Butterbean's Café

Butterbean's Café is a CGI-animated culinary fantasy children's television series created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull and ordered by Nickelodeon.^[1][3] Principally animated by Ireland-based Brown Bag Films, it ran on the channel and its sister channel Nick Jr.^[4] for 2 seasons and 60 episodes from November 12, 2018^[5] to November 1, 2020.

Butterbean's Café
Genre	Fantasy Culinary
Created by	Jonny Belt Robert Scull
Written by	Leah Gotcsik
Voices of	Margaret Ying Drake^[2] Gabriella Pizzolo Kirrilee Berger Olivia Grace Manning Koda Gursoy Quinn Breslin Alysia Reiner
Theme music composer	Matthew Tishler Jeannie Lurie
Composers	Mike Barnett Bryan Winslow (additional)
Country of origin	United States Ireland^[1]
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jonny Belt Robert Scull
Producer	Lorraine Morgan
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	Brown Bag Films Nickelodeon Animation Studio Xentrix Studios (animation services)
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Channel
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12) – November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)

Involving "creative cooking, a farm-to-table philosophy and a social-emotional curriculum that focuses on leadership skills", a total of 40 episodes were ordered for its inaugural season. On June 4, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season^[6] and moved to the Nick Jr. Channel the same year on August 25.

Premise

The series is set in the magical land of Puddlebrook and follows its titular character, Butterbean, a 10-year-old fairy who opens up and works in her own café, with the help of sister Cricket and friends Poppy, Dazzle, and Jasper. The patrons of the café consists of anthropomorphic chipmunks and rabbits. Next to the café is grumpy Ms. Marmalady, who plots to put Butterbean out of business, only to fail every time. There is a running gag where a character (which the episode varies and mostly centers around on) breaks the fourth wall by talking to the viewer in a documentary-style confession where they explain the various situations happening at the moment. Working together, the fairies whip up amazing treats in most of the episode. If the treat is successfully saved, Butterbean plants a colorful surprise bean producing special effects based on it, depending on the episode, to which she calls "The Fairy Finish".

Characters

• Butterbean (voiced by Margaret Ying Drake^[2] in US and Lily Wilmott in UK), a fairy who owns a café. Her wings have sprinkles and her cooking tool is a whisk.
• Cricket (voiced by Gabriella Pizzolo^[7] in US and Amelie Halls in UK), Butterbean's younger sister. Her wings have hearts and her cooking tool is an icing bag.
• Poppy (voiced by Kirrilee Berger^[8] in US and Alisia-Mai Goscomb in UK), a fairy who runs the kitchen. Her wings have flowers and her cooking tool is a kitchen spoon.
• Dazzle (voiced by Olivia Grace Manning in US and Imogen Sharp in UK), a fairy who runs the café's front counter. Her wings have stars and her cooking tool is a stylus.
• Jasper (voiced by Koda Gursoy for season 1 and Quinn Breslin for season 2 in the US and Eric O'Carroll in season 1 and Alexander James in season 2 in the UK), a fairy delivery boy. His wings have a lighting and his cooking tool is a spatula.
• Cookie, a winged, flying cat who lives in Butterbean's Café.
• Ms. Marmalady (voiced by Alysia Reiner in US and Judy Emmett in UK), Butterbean's foil and the main antagonist. Because she and her workers produce sub-par products, her café hardly gets customers.
• Spork and Spatch (both voiced by Chris Phillips in US and both voiced by Mike Cross in UK), Ms. Marmalady's bumbling monkey employees.
• Marzipan, a dark grey cat owned by Ms. Marmalady.

Episodes

Main article: List of Butterbean's Café episodes

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
1	72	39		November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12)	December 29, 2019 (2019-12-29)
2	39	21		January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)

Home media

Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment has released episodes of this show on DVD both under its eponymous name and the title Let's Get Cooking!.^[9][10][11]

Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2019	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Performer in a Preschool Animated Program	Olivia Grace Manning	Nominated

Ratings

The series' debut on November 12, 2018 yielded Nickelodeon "its highest-rated preschool series debut since the 2013 launch of PAW Patrol", drawing 727,000 Kids 2–5 and 2 million total viewers.^[12][13]

Viewership and ratings per season of Butterbean's Café

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	55	November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12)	1.28^[14]	December 29, 2019 (2019-12-29)	0.33^[15]	0.59
2	20	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)	0.35^[16]	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)	0.32^[17]	0.35

References

1. Kimberly Nordyke (May 12, 2016). "Nickelodeon Doubles Preschool Programming With 4 New Series, 3 Specials (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
2. "Butterbean's Cafe on Apple TV". Apple TV. November 11, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2020.
3. "Nickelodeon Unveils Content Pipeline of More Than 800 New Episodes, Details Expansion into Location-Based and VR Experiences" (Press release). Nickelodeon. March 6, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2018 – via The Futon Critic.
4. Milligan, Mercedes (October 22, 2018). "Nick Jr. Serves Up 'Butterbean's Cafe' Nov. 12, with Culinary Celeb Guests". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
5. "Nickelodeon Serves Up Brand-New Animated Preschool Series, "Butterbean's Cafe," Premiering Monday, Nov. 12, at 1 P.M. (ET/PT)" (Press release). Nickelodeon. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 22, 2018 – via The Futon Critic.
6. "Nickelodeon Renews Four Hit Series from Its Powerhouse Preschool Portfolio". The Futon Critic. June 4, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
7. Buell, Bill (November 17, 2018). "Niskayuna's Pizzolo enjoying voice role in Nickelodeon series". The Daily Gazette. Schenectady, New York. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
8. Hubbard, Daniel (November 12, 2018). "Teaneck Teen Lands Role On New Nick Jr. Show 'Butterbean's Cafe'". Patch. Teaneck, New Jersey. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
9. Mitchell, Valerie (July 12, 2019). "Butterbeans Cafe DVD from Nickelodeon". Mama Likes This. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
10. Taylor, Jessica (July 23, 2019). "Butterbean's Café On DVD July 30". Modern Mama's Messy Life. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
11. "BUTTERBEAN'S CAFE: LET'S GET COOKING | Strawberry Lemonade". Paramount Movies. Paramount Pictures. January 27, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020 – via YouTube.
12. Nickolai, Nate (November 14, 2018). "TV News Roundup: 'The Bachelor' Sets Season 23 Premiere Date". Variety. Retrieved November 21, 2018. "Butterbean's Cafe" scored the network's highest-rated preschool series debut since 2013 while the "PAW Patrol" special episode, the number one telecast of the day, nabbed the series its highest ratings with kids two to five in more than a year, averaging a 7.3/727,000 with kids two to five and 2 million total viewers.
13. (Press release). Nickelodeon. November 14, 2018. Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2018 – via Multichannel News.
14. Mitch Metcalf (November 14, 2018). . Showbuzz Daily. Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
16. . Showbuzzdaily.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
17. . Showbuzzdaily.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

External links

• (Archived)
• Butterbean's Café at IMDb