Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time is a TV series on

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that stars Duff Goldman. The show details Duff and his friends exploring the science of different foods. It debuted on

on April 29, 2021.

Plot

In his kitchen/laboratory called Bakersville, Duff Goldman explores the science of the foods that he makes with help from his puppet and

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friends. The segment "Science Bites" has Duff in his puppet form explaining food science. There is also a globe-trotting segment that showcases the cultural origins of food.

Characters

* Duff Goldman (portrayed by himself) - A

pastry chef A pastry chef or pâtissier (; feminine pâtissière, ) is a station chef in a professional kitchen, skilled in the making of pastries, desserts, breads and other baked goods. They are employed in large hotels, bistros, restaurants, bakeries, b ...

that runs Bakersville. * Couscous (performed by Donna Kimball and Kristin Charney) - A robot and Duff's

sous-chef A sous-chef is a chef who is second in command of a kitchen, ranking directly below the head chef in the Kitchen Brigade system developed by Auguste Escoffier. In large kitchens, sous-chefs are typically left in charge of managing members of th ...

who is made of different kitchen tools. * Dizzy (performed by Dorien Davies) - An

elephant Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ('' Loxodonta africana''), the African forest elephant (''L. cyclotis''), and the Asian elephant ('' Elephas maximus ...

-shaped industrial stand mixer. She mostly sticks her mixing "nose" into everything. * Dragon Oven - A

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-shaped

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that speaks in roars, smoke, and hiccups. * Edgar (performed by Kenny Stevenson) - A "crabby" blue

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...

that hails from

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. * S'Later (performed by

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) - A brown

three-toed sloth The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals. They are the only members of the genus ''Bradypus'' (meaning "slow-footed") and the family Bradypodidae. The five living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throa ...

who has a wise personality. * Proof Box (performed by Amanda Maddock) - A box that takes Duff anywhere in time to learn the history of certain foods. * Geof (portrayed by Geof Manthorne) - Duff's musically inclined grocer who would sing about the ingredient of the day. * Aliens (performed by Donna Kimball and Kristin Charney) - A pair of Aliens that threaten to destroy the planet unless Duff feeds them. They are recycled versions of two of the Koozebanians from ''

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''.

Episodes

Production

Duff Goldman collaborated with

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to create this show on

. When Duff Goldman created this show, the inspiration he used to create this show came from the " Imagination Movers".

Reception

References

External links

Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time
at Discovery+
Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time
at Food Network
Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time
at

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