Play Chef

 is a Canadian cooking show aimed at children ages 3-12, hosted by a father and his two daughters.

==Premise= Play Chef is a cooking show like no other - it focuses on making actual recipes, but the recipes are made with children's "food maker" toys, mainly "play ovens" like the Easy-Bake Oven. Every episode focuses on two different recipes, and features cooking segments as well as imaginative segments starring the daughters, often featuring fun songs.

The Hosts
William Wayne and his two daughters Jenna (10 years old when the show began production) and Lana (8 years old when the show began production) from Richmond Hills, Ontario host Play Chef. The cooking segments are narrated by all three and just show their hands. These segments also feature kitchen safety tips.

The "imaginative segments" star Jenna and Lana, placing them in fantasy worlds (sometimes with William playing along) relating to the recipes. For example, when using a blender-like milkshake maker, Jenna and Lana were placed inside a magical milkshake world where they spun around and around; and when making pretzels, the girls saw themselves as comedians in Germany. Green-screen is used to film these segments. There is one segment per recipe (leading to there being two per episode). Some of the segments feature songs, as well.

The scripts for the episodes are written by the family, too.

Broadcast
In Canada, Play Chef was aired on local Caadian TV stations from 2006-2008, and in re-runs on those same channels from 2009 until 2012 in some markets. It did not air in any other countries until over 10 years after its Canadian premiere, when American channel Qubo picked up Play Chef alongside PaRappa The Rapper: The Animated Series on June 19, 2016. Currently, it is aired everyday on Qubo at 6:00 PM, right after PaRappa The Rapper.

Trivia

 * Strangely, in the US broadcasts, the URL on the top left-hand corner of the screen during Play Chef episodes, "williamwayne.ca", is left intact.