Outstanding Australian Production Kids and Short Form. Luis was also nominated as Favourite New Presenter.

The program also spawned a cook book published by Pluto Press.

This program inspired All for Kids

All for Kids

All for Kids is a half-hour pre-school television series produced by Media Farm, commissioned by the Seven Network with Southern Star Group responsible for the international distribution on Series 1...

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