Chef

Chef
General information
Gender	Male
Series information
Appearance	Monsters, Inc.
Portrayed by	Jan Rabson

The Chef is a minor character in Monsters, Inc.

Official Description

"Chef works at the exclusive sushi restaurant Harryhausen's. Having lots of tentacles means he can prepare several dishes at the same time, although juggling cleavers and knives simultaneously has left one of his tentacles in bandages!"

Monsters, Inc.

The Chef is a red octopus-like monster who works at Harryhausen's in Monstropolis. He makes use of his six tentacles to prepare multiple meals at once, hence his cephalopod characteristics, and serve food to the patrons at a rapid pace. One of his tentacles has been cut due to a juggling accident. He also wears a white bandana on his head with the kanji "志" (Japanese for "resilience") written on it.

The Chef was working at Harryhausen's on the night when Mike had taken his girlfriend, Celia, out for a birthday dinner. When Sulley interrupted the date, requesting assistance from Wazowski, Boo escaped from the duffel bag she was being contained in, causing mass panic to everyone in the restaurant, even the Chef himself. The Chef phoned the CDA, telling them that there is a human child inside, just as they quickly arrived to decontaminate the restaurant. He himself then flees the restaurant with many other survivors inside. He does not appear again throughout the rest of the film.

In the Monsters, Inc. company play "Put That Thing Back Where It Came From or So Help Me", the role of the Chef was performed by Bile.

Trivia

• While the Chef is preparing food, a painting of a clownfish is visible on the wall behind him. This is a reference to Marlin from Finding Nemo.
• While octopuses in real life have eight tentacles, the Chef only has six; this is a reference to the 1955 sci-fi film It Came from Beneath the Sea, in which Ray Harryhausen, the film's special effects artist and animator, created an octopus with only six arms due to budget restrictions.
  • The name of the restaurant that the Chef works at, Harryhausen's, is also a reference to Harryhausen.

Gallery

Marlin painting on the wall

"There's a kid here! A human kid!"

For some reason, some versions of the movie have the symbol on the Chef's bandana being drawn differently, as well as the trailer.