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Norbert Cheffory "Chef" Hatchet is a teacher working at Happy Tots Daycare Centre.
Personality[]
Chef's personality is notably different than his Total Drama counterpart; he is less aggressive, nicer to the kids, shows a degree of patience with dealing with them, and cares about their well-being. Although he still has a temper if he gets provoked enough, he is also more sensitive, to the point of crying at times. He enjoys playing with the toys and by extension, working in the daycare.
Total DramaRama season 1[]
In Venthalla, Chef confiscates Owen's Uber Ball and hides it in a super secure locker containing other toys from home. When a group of kids try to get it back, Noah distracts Chef. Chef ends up telling him all of the thing that he is bad at, which made the kid depressed. After some time, Chef comes up with a positive thing about Noah. In the end, he discovers the kids's plan, but the Uber Ball goes out of control and ends up destroying the daycare.
Chef loves his Rainbow Juice.
In Duck Duck Juice, Chef prepares to tell a story to the kids, until he realizes he forgot his reading glasses. He leaves his Rainbow Juice on the table. When he comes back, it's missing, and he starts to panic. He searches all over the daycare, but cannot find it. Then he finally finds Courtney and Duncan's replacement, and is happy once again. However the juice drops, and Chef becomes angry again, turning into a giant and destroying the daycare's roof in the process.
In Cluckwork Orange, Chef and MacArthur show the kids some animals from the zoo. Jude disguises a chicken as himself, and makes Chef wonder if there really is a chicken inside the school. He eventually gives up thinking his mind is just playing tricks on him.
In Free Chili, he warns Owen and Noah about not bringing toys from home. Noah taunts him and suggest he is old, which makes Chef a little angry. The teacher says he'll keep an eye on the kids.
Chef believes he found true love.
Chef is depressed in The Date, since his then-girlfriend Candace broke up with him two weeks ago. This causes him to cry all day. The kids are upset by his bad mood, and decide to create a fake girlfriend for him so he buys them pizza. The plan seems to work, as Chef falls in love with his "secret admirer". Things get too far when Chef is about to kiss Jude desguised as "LeFonda", but the kid runs out in desperation. Chef explodes in anger and decides to give a time-out to all the kids, while Jude and Owen get a "special treatment" in the naughty corner.
In Aquarium for a Dream, Chef introduces the class to Richard Swimmins, a fish. The kids do not know how to take care of him, so they end up killing him. Chef replaces Richard with another fish time and time again. Gwen notices it and warns Chef that he should tell the others the truth, but he doesn't want to alarm the kids. He keeps lying until they actually find all the fishes in his office. Chef takes the blame, and some time later, introduces the kids to a new "pet": a rock.
In Cuttin' Corners, Chef protects Izzy's birthday cake from Owen, Duncan, Leshawna and Beth, and warns them that they can only eat it at the end of the day.
In Sharing is Caring, Chef allows the class to show off their toys from home and teaches them to share. He then gets distracted by a survey call about house cats.
In Ant We All Just Get Along, Chef tries to cheer up the kids by showing them toys are fun, but he becomes addicted to them instead.
Chef posing for the Child Educators Calendar of the year.
In Germ Factory, he hands the kids multiple cans of modelling clay to play with, but things immediately get out of hand. Chef forces the kids to clean all the mess they created. While the kids keep creating trouble, Chef poses and tries to get a good picture for the "Child Educators Calendar".
In Cone in 60 Seconds, Chef is in his office watching a scary horror movie until Owen makes his phone ring, which makes him run away in fear.
In The Bad Guy Busters, Chef is busy in his office sorting through his taxes, until Izzy appears and starts to annoy him. Chef plays a superhero movie for the kids.
In That's a Wrap, Chef takes the class to a museum and makes them watch a 2-hour documentary, but none of them are happy. When he finds out Duncan woke up a real mummy, he forces him to buy the mummy a hot dog.
Chef offers ice cream to the students.
In Tiger Fail, Chef promises to buy ice cream for the kids if they promise to be quiet. To settle this, he suggests they play the quiet game to determine which ice cream flavor to buy. The game takes 78 years to end, in which Chef has earned a PhD in education, wrote two novels and built his dream boat by hand.
In A Ninjustice to Harold, Chef makes puddings for the kids, and asks Harold to deliver them like a normal non-ninja person would.
In Having the Timeout of Our Lives, Chef gives Owen his first time-out. After a while, Owen keeps behaving bad so he can spent more time with Duncan, and Chef gives him more time outs.
In Hic Hic Hooray, Chef gives Bridgette a can of soda to help her after she accidentally swallowed a worm. This causes Owen to want one too, so he keeps asking Chef all day to have some soda.
In Bananas & Cheese, Chef surprises the kids, announcing Bananas & Cheese will come to the daycare. When they arrive, Chef states that he doesn't like their music but he's happy that they came.
In Inglorious Toddlers, Chef freaks out when Noah is about to finish the Frozen Dragon game, and calls the other kids so they can witness the moment. The military's tank destroys Chef's car, which upsets him. He repairs a couple of times, but it always ends up in flames.
MacArthur tries to fix Chef's back.
In Not Without My Fudgy Lumps, Chef contracts a chiropractor, who happens to be MacArthur. She ends up causing him a lot of pain. Then he offers to help the kids, but is dragged back to his office by MacArthur. Things get out of control when Izzy destroys a drone, and the military arrests Chef.
In Paint That a Shame, Chef gets uncomfortable when Beth asks how babies are born, and leaves the daycare.
In Snots Landing, Chef is looking forward to Courtney's Show & Tell. He tries to get Courtney's couch out of Beth's nose.
In Know it All, Chef is shocked to find out tomatoes are actually fruits. He thinks cucumbers are vegetables but then he finds out that they're actually fruits, too. Chef goes to see a scientist to confirm this information.
In A Licking Time Bomb, Chef gives the kids play money so they can start their own business and learn the value of money.
In From Badge to Worse, Chef is pranked in his office by Courtney and Gwen when they become friends.
In Snow Way Out, Chef is surprised to see snow, and orders the kids to get inside the daycare. He says that it's time for them to decorate for the holiday.
In All Up In Your Drill, Chef tells the kids to get inside the daycare for a fire safety presentation, and introduces Fire Chief Blaze. When everyone think there is a fire in the building, Chef panicks instead of asisting the kids.
In Toys Will Be Toys, Chef likes the idea of Courtney becoming a WeTube star. He ocasionally appears just to tell Owen, Jude and Harold the amount of likes they get on their videos. He tries to comfort Courtney but fails.
In Stay Goth, Poodle Girl, Stay Goth, Chef tells the kids that it's partner playtime. He notices Gwen is acting weird, but can't imagine her with a pink stuffed poodle.
Chef reminds the kids that gum is forbidden at school.
In Gum and Gummer, Chef talks to the kids about the number 1 rule: no gum at daycare. He explains how past students DJ, Trent and Katie floated away thanks to it. Chef gets angry when he thinks Owen has gum, but he ends up giving Beth a timeout after she was the one who messed up Leshawna's hair.
In Invasion of the Booger Snatchers, Chef gets the kids ready for photo day. He notices the alien on the camera, but the alien is able to attack him and control his mind. The infected Chef helps the aliens infect the other kids. In the end, he is saved thanks to Izzy's speaking abilites with the birds.
In Wristy Business, Chef feels bad for Beth when she shows up with an injured arm. Later on, he announces it's fair day.
In Melter Skelter, Chef tries to convince the kids that the toys they have is nice, but Beth still wants a new one. He buys her an "Everything Horse" after all the old toys are destroyed.
In The Never Gwending Story, Chef gathers the kids to tell them a story. All goes well until he notices the last page is missing. When he recieves his package, he puts on his new scuba suit. The kids mistake Chef with a monster, and attack him.
Chef is angry at Hoppy.
In There Are No Hoppy Endings, the kids drive Chef mad when they blame a stuffed animal for everything that goes wrong. Chef dresses up as Hoppy, confusing the kids. They attack Chef, and he ends up in an ambulence.
In Too Much of a Goo’d Thing, Chef notices a big monster made of slime terrifies the kids, and tries to stop it by throwing toys at it.
In The Price of Advice, Chef tells Izzy that he has been very stressed lately. He follows her advice, and turns his office into an oasis. Sadly for him, it is destroyed after Duncan's rocket destroys his office.
In Mother of All Cards, after forgetting Mother's Day by playing video games, Chef pits the students against each other to make the best card. He fools them and even tells them that they can't sign the cards with their own names. When her mother arrives to the daycare, Chef gives her Cody's letter, but later confesses he forgot about Mother's Day. He is left alone in the school while his mother takes the kids for ice-cream.
Chef takes the kids for a nature walk.
In Duncan Disorderly, Chef states that being a teacher is the hardest job he ever got. He takes the class in a nature walk, and ties them up so no one can escape. He enters a restaurant because Jude, Courtney, Bridgette and Leshawna had to pee. The kids order some food, and Chef relizes he lost his wallet, so he has to work there to pay for their food. When he finally gets back to the daycare, he takes a well deserved break.
In Soother or Later, Chef presents Princess Ephemera to the kids. When there is a thunderstorm and the school is out of energy, Chef tries to fix it.
In Camping is In Tents, Chef takes the kids on a camping trip. He takes a shortcut, which damages the bus. Duncan, Beth and Owen find a map to Bigfoot's treasure, and Chef joins them on their search. He gets the treasure, but Bigfoot chases him and manages to recover it. Chef and the kids go back to the daycare.
In Mutt Ado About Owen, Chef is excited to see Harold hipnotize Duncan. After a long day, Chef is hipnotized and starts acting like a chicken.
In Simons Are Forever, Chef plays Simon Says with the kids. They all get eliminated with the exception of Izzy. Chef runs out of ideas, and goes back to his office.
Chef lets Owen take care of the class hamster Lenny.
In Stop! Hamster Time, Chef announces that the position of care taker of their class hamster is now open. When Owen takes the job, Chef warns him to not give Lenny any human food. When his phone dissapears, Chef thinks that it was Owen who ordered pizza. He then decides to have Beth take care of Lenny.
In Driving Miss Crazy, Chef is okay with Beth pulling Duncan around in a wagon until he fixes the bad boy's bike. He has trouble understanding the instructions, since they are in german. Luckily, Noah is able to do it for him.
In Weiner Takes All, Chef notices the kids are looking for hot dogs. After forgetting to book a Hot Diggity Doggity Dog mascot on National Hot Dog Day, Chef tries to pass off an Australian man dressed as a kangaroo as a substitute. Later on, Chef and Izzy team up to create a dog costume for the teacher. Chef defeats the australian man and saves Hot Dog day.
The kids protest against the lice.
In Apoca-lice Now, Chef tells the kids that he needs 3 volunteers to give them lice, after General Louse shows up at the daycare. Chef tells the lice that the kids don't want them on their heads, and the General and his minions turn into a giant lice monster. Chef is happy when the monster is defeated by the kids.
In Gnome More Mister Nice Guy, Chef introduces a new addition to the playground: lawn gnomes. When the gnomes cause trouble, Chef thinks there's no need to check on the kids since Duncan told him that everything is fine. He ends up giving the gnomes back to the salesman.
In Look Who's Clocking, Chef tells the kids that thanks to daylight savings time, the day will be one hour shorter.
In Harold Swatter and the Goblet of Flies, Chef is determinated to kill a fly, and goes into ninja mode. The kids try to stop him, believing Harold was turned into a fly. When he finally kills it, the kids start crying.
In Stink. Stank. Stunk., Chef tells the kids that he's hiding from a skunk. He reveals that when he was a kid he accidentally stepped on a skunk's tail, and since then, the animal always come back for revenge once a year. The skunk fools Chef and gets inside the daycare. Owen, Izzy, Beth and Harold help Chef in trying to escape from the skunk. He ends up getting sprayed by the animal.
Total DramaRama season 2[]
In Glove Glove Me Do, Chef tries to teach the kids how to toss pizza dough, but thanks to Owen, he can't. After Owen ruins everything, Chef tells him he has terrible hands.
In Robo Teacher, Chef gets informed by the military that he got replaced with a robot, but he doesn't mind since he considers the kids to be horrible. While he is relaxing at home, Duncan calls him and asks for help, but Chef ignores him. In the end, he comes back to his job.
Chef is angry at Beth for lying to him.
In The Tooth About Zombies, Gwen makes Chef believe that there's a zombie apocalypse outside the daycare. When MacArthur the dentist arrives, Chef begins to ask lot of questions to confirm she is not a zombie. Beth and Gwen pour soup on her, and Chef freaks out. Later on, Chef is angry at them for causing the zombie parade to come to the daycare.
In Lie-Ranosaurus Wrecked, Chef spends time with the class outside, and watches them play on the sandbox. He is proud of Owen when he builds a dinosaur costume.
In An Egg-stremely Bad Idea, Chef tells a story that made all of the kids fall asleep, with the exception of Izzy and Owen. When Gwen's chair is redecorated, she creates a mess by screaming. Chef takes the chair out, but that doesn't stop Gwen. Later on, Chef sees Gwen's new egg chair and thinks that they're all doomed, but she actually likes it.
Chef tells the kids that it's time for them to do something active.
In Exercising the Demons, Chef is worried when he sees all the kids playing with their tablets. He tries to make the kids move their bodies, but fails, so he orders an expert in child fitness. Chef starts playing "Zombie Hot Rod" on one of the tablets, gets addicted and becomes lazy. The kids don't like his attitude and they take him outside.
In Pudding the Planet First, Chef wishes a happy Earth Day to the kids. He tells the kids that opposing views make the world a better place, which gives Izzy an idea. Chef wonders why is there a line up for his office, and the kids say they want to poop in his desk to save the planet. Later on, a giant pudding ball destroys Chef's new car.
In Supply Mom, Duncan glues Chef's mouth to a tuba, so he calls her mom as replacement while he goes to the hospital. In the end, he goes back to his job.
In Mooshy Mon Mons, Chef shows the kids his mooshy mon mons chocolates, but threatens them that whoever touches his chocolate will be in big trouble. When he discovers his mooshy mon mons are gone, he makes Owen, Courtney, Beth and Izzy clean up the bathroom as a punishment.
Chef acting like a baby.
In Student Becomes the Teacher, Chef tells the kids that somebody from the school board is coming to renew his license. He agrees to give the kids a pony if they all behave. He accidentally slips on Jude's skateboard and knocks himself out. When he wakes up, he starts acting like a baby. Eventurally, the school board evaluator decides to renew Chef's license.
In Beth and the Beanstalk, Chef confiscates Beth's chocolate bar, but she tries to get it back.
In The A-Bok-Bok-Bokalypse, Chef finds out that Harold's got chicken pox when his parents call. He begins to clean up the daycare and starts to panick. Chef tries to take care of all the kids that get the chicken pox, but in the end, he transforms into a chicken himself.
In Pinata Regatta, Chef is happy to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with his students. He trains them to smash pinatas, but the kids smash his car instead. After training is over, Chef tells the kids that it's time for a siesta. He tells Izzy that the pinatas could take over the world if they don't get smashed on Cinco de Mayo. He is eaten by a giant pinata, but Izzy saves him.
Chef and the kids visit Dame Wrench on her island.
In A Dame-gerous Game, Chef congratulates Bridgette, Cody, Leshawna and Owen for winning the world's best Hide and Seek championship. He then takes them to an island to face another adversary: Dame Wrench. The lady turns Chef into a gold statue.
In Royal Flush, Chef buys a new private toilet, and gets upset when the kids try to use it.
In Total Eclipse of the Fart, Chef tries to make Leshawna feel better after she swallows her tooth, but he just makes her feel even worse.
In Dissing Cousins, Chef reveals to the kids that they are celebrating International Cousins Day, and brings Ella and Max into the daycare. Later on, he is attacked by Ella when she transforms into a dragon. Gwen kicks Chef for insulting her cousin.
In For a Few Duncans More, Chef tells the kids that he bought a new photocopier: copypro2000. He cancels pizza day and the kids get sad. After Duncan makes lot of copies of himself, they all attack Chef and the students. Once they get rid of them, Chef uncancels pizza day.
In He Who Wears the Clown, Chef tells the kids that Harold's dad hired a clown because of his birthday. Later on, honks Owen's clown nose 3 times, which makes him transform into a clown. He initially likes it, until a bear attacks him.
Chef shows the class his childhood toys.
In Us ‘R’ Toys, Chef brings in some of the toys from his childhood. The kids think they are lame and outdated. After Chef puts on a wishing stone, it causes Duncan, Gwen and himself to switch bodies with his toys. Chef gets turned into Baby Sourguts. When he is kidnapped by a squirrel, Duncan and Gwen rescue him and admit that his toys were actually cool. They all go back to their original bodies.
In Grody to the Maximum, Chef makes Cody come down from the slide using a vacuum cleaner. Later, he goes to the abandoned cubbies and finds a new shirt for Cody, which makes him cooler.
In Wiggin’ Out, Chef tells the kids that Bridgette donated her hair for a charity. Later on he begins to mow the yard, until he finds Bridgette, Owen, Leshawna and Izzy trapped by Bigfoot. Chef runs over Bigfoot with the lawn mower tractor and saves them.
In The Upside of Hunger, Chef appears in the daycare upside-down world. Unlike his real self, he is really calm and pacific. He tries to comfort a scared Owen.
In Fire in the Hole, Chef is excited after he won a hot sauce tasting competition. He tastes Duncan's hot sauce and freaks out.
In Ghoul Spirit, the kids try to help Floater the ghost scare Chef, but he finds it adorable instead. Later on, Floater takes Duncan's advice and is able to scare Chef. He hires MacArthur to help him out, but she fails. Chef and MacArthur run away from the daycare in fear.
In Duncan Carving, Chef locks himself in his office during Halloween, and refuses to come out.
Chef auditions for Tubalicious.
In Tu Ba Or Not Tu Ba, Chef shows a video of his past self to the kids. The manager of Tubalicious saw Chef's video and wants him to audition for the band. Chef is unsure, but the kids help him. Izzy acts as her agent, while Noah decides to be his coach. After some training, Chef's audition is a success, and he becomes the new member of Tubalicious. In the end, he comes back to be a teacher.
In Dude Where's Macaw, Chef reveals that he is the world champion of the video game Macaw Wash. The kids show him a modern game, and Chef loses against Beth. Duncan and Harold try to help him, and they hack the game, bringing the cyborg pineapple to life. The pineapple attacks Chef and the kids. He ends up beating the pineapple with his trophy.
In Way Back Wendel, Leshawna and Owen ask Chef for help when the world is turning black and white, but Chef is not in the mood to help.
In Stingin' in the Rain, Chef goes outside the daycare to fix a window. He gets attacked by bees, and hit by a lightning, which causes the power to go off.
In Cartoon Realism, Chef takes the kids to an animation studio, where the cartoon "Chinchilli" is made. He keeps asking about the writing and animation process, but the guide Brightly evades his questions. Frustrated, Chef tell the kids to help him fight against the guards.
In OWW, Chef tells the kids that he used to be a wrestler 3 years ago with his partner Sammy, until he was forced to betray his friend. Chef is very proud of his students when they create wrestling alter egos. Chef is reunited with his old friend Sammy in the wrestling ring, who is seeking for revenge. The kids defend Chef and defeat Sammy.
Chef fights Gobble Head.
In Gobble Head, Chef decorates the daycare for appreciation day and teaches the kids what it means. He is sad when the kids don't give him a single card. Chef decides to make a turkey dinner for the kids, and uses a spooky book. He accidentally summoned a killer cyborg turkey named "Gobble Head", who starts attacking the kids. Chef goes to the basement with Gwen, Harold and Izzy, and is able to defeat the turkey. He gets frustrated when the kids still fail to appreciate him.
In Me, My Elf, and I, Chef takes the class to the north pole after Duncan sent a nasty card to Santa. He wants to find the card and destroy it. He enters the mailroom and accidentaly burns a lot of letters. The elves think that Chef and the kids are going to get permanently added to Santa's naughty list. Back to the daycare, no one gets presents except for Duncan. Duncan gives Chef a rocket, which destroys his car once again.
Chef pretends to be "Winter Wonderman".
In Snow Country for Old Men, Chef plays with the kids for Christmas. He creates a snowman that comes to life. He becomes jealous of the snowman "Flakey" and tries to impress the kids, but fails. He leaves the daycare, but returns when he hears the class screaming and asking for help. He battles an army of snowmen. Chef throws a cookie at Flakey so Owen can defeat him. In the end, Chef puts Flakey in a box and leaves him in his office, but he melts down and dies.
In Jelly Aches, Chef notices whenever a kid shows up with a cool new thing, the others get jealous. Thanks to the visit of the jealousy troll, Chef has to put a lot of kids in time out. He is then affected by it, and steals Cody's car. When the troll is finally defeated, Chef gives everyone but Jude a 2 week long time out.
In Simply Perfect, Chef wants to make the kids smarter by giving them brain food, since they are about to have a test. After Courtney uses the brain strain 3000, Chef and the rest of the kids become dumb.
In Baby Brother Blues, Chef sings a song about how bad baby siblings really are. After Beth escapes from the daycare, Chef and Gwen go after her. They arrive at the zoo, where Chef starts fighting with the cassowaries in order to save his student. In the end, Gwen and Beth leave Chef behind and go back to the school.
Chef flies with the kids into space.
In Space Codyty, Chef won't let Izzy do an autopsy on Cody. She tries to convince Chef that Cody's an alien. When she is about to go on a space mission, Chef manages to enter the rocket. Weird things happen when they enter a wormhole. They arrive at Cody's birth planet, and Chef is surprised to find out that Izzy's theory was true. The Codys help them get their fuel back to return home. Chef ends up taking the wrong Cody.
In Snack to the Future, Chef announces that he made jiggle giggle for the kids today, which makes Owen super excited. However, it won't be ready till afternoon snack. When Owen goes back in time, Chef's ancestor mistakens him for a witch, and persecutes him. Chef's ancestor gets angry at the kids for disrespecting his mayor and shoots them out of a catapult, but they are saved by Owen.
In The Gold and the Stickerful, Chef is disgusted when the school is full of garbage. In an effort to makes the kids more responsible, he shows the kids the "Good for Me Sticker Board". Every time they finish a helpful task, they will get a sticker from Chef. Courtney becomes obsessed with the stickers, winning them all.
In Bad Seed, Chef dresses up as a farmer and teaches kids about vegetables, giving them their own seedlings to grow. After Izzy keeps ruining her seedlings, Chef gives her more. When Izzy grows a big plant, it eats Chef. He is then able to get out.
In A Fish Called Leshawna, Chef destroys the kid's book when he finds out they talk about mermaids. The kids find out that Chef was turned into a mermaid once, so they steal his fish sticks. He gets upset when Owen and Leshawna eat them. He calls the military so they can stop Leshawna the mermaid.
In Double Oh Beth, Chef gets ready for his spring break vacation, but the villain Mambalo ties him up. Later on, he is about to be killed by a laser. He asks for help, but the kids never come.
Chef gets very angry at Duncan.
In Duncan Duty, Chef gets irritated by Duncan and his constant pranks. He asks Beth for help, and makes a deal that she'll recieve chocolate milk every time she helps him out. Duncan gets busted time and time again. When he finds out he was getting played by both Beth and Duncan, he asks Harold, Izzy and Leshawna for help. They use Chef just to get chocolate milk too. Chef tells the kids that they won't get any more chocolate milk. After Duncan makes another prank, Chef admits that he missed them.
In Encore'tney, Chef is frustrated when the kids don't learn from their mistakes. He is then trap inside a constant loop caused by Courtney's evil book.
In Life of Pie, Chef gives the kids a frozen pizza after they clean up his car. Later on, while the kids try to find a purpose for the living pizza, Chef eats it. Owen, Courtney, Jude and Izzy get angry at Chef, but Pete comes back as a ghost.
In AbaracaDuncan, Chef and the kids witness Harold's magic show. He is happy when Harold makes Duncan "disappear" for a while. When he finds out it was all a fake, he gives all the kids a time out.
In Shock & AWW, Chef notices most of the kids want the old carpet back, but he is too tired to help. Later on, Courtney wants Chef to see what the kids have done to the new carpet. He ignores her, and considers her a drama queen.
In School District 9, Chef shows the kids the vocationator 3000, a career predicting machine. He tells the kids to go practice their future careers. He is scared when a spaceship lands in the daycare, and gets glued by an alien. Owen saves everyone from the aliens and Chef is proud of him.
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In Gumbearable, Chef is proud of Gwen when she tells him that Owen is jumping into a gum volcano.
In Whack Mirror, Chef warns Beth and Cody making goofy faces into a haunted mirror will cause them to get stuck that way. Later on, Chef is angry at the kids for not listening to his warning, but he decides to help them. He grabs Beth and Cody's clones and put them back into the mirror, but he is sucked in too. Then his own clone comes out of the mirror.
Chef protects the kids.
In Broken Back Kotter, Izzy nominates Chef for the Daycare Professional of the Year award. He is grateful to Izzy for what she did, but is scared to compete. The kids train him, until they realise Chef is unable to move his body. Using a controller, the kids control Chef's movements. He faces off against Estelle for the final part of the competition. Chef is about to win, but when he notices the kids are in danger, he wakes up and saves them. In the end, the judges declare Chef the winner for saving the kids.
In Weekend at Buddy's, Chef finds Cody with a toy from home, and asks him to get rid of it. Cody wants to spend the day with Chef now, so he lets Cody keep his toy.
In MacArthur Park, Chef and the kids get scared when an alarm sounds. They get out of the daycare, and find themselves glued to the grass. MacArthur shows up seeking revenge, but Chef doesn't remember who she is. He thinks that MacArthur only got a problem with the kids and not with him, but she says Chef is the worst of them all. In a flashback Chef is shown practicing with Tubalicious, which ruins MacArthur job of selling houses. In the end, MacArthur drops her revenge thanks to Cody.
Chef tries to impress his mom.
In Last Mom Standing, his mom brings him to the daycare after Duncan destroyed his car. The kids think their relationship is adorable. Chef gets pretty happy and emotional everytime her mom shows him some love. Gwen tells him to stop the sweet-offs between his mom and Leshawna's grandmother, but Chef decides to hide in his office instead. In the end, he tries to save Cody after an eagle attacks him.
In Carmageddon, Chef gets frustrated at the kids when they destroy his car once again. He reminds them of all of the times he lost his car, but none of them seem to remember. Chef buys a new modern and expensive car called "The Cinderblock". Back in the daycare, he teases Duncan and challenges the kid to try and destroy the car. After the car goes crazy and tries to destroy everyone, Chef buys yet another car in an effort to fight back. In the end, he saves the kids, but both of his cars are destroyed.
In Sugar & Spice & Lightning & Frights, Chef introduces the kids to the new students: Lightning and Sugar. Later on, he fills his pants with cereal in an effort to float in the tub.
In Breaking Bite, Chef has problems with his taxes, so he lets the kids unauthorized all day. When they actually need Chef, he decides to not intervene.
In I Dream of Meanie, Chef is upset when Cody's scream wakes up the whole class. He gives Izzy permission to wake him up, but once again, doesn't want to spend time with the kids.
Chef gets turned into a squirrel.
In Squirrels Squirrels Squirrels, Chef is excited to bring wooden logs to the daycare for the kids to count. Courtney protests, but Chef isn't surprised. He shows the kids dangerous stuff, but someone from the school board keeps calling him to stop his behavior. Chef find out it was Courtney all along, and destroys her phone. Later in his office, Owen asks for help after a squirrel stole the kids's belongings. Chef ignores him. Courtney reveals the truth to Chef about her mind-control bracelet. Chef tries to get it back from the squirrel by dressing up as a female rodent. His plan seems to work at first, but the animal is smarter and turns Chef into a squirrel.
In Say Hello to My Little Friends, Chef has the kids cleaning the daycare. He got a new security system for the school. He is excited to go on vacation during the long weekend. Cody asks if he's gonna miss them, which makes Chef laughs. After the kids get picked up by their parents, Chef gets locked inside the school. He calls the alarm's company so they can fix the problem, but MacArthur also goes on vacation and leaves Chef hanging. Chef tries to make fun things inside the school, and even create some plushies based on the students. He starts to get crazy, and ends up knocked out on the floor. 3 days later, the kids and MacArthur arrive and wake him up.
Chef gets stuck in the basement.
In WaterHose-Five, Chef tries to "fix" the air conditioner with a hammer, which causes it to explode. He then gives the kids a fan, but they break it. In the playground, Chef tells the kids he'll fill a pool with water, but warns them to not touch the hose while he goes to the basement. While he is there, he turns the water on, but gets locked inside the room. After an incident, the room floods with water. In the end, Chef survives as the water breaks the door and floods the daycare.
In Cody the Barbarian, Chef calls for Cody and introduces him to a "wizard" MacArthur.
In TP2: Judgement Bidet, Chef shows the kids a machine that transforms their art projects into toilet paper. He has a toilet paper hidden in his office, but is forced to give it to Beth, Harold and Owen. Chef then calls the toilet paper police, and gets addicted to the waiting music that Izzy sings from the phone.
In Dial B for Birder, Chef earns a King outfit thanks to his eating abilities at a stake's outhouse. He presents his new parrot Tommy to the students. During the day, the bird tries to kill Chef in various ways, but Sugar accidentally saves him every time. Chef is shocked to find out the truth once Harold reveals it. Tommy goes to prison, and Chef goes visit him.
In A Hole Lot of Trouble, Chef appears during the kids's imagination of what would happen if he find out they made a hole in the wall.
Chef and Noah become good friends.
In A Tall Tale, Noah goes through a growth spurt. Chef becomes excited to finally have a fellow tall person inside the school. He spends time with Noah and they have fun together riding a rollercoaster. He even lets Noah use his car. However, Chef is disappointed to learn that Noah is not his BFF. He later sells the kids to a man from the Zoo in exchange for a good amount of money.
In Chews Wisely, Chef buys a new car for the kids. They get excited until Chef blows it up. He explains that he wanted them to feel bad after destroying his car so many times. Later on, Chef is asleep in his office while Duncan and the kids steal some gum. When the school is flooded by gum, Chef uses a leaf blower to save the day.
In A Dingo Ate My Duncan, Chef shows the kids a slideshow of his trip to Australia, which bores them all. After Duncan hurts Cody with a boomerang, Chef takes him to his office and uses a mind control device on him. He then presents him as a new student from a school exchange program. After the other kids annoy him too, Chef ends up using the device on all of the students except Cody and Lightning. In the end, Lightning gets his revenge by using the device on Chef.
In Erase Yer Head, Chef is upset when Gwen brings new things to school. She makes him question the current daycare rules. Chef believes he has to update them.
Chef doesn't realise his VR goggles aren't working.
In Teacher, Soldier, Chef, Spy, Chef is very excited with his new VR helmet. He tells the kids he created his own game, recreating the daycare. Chef goes to the bathroom and then comes back. Duncan, Izzy and Beth broke the helmet, but Chef doesn't notice it. Thinking it was just a system upgrade, Chef spends the whole day doing dangerous stuff and making the kids uncomfortable. He even fights MacArthur thinking she was an enemy. After a while, he finds out it was all real, and gets mad at Duncan, Izzy and Beth.
In Thingameroo, Chef is excited for the Sportslete Athlaction Awards. He forces the kids to train, but they need some extra motivation. After Owen tells Chef to motivate them, Chef decides to leave them alone. After the kids fail the test, Chef is blamed for it and sent to Mascot Camp for six months.
In CodE.T., Chef takes the kids to a doctor when Cody starts acting weird. His alien side comes out and he hurts the doctor. Chef is worried for her. Then they go to Area 51 in search for another way to help Cody. Chef disguises himself as an alien, and distracts the guards. He is later trapped by goo thanks to Harold.
In Quiche It Goodbye, Chef is sad after the quiche company he used to go to as a kid is about to close down. The kids try to cheer him up by taking down the newest company. Chef ends up enjoying the new quiche, but the kids still take the place down, which makes him sad again.
Chef gets arrested by the FBA.
In Ice Guys Finish Last, Chef brings a souvenir iceberg to the daycare after a trip to the South Pole. He gets annoyed by Courtney warning him that he should't do that. Chef is angry at Duncan after the school is destroyed, and is about to call his parents. Later, the penguin police arrives to the daycare and put Chef under arrest, taking him to Antarctica.
In Trousering Inferno, Chef is seen ignoring the kids all day. He is then petrified when the school is set on fire by the evil villain Pants on Fire
Chef tries to log back in, but he forgot the password to his computer.
In The Big Bangs Theory, Chef shows the kids a safety video, which bores them. He then forgets the password for his computer. Entering the wrong password will cause the school to blow up for the 100th time, so he has 4 tries. Some kids come up with different passwords, but none of them work. Chef then finds out all the school's previous exposions were caused by Duncan. After failing with the password for a fourth time, the school blows up once again.
Chef and the kids hug.
In Gwen Scary, Gwen Lost, Chef is excited for Halloween, but is disapointed to learn that the kids only pretend to be scared by his pranks. In a desparate attemp, he seeks help from Gwen. Chef takes the kids out of school, and they go to a castle. A creepy lady welcomes them. Chef is a little scared but he is confident in Gwen's prank. He then falls trough a trap, and is stuck with Cody, Sugar and Courtney. One by one, the kids disappear, and Chef becomes more scared. In the end, he is able to get out of the castle, and Gwen reveals that it was all a prank. The kids hug Chef, thanking him for his past pranks.
In Mad Math: Taffy Road, Chef tries to convince Courtney to share her taffy winnings with the other kids, but fails.
In Bearly Edible, Chef gives money to Owen to buy new cookies for the class, which end up being disgusting. Chef refuses to give them more money to buy new snacks, and insteads spends it on roller skates.
In Not for the Paint of Heart, Chef wanted to do an activity that won't destroy the daycare, so he spends time with the kids while they paint. Later on, the Izzy mistakes Chef's words and tries to destroy the building. Gwen tells Chef about it, and they try to prevent Izzy from doing so. After a dragon made out of magic paint attacks the, Chef teams up with the students to defeat him with water guns. The daycare is eventually destroyed in the end.
In Daycare of Rock, Chef is very excited to shows the kids a statue of himself. However, he ends up trapped inside his office while the kids believe he turned to stone. After a while, he is able to escape, and is furious to find out the statue has been destroyed.
In Aches and Ladders, Chef starts acting like a "cool surfer". He later calls MacArthur to fix some decorations on the daycare. He takes the day off, but then Noah finds out he was responsable for MacArthur's fall.
In The Tree Stooges Save Christmas, Chef is excited preparing the Christmas tree with special ornaments. When he leaves to search for the star, the kids accidentally destroy the tree. Courtney tells Chef the truth, and gives a boring talk to him, which makes him fall asleep. Later on, he goes to the North Pole to try and rescue the other kids. Courtney, Lightning and Jude join Chef in his search. They try to infiltrate Santa's place, but fail. They are able to escape when Chef steals a sledge. He is able to save the students, and Christmas.
In Cactus Makes Perfect, Chef comes back to the daycare after 2 weeks of being absent, but the kids didn't even notice it.
In Virtual Reality Bites, Chef is worried when he hears something weird is going on in the bathrooms. Harold accidentally destroys the school, so Chef starts giving online classes to the kids. Things get weird when Harold hacks everyone's VR systems. Chef is unable to help the kids, but they find a way to save the day.
In The Opening Act, Chef feels frustrated after being unable to open a jar. He believes he's past his prime and entering his twilight years. He takes the opportunity to do everything on his "bucket list". The kids try to cheer him up by bringing back a ventriloquist dummy named Sue. Chef is happy to be reunited with his childhood's toy. However the kids realize they made a mistake when Chef becomes too annoying with the doll. They trick Chef by making him believe he can open jars again, and he forgets about Sue.
In Van Hogling, Chef forces the kids to go on a trip to Sugar's farm. While she tries to teach them, no one pays attention. Chef orders the kids to close the pig's door, but they don't do it, which causes the pigs to become werehogs when the full moon arrives. Chef is scared but luckily for him Sugar comes to save the day.
In Ticking Crime Bomb, Chef gives Leshawna and Izzy a time out after Owen warns him. After the girls get their revenge, Chef gets angry at Owen thinking he is doing bad things on the school.
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Trivia[]
- Chef Hatchet is the only character to appear and have dialogue in every episode of Total DramaRama.
- According to Deven Mack, one of the reasons behind Chef's recasting was because Fresh TV didn't think Clé Bennett (Chef's voice actor from the original series) could fully commit himself to the role again given his recent involvement in several Hollywood productions that would possibly lead to scheduling conflicts with the show's recordings. Mack has clarified that Fresh TV didn't fire Bennett and he would gladly give him back the role if there was an opportunity for Bennett to reprise Chef.
- Clé Bennett's recasting with Deven Mack would later carry on for his main counterpart in the reboot.
- According to Apoca-lice Now, he is 7 feet tall. Since he's presumably the same age as his original counterpart, it's possible that this is his height for the main series as well.
- In Venthalla, Chef's right eye is revealed to be a prosthetic glass eye.
- In Hic Hic Hooray, it is shown via a flashback that Chef has an older brother. As Total DramaRama is set in an alternate universe, it is unknown if his brother exists in the main series.
- In Not Without My Fudgy Lumps, it's revealed that Chef's first name is Norbert.
- He shares the same name with Harold from original Total Drama, whose one of his names are also Norbert.
- If Norbert is Chef's real first name in the main series, this leaves Sanders as the only character in the franchise to not have her first name revealed.
- It was revealed in The Price of Advice that Chef is allergic to cucumber.
- It is a running gag throughout the series that Chef often gets his car destroyed.
- It was revealed in Be Claws I Love You, Shelley, that Chef's favorite food is lobster and he has an uncontrollable appetite for it.
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