About this season
An aspiring young chef named Chowder has adventures as an apprentice in Mung Daal's catering company. Although he means well, Chowder often finds himself in predicaments due to his perpetual appetite and his nature as a scatterbrain. He is also pestered by Panini, the apprentice of Mung's rival Endive, who wants Chowder to be her boyfriend, which he abhors.
Episodes (38)
1. The Arborians
Aired 2 October 2008 • 12 min
Mung Daal, Chowder and Shnitzel need a special syrup from an annoying tree in order to complete a pancake recipe, but soon the tree and his family end up taking over the catering company, leaving them to find a solution.
2. The Garage Sale
Aired 2 October 2008 • 12 min
Chowder becomes obsessed with eating the stuff sold at Mung Daal's garage sale.
3. Panini for President
Aired 6 November 2008 • 12 min
When Panini declares herself as the new president of the apprentice's society, Gorgonzola (through Chowder) ends up competing against her the title.
4. Chowder's Babysitter
Aired 20 November 2008 • 12 min
While babysitting Chowder, Gazpacho believes he has accidentally killed Chowder. Convincing Chowder that he's dead, they both attempt to get his "spirit" to pass on to the other side.
5. The Fire Breather
Aired 13 November 2008 • 12 min
After Chowder eats a group of hot peppers in order to keep them from escaping the kitchen and burn down the city, he begins to breathe fire whenever he opens his mouth, whether he wants to or not. Quickly becoming an incovenience to Mung Daal and the others, he runs away to go live with dragons.
6. The Flying Flinger Lingons
Aired 13 November 2008 • 12 min
While helping Mung Daal make a giant bread bowl for a traveling circus troupe, Chowder becomes obsessed with being a member of the Flying Flinger Lingons, and runs away to join them.
7. Hey, Hey It's Knishmas!
Aired 4 December 2008 • 12 min
Chowder worries he won't receive the gift he wants on Knishmas, when he sees Mung Daal attempt to make a perfect Schmingerbread house and fail several times. Upon seeing this, he recruits Panini and Gorgonzola to help him make Knish Kringle like Mung's house.
8. Chowder's Catering Company
Aired 11 December 2008 • 12 min
Against Mung Daal's wishes, Chowder secretly starts his own catering company for a bunch of trash-dwelling vermin. However, when these vermin attempt to kill Mung, Shnitzel and Truffles, Chowder must choose between his friends and his dreams.
9. The Catch Phrase
Aired 11 December 2008 • 12 min
When a celebrity chef takes Marzipan City by storm, and wins the admiration of Chowder from Mung Daal, Mung must come up with a catch phrase to win back Chowder's adoration.
10. The Hot Date
Aired 11 December 2008 • 12 min
The heat is on Sgt. Hoagie and the Marzipan City Police Department to solve a mysterious crime before it ruins his amorous evening plans.
11. Shopping Spree
Aired 12 February 2009 • 12 min
Mung, Chowder, and Shnitzel go on a wild spending spree after Truffles comes down with a cold.
12. The Party Cruise
Aired 26 April 2009 • 12 min
Truffles tries to impress the members of The Big Hat Biddies, and the others try to help by making a big feast for the club.
13. Won-Ton Bombs
Aired 26 April 2009 • 12 min
When Mung's old cooking master comes to visit and tells a story about Mung's greatest failure to all of Marzipan City, humiliating him and turning everyone against him, Chowder and Mung travel back to the past to fix his failure.
14. The Big Hat Biddies
Aired 2 June 2009 • 12 min
Truffles tries to impress the members of The Big Hat Biddies, and the others try to help by making a big feast for the club.
15. The Deadly Maze
Aired 3 June 2009 • 12 min
Mung's old apprentice Gumbo traps Chowder within a huge maze so he can get rid of Mung, but soon finds himself lost within it also, not knowing the way back, which the two have to find a way out. And when an over-professional Bird-headed body-builder named Jeffery hired to destroy Chowder threatens Gumbo, the two are forced to work together to escape from him.
16. Kid Schnitzel
Aired 2 June 2009 • 23 min
Shnitzel tires of his adult responsibilities and decides to act like a child, much to Mung Daal's chagrin. Forcing Shnitzel's responsibilities on Chowder, Chowder then decides to act like a baby and Shnitzel follows suit: forcing Mung to send them to the baby pound.
17. Gazpacho Fights Back
Aired 4 June 2009 • 23 min
When an intimidating woman bullies Gazpacho into giving her free produce, he and Chowder must think of a way to fight back, by going to the strongest person they know.
18. The B.L.T.'s
Aired 11 June 2009 • 23 min
When Chowder must pass the upcoming "Basic Learning Test" (B.L.T.'s) or he can't cook anymore, Mung Daal is forced to take matters into his own hands and attempt to stop the test.
19. The Trouble with Truffles
Aired 11 June 2009 • 23 min
Truffles gets a new voice after Mung Daal tells her that her old one scares customers away. However, her new voice is so relaxed and non-threatening, so Chowder, Mung Daal, and Shnitzel no longer take her seriously and become feral primitives, leaving Truffles to decide between her new voice and her old one.
20. The Dinner Theater
Aired 25 June 2009 • 23 min
Mung Daal's Catering Company has a mystery-themed theater show called "Who dunit? T'was not me: A romp in the glorious world of barber shop" in order to earn more money, but Chowder thinks that the play is real events and that Gazpacho will act out the play in real-life as Baron Von Bon Bon and kill the others. Chowder is then forced to go to Gorgonzola and Ceviché's help in order to stop him.
21. Big Ball
Aired 18 June 2009 • 12 min
While catering a sporting event, Truffles and Mung argue over the rules of the game.
22. The Brain Freeze
Aired 25 June 2009 • 12 min
Chowder is frozen in a block of ice after drinking a frosty drink too quickly.
23. The Snail Car
Aired 16 July 2009 • 12 min
Mung gets a new car, but Chowder wants the old one back.
24. The Lollistops
Aired 2 July 2009 • 12 min
Chowder wrecks his teeth so he can go to his dentist, who gives out delicious "lollistops".
25. Endive's Dirty Secret
Aired 9 July 2009 • 12 min
Mung (and eventually everyone in town) blackmails Ms. Endive with an embarrassing picture to gain access to her pool.
26. Big Food
Aired 16 July 2009 • 12 min
Mung Daal, Chowder and Shnitzel go on a camping trip, where Chowder attempts to prove Mung that legendary Big Food exists.
27. Paint the Town
Aired 23 July 2009 • 12 min
Chowder paints his own world after discovering a blank-canvas dimension behind his bedroom.
28. The Blackout
Aired 30 July 2009 • 12 min
Chowder and Gorgonzola must restore power to the city after a blackout occurs.
29. The Dice Cycle
Aired 30 July 2009 • 12 min
Chowder breaks Mung's dice cycle and blames it on Ceviche under Gazpacho's command.
30. The Chain Recipe
Aired 6 August 2009 • 12 min
Mung get cursed for 100 years after refusing to make a chain recipe.
31. The Garden
Aired 6 August 2009 • 12 min
After Truffles makes the plants grow with her voice, Chowder becomes her apprentice. But that leaves Mung heartbroken and now he'll do anything to win Chowder back.
32. Sheboodles!
Aired 13 August 2009 • 12 min
Longing for a companion, Miss Endive cooks a man-dish for a date. Unfortunately she doesn't bake it 100% complete and as a result gets stuck with a repulsive-looking man named Todd with a catchphrase, sheboodles. Things go worse for Endive once everyone starts to like Todd.
33. Gazpacho Moves In
Aired 13 August 2009 • 12 min
Gazpacho leaves his mom's home and moves into the catering company over an argument. Gazpacho gradually wears out his welcome and the catering company work out a plan to get rid of him.
34. My Big Fat Stinky Wedding
Aired 20 August 2009 • 12 min
Chowder takes Kimchi to his family's home in the swamp for an arranged marriage and worries about the future of their friendship after Chowder is accused by his smart but evil twin brother of kidnapping Kimchi from his family.
35. Apprentice Appreciation Day
Aired 10 September 2009 • 12 min
Mung and Miss Endive compete over who throws the best Apprentice Appreciation Day party, alienating Chowder and Panini in the process.
36. The Grape Worm
Aired 17 September 2009 • 12 min
When a neurotic parasite takes residence in Chowder's belly, Chowder thinks he's found his inner voice. He soon discovers that they are too different to co-exist together.
37. A Faire to Remember
Aired 27 August 2009 • 12 min
Panini becomes extremely jealous when a new girl befriends Chowder.
38. Tofu-Town Showdown
Aired 1 October 2009 • 12 min
When Chowder and Schnitzel make a delivery to the Asian section of Marzipan City, Schnitzel is confronted by his mysterious past and his greatest shame. Chowder must help Schnitzel rectify this problem in order to reclaim Schnitzel's honor.