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*Butterbean's Café*
Butterbean's Café
Genre	Fantasy; Comedy;
Created by	Jonny Belt; Robert Scull;
Written by	Leah Gotcsik
Voices of	Margaret Ying Drake; 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;
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);
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon; Nick Jr. Channel;
Release	November 12, 2018 –; November 1, 2020

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

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 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^[1] 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 is an embodiment of an African girl, and 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 lightning 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. She has a sister named Martha.
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

Season	Segments	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Segments	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	73	40	November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12)	March 27, 2020 (2020-03-27)
2	38	20	February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)	November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06)

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]

On June 7, 2023, Butterbean's Café was added to Paramount+ but has since been removed (as of April 2024).^[12]

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 between ages 2 to 5 and 2 million total viewers.^[13]^[14]

Viewership and ratings per season of *Butterbean's Café*
Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
Season	Episodes	Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)	Avg. viewers (millions)
1	55	November 12, 2018 (2018-11-12)	1.28^[15]	December 29, 2019 (2019-12-29)	0.33^[16]	0.59
2	20	January 12, 2020 (2020-01-12)	0.35^[17]	November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)	0.32^[18]	0.35