Tiny Chef’s new gig with Ikea is the hopeful job news we all needed

Finally, some good news: The Tiny Chef, who captured the hearts of internet users around the world this summer when his Nickelodeon show was canceled, is gracing our screens again. This time, he’s making Swedish meatballs. 

The Tiny Chef Show was a Nickelodeon series that aired from September 2022 to March 2025. In it, the Tiny Chef (a stop-motion creature vaguely resembling a sentient pea) made plant-based meals for his friends from his home inside a tree stump. But in June, 2025, the...