Things have been, shall we say, rough lately. Existential dread seems to be the new default setting for anyone under 40. But don’t worry, a tiny green puppet is here to help us through it.
His name? Tiny Chef—or Cheffy, as some like to call him.
For those who don’t know him, Tiny Chef is the star of The Tiny Chef Show, a stop-motion comedy series on Nickelodeon.
The show is geared towards children ages 4 and up and each episode follows Cheffy as he whips up tiny dishes from his tree stump home for the world’s tiniest cooking show. Along the way, he learns lessons about friendship, patience, kindness, and food history.
Outside of the show, Tiny Chef also had a few social media breakout moments that went viral, like the time the little guy recreated Shakira’s choreography in “Girl Lik