GASTRO ADVENTURES

Dabble in the science of food and nutrition away from the kitchen with Discovery Kids' newest show, Gastronuts. Gastronuts will leave no scone unturned in its quest to seek answers to the wacky questions every child has about what’s on their plates.

Challenging children to open their minds and their taste buds to a whole new world of culinary creativity, this 13-episode series sees food fanatic Stefan and his group of kid Gastronuts go on gastronomic adventures to discover the truth about how we eat, what we eat, and where food comes from. Along the way they indulge in hare-brained experiments, crazy cooking and eat the world’s weirdest food from scorpions to pig ears.

Get nutty with the gang as they chew on the craziest food questions imaginable – can you cook pizza with a hair dryer? Can woodlice replace shrimp in a cocktail? Will strawberries and pepper be a tastier formula than strawberries and cream? Find out if you’re able to stomach the answers to these questions when Gastronuts airs weekdays this March at 4:30 p.m., starting Friday, March 1. Encores will be on the same day at 8:00 p.m.

Each Gastronuts dish also serves up delicious tidbits of little-known food trivia to whet your appetite like how some countries have a maximum amount of insects that they will allow in food – in the United States, the limit stands at two maggots per 100 grams of tomato ketchup! Also in the series, Stefan meets zany ‘experts’ who add a new dimension to the crazy experiments, like ‘Dr. Boom,’ who shows how explosive ordinary foods can be when combined wrongly in our stomachs. Watch, learn, and take cover!

A scoop of science, a dash of history, and a generous heap of fun – these are the ingredients that will make you hungry for more! Break the rules about how we eat and what we eat with Gastronuts, the dish best served on Discovery Kids.