The Lunch Lady

In the kitchen.

The food, the sauces and what happens before lunch hits the trays. Watch a little. Cook something good.

Chicken shawarma in pita with Golden Sauce and Spidey Sauce, beside rice, shredded salad and green grapes.

Full episode · Sep 24, 2026

80 pounds of chicken shawarma. Two sauces. One lunch.

From the yogurt marinade to the lunch trays, with Golden Sauce, roasted red pepper Spidey Sauce and the kids’ pick at the end.

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Quick looks from the kitchen.

Each clip lives with its full home recipe.

Split image of thick pizza batter being poured into a sheet pan and a finished pepperoni pizza being sliced.

Pourable pizza batter

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Also in this clip: 48-hour fermented sheet-pan pizza

A Wagyu sloppy joe topped with crushed kettle chips on a school lunch tray, with salad, carrots, grapes and pickled vegetables.

Sloppy Joe Thomases

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Individual chocolate cakes topped with toasted marshmallow halves, with powdered sugar dusted across several cakes on a baking sheet.

Mexican hot chocolate cakes

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Wagyu beef tacos with pickled onions, crema and crushed corn nuts, with slaw and black beans on a lunch tray.

Wagyu beef tacos

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Baked ziti topped with red sauce and cheese, with green beans and grapes on a lunch tray.

Baked ziti

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Two carnitas tacos with herbs and cheese, served with beans, slaw and cornbread.

Carnitas tacos

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Greek chicken with feta and dill, rice, cucumbers and tomatoes on a lunch tray.

Greek chicken

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Close-up of a Wagyu smash burger with crisp browned edges, melted cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles on a toasted bun.

Wagyu smash burgers

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Chicken Rojo tacos topped with pickled red onion, herbs and crumbled cheese.

Chicken Rojo tacos

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A slice of breakfast pizza with a browned cheese top and sliced green onion.

Breakfast pizza

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A story behind lunch.

Greek chicken with feta and dill, rice, cucumbers and tomatoes on a lunch tray.

Why Greek chicken gets seconds.

Olive oil, feta and fresh dill. Ingredients my kids say they don't like, in a lunch they come back for.

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