Chowder

Chowder is an American animated television series created by C.H. Greenblatt for Cartoon Network. The series follows an aspiring young chef named Chowder and his day-to-day 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. The series is animated with bothtraditional animation as well as short stop motion and puppet sequences that are inter-cut into the episodes, and that run over the end credits.

Panini for President (Season 2, Episode 1)
In an effort to get Chowder to run against Panini for president, Gorgonzola uses various food items to hypnotize Chowder into doing so.