Michelle Obama to team up with puppets for a kids’ food show

This image released by Netflix shows former first lady Michelle Obama with Busy, a bee puppet, left, Mochi, a pink round puppet, and Waffles, a furry puppet with waffle ears on the set of the children's series 'Waffles Mochi'. Obama is launching the new Netflix children’s food show on March 16. Photo: Handout

Michelle Obama is launching a Netflix children’s food show with a pair of puppets “to bring a bit of light and laughter to homes around the world".

The new show, called Waffles + Mochi, launches March 16 and will be “all about good food: discovering it, cooking it, and of course, eating it,” the former first lady posted on Instagram on Tuesday (Feb 9). The 20-minute episodes will combine live action and puppets, and Obama will be a series regular.